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We must not sit safely in our home and say: It is sad, poor ones!

Although it is frightening that Arnulf Øverland's poems are as relevant today as they were in 1937, we see that the world is waking up.

USA in free fall

The US as a superpower will end faster under Trump, according to Johan Galtung.

Trump's militarism 

The military industry is the big winner of this year's presidential election – both in the US and internationally. 

The banal emptiness of war 

It is the space of war – all that is beyond the sensational – Christoph Bangert shows us in his new project.

The Divine Land

Hold your nose and vote for Clinton – everything is better than Trump. It seems to be the widely accepted attitude in much of the American media landscape. The truth is that Clinton is going to continue a steady course toward a very dangerous world.

Welcome to the cyber war

Countdown to Zero Day tells the story of Stuxnet, the world's first publicly known digital weapon. The book raises important questions about a war in which we can all become collateral damage. 

Then Støre had to have the last word

What happens when a top politician and former Foreign Minister interviews author Carsten Jensen who reveals the true face of the war and raises questions of responsibility and guilt? 

Norwegian newspaper hacked after Ny Tid article

The newspaper The Nordic Page, which disseminates Norwegian news in English, was attacked and hacked. It happened after they had published part of the Ny Tid case about two Chechens who were found tortured and killed after they were sent out of Norway.

Russian nuclear weapons in Crimea?

Former political prisoner and dissident Mustafa Dzhemilev tells Ny Tid about the fight against the occupation of Crimea, his relationship with Russia and why he received the Nansen Medal. Today, he is the political leader of the 280 Crimean Tatar ethnic group. 

Fear of civil war

Ukraine's literary shooting star Serhij Zjadan believes the country's political leadership has failed society. It may cause more blood in the streets of Kiev.

Military division of power in Myanmar

Despite Aung San Suu Kyi's landslide victory in the November parliamentary elections, she is forced to share power with the military – and that could be her biggest challenge.

Was it Russia? – Ukraine is sued

Why is Borge Brende so confident that it was Russia that shot down the Malaysian passenger plane in 2014? 

Eye to eye – and the world goes blind

Mahatma Gandhi never received the Nobel Peace Prize he should have had. His teachings in non-violent conflict management have been and are a great inspiration to many, but are not so widely used by top politicians. 

The most serious stories

With the death of Ståle Eskeland the 26. December 2015, Norway has lost an important alternative voice in foreign and security policy. 

The niqab and the stoning of the devil

Thousands of pilgrims were trampled to death in Mina, Saudi Arabia, on their way to stone the devil. At the same time, the niqab debate in Egypt is entering a new phase. Still, no one dares to go in depth and criticize how we are being destroyed by religious propaganda, writes Nawal Saadawi.

Patrick Cockburn: The Rise of the Islamic State

A book about ISIS that has a military more than a religious focus.