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Conflict is an editorial mainline in MODERN TIMES, where we look at violent conflicts, and the military and the use of weapons.

Gaza: A silk thread separates life from death

ISRAEL-LANYARD: For people on the Gaza Strip, hope is running out.
Nadia Othman -

Class struggle or nationalism?

YELLOW VESTE: The speed with which Macron burns out shows how deep a crisis the national democracies in Europe are in.
Mikkel Bolt -

Post-traumatic growth

AFGHANISTAN: Does field priest and researcher Gudmund Waaler in a new book about soldiers' reactions to being at war have something new to add?
nilsvermund@gmail.com -

Get the Defense home!

Party leader Bjørnar Moxnes emphasizes to Ny Tid why Rødt has four new proposals to the Storting this month. Red wants to reverse the authorities' eagerness to take part in wars of aggression.
Lene Grimstad -

Is peace in the Central African Republic?

The parties to the conflict in the Central African Republic have signed a peace agreement. It is not the first time warring parties in the country have done just that, and it is hardly the last.
tomasroen@gmail.com -

The conflict in Ukraine

Loznitsa's film explores the controversy over facts that raged in Donbass, between Ukraine and the Russian-backed People's Republic of Donetsk in the eastern part of Ukraine.
Melita Zajc -

Politics, spirituality and religion under the sun of Africa

Religion gets too much room in analyzes of African conflicts, states state scientist Jean-François Bayart.
Ketil Fred Hansen -

Everyday challenges in a pro-Russian battalion in Ukraine

Their Own Republic caused quite a stir at the Lisbon Film Festival last year, due to the film's somewhat pro-Russian stance. Nevertheless, it provides an interesting insight into a side of the Ukrainian conflict that is rarely mentioned in Western media.
Carmen Gray -

An eternal revolutionary

In a Cuba that is slowly moving further and further away from communism, a Cuban veteran is stuck in the past.
Bianca-Olivia Nita -

No more Russian heroes

Electing Russia sheds a depressing light on the opposition in Russia. Do they really represent a real change for the benefit of the people?
Nick Holdsworth -

Europe needs security for Russia, and security with Russia

What can the Western bloc do to improve the cool relationship with the great power in the east, asks Manfred Huterer, diplomat at the German embassy in Warsaw. Is an open dialogue and mutual respect between the West and Russia possible?
manfred@nytid.com -

An explanation of European racism

Islamist tries to understand the background of Muslim conditions in Europe, but the explanation in his analysis is limited.
Nina Trige Andersen -

The scary sound of religion

Fanaticism and extremism arise the moment religion is detached from its cultural and historical background.
Hans Henrik Fafner -

How to take responsibility after a war?

Going to war and dropping 588 bombs across a country means that you have a "special responsibility" to help afterwards.
ivar@norgesfredsrad.no -

Towards a united humanity

We live in the midst of a world historical drama where revolutionary hope must be kept equal. Only in this way can we build civilization for everyone, claims philosopher Alain Badiou.
Anders Dunk -

- There is no contradiction between the peace movement, the Home Defense or the Defense

MODERN TIMES is on the scene, asking Home Guard soldiers who participated in the Trident Juncture exercise in Central Norway recently, why they joined the military and their relationship with war.
Kaisa Ytterhaug -
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