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Essays and comments on NATO, Norway, bases, and militarism.

Sweden one step closer to NATO membership

NATO CRUSH:The dust from NATO's Trident Juncture drill has barely stopped before the Northern Wind military exercise is held in Sweden. Frustrated Swedish peace workers see the exercise as another step towards enrolling in NATO.
Kaisa Ytterhaug -

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 -

"Northern Wind" – an exercise on NATO's terms?

"As long as we are part of NATO, we must use our position to take a clear stance against armaments and war hoaxes," said Marianne Gulli of Red, who believes Norway should stay home under the Northern Wind.
Kaisa Ytterhaug -

The obedient servants

NATO defense is a sector of society that can only meet with total opposition. (Leading in Orientering 22.3.1969)
regularlyorientering@ nytid.no -

Will Spain be the first NATO country to support the nuclear ban?

Most of the countries in Europe do not support the UN nuclear ban. Will this change when Trump and Putin wreck the INF deal?
lars@nytid.no -

Norway is a slow mover in the effort to regulate autonomous weapons

What is the Government doing to help develop new political and legal regulations to ensure human control over killer robots (autonomous weapons)?
Lene Grimstad -

Were the NATO countries really aware of the dangers that threatened them?

More exciting than a novel. A first-hand representation of the Cuba crisis, internal tension, dynamics. None other than Robert F. Kennedy could have written this condensed thriller from reality.
regularlyorientering@ nytid.no -

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 -

The hidden services

Everyone knows that the secret police (Surveillance Police) exists, but few know how it works.
Sigbjørn Hølmebakk -

Are you a "communist"?

My namesake Truls Øhra's new book, The History of Power (478 pages, Solum Bokvennen), is a thorough and revealing review of the abuse of power unlike solidarity communities. Let me start with a first point:
Truls Lie -

LISTEN: A recipe for peace

Fear campaigns and enemy images seem paralyzing and make us believe that doomsday is near, writes chronicler Susanne Urban. She is calling for a peace ministry.
Susanne Urban -

- We cannot just call Russia an enemy

Women have taken a bigger place in the Armed Forces in recent years. What does a young female soldier think about Norway's role in the much-talked about NATO exercise?
Kaisa Ytterhaug -

- 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 -

What does NATO really want?

According to our government, the great NATO exercise that is going on in Central Norway these days should give us a sense of security. But does the course NATO has stood out in recent years, a sense of security?
Fredrik Lund -

A tragic chapter in Norwegian history

Not many expected the Petersen Committee to come up with a critique of Norway's role in the Libya war, but the committee's report is nevertheless less critical than expected. It all remains a sad story.  
Ola Tunander -

Mobilizes before Norway's largest military exercise 

Several mobilization meetings are now being organized against the NATO exercise Trident Juncture around Norway. "There is an increasing build-up of militarism in Europe, and it is dangerous," one of the peace activists told Ny Tid. 
Kaisa Ytterhaug -
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