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the Middle East and Africa over the last decade

What is most important?

Are technological advances linked to ethical advances? What is it that really makes Norway one of the most humanely prominent societies in the world? 
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Patrick Cockburn: The Rise of the Islamic State

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

Escande and Cassini: Bienvenue dans le capitalisme 3.0

It is long before the sharing economy gives sounding coins in the common fund.
Paal Frisvold -

Understanding Putin's Russia

With the tense situation in Europe and the Middle East, books that increase our understanding of Russia are more important than ever.
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Ståle Eskeland – a memory word

Steel Eskeland is dead. Who would dare to ask the most difficult questions now?
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John Pilger: A trip from Pol Pot to ISIS

In connection with ISIS's acts of violence in Beirut and Paris, John Pilger gives us an important reminder of what is the root of terrorism – and how to deal with it.
pilger@nytid.no -

Human rights under one roof

What significance does a human rights house have in the conflicts that are currently going on in Ukraine?
Truls Lie -

A culture of peace for the future

Can the women of the world change the culture and refer war to history's scrap heap?
Trine Eklund -

The secrets of the empire

Overall, the embassy cables published by Wikileaks in 2010 draw a picture of the machinery of a modern empire.
Tori Aarseth -

Upstate orphisms

Upstage poems and aphorisms tame a delusional world.
Mette Karlsvik -

A limited democracy?

The documentary on police treatment of student demonstrations in London paints a frightening picture of both brutality and the use of the justice system to limit freedom of expression. "The development is worrying," says the director.
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Drones: A small piece of Norway

The threshold for killing someone is less when you do not have to see the one you kill. New leaks have revealed the brutality of the US drone program.
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A revolt lit by political stagnation

"This rebellion is not going to die out," says Palestinian journalist and author. Can the third intifada be the last?
Ahmad al-Kabariti -

A chaos of lies

What is it like to have lived a life as a reporter and NRK correspondent? On the occasion of the book of the guilty, we talk to him about Norway as a friend of Israel, about the massacre in Sabra and Shatila and about Norwegian diplomacy.
Truls Lie -

Naivism that characterizes much of global activism

The new, transnational activism is often about expressing our own conscience, the authors of Advocacy in Conflict claim. It is never innocent – but always political.
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Political thriller in the middle of the line

In its fifth season, Homeland is more socially relevant than ever. But the series creators are increasingly concerned with creating excitement rather than formulating political messages.
Aleksander Huser -
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Rich full-format MODERN TIMES including the supplement Orientering and Modern Times Review comes out quarterly in early March, June, September and December) with international book reviews (non-fiction) and comments / essays. According to the physical newspaper (and PDF), the articles are published regularly online (see the newsletters).

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