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espionage

With the people as the client

SNOWDEN: A spy, traitor or patriot? The answer depends on who you ask.
Iril Kolle -

Espionage's personal costs

Javier Marías' writing has a strong anti-authorial nerve that is subtle and without illusions.
Kurt Sweeney -

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 -

Social control 4.0

China's digital social credit system operates with a form of gamified control, which rewards users as they score points for behavior inside and outside the network. Within 2020, Chinese authorities are planning to establish a nationwide system. Western commentators react with disgust, but is our own social media really that much better?
kuehnreich@posteo.de -

Mossad agents lighten the veil

The documentary Inside the Mossad reveals former Mossad agents' spy stories from the inside – some of them even about recent events. 
Bernard Dichek -

Strolling spy crime

The British television series Killing Eve stands out in the multitude of crime series, with its driving and playful plot, cinematic paraphrases and unconventional stylistic choices.
Ellen Lande -

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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