October 21, 2021 Democracy under Pressure Part II 4: Authoritarian tendency The term illiberal democracies is used to describe a system of government in which political leaders are elected by the people…
October 21, 2021 Is the imperial age over? Part I It is common to say that the age of the empire ended when the colonies became independent after the Second World War. At that…
October 21, 2021 Is the imperial age over? Part II 4: The example of Iraq The Iraq war can serve as an example to clarify the idea of a modern, informal empire. Is it…
October 21, 2021 Who Rules the World? Part II 6: What does it take? Researchers have tried to find out what contributes to women’s participation in formal politics. They have found that various…
October 21, 2021 Who Rules the World? Part I It attracted a lot of attention when Michelle Bachelet and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf were recently elected presidents of Chile and Liberia. There was talk…
October 21, 2021 Internationalization of Education Part III In the school year 2012–2013, about 7,000 students used the various schemes. The EU and the Nordic Council of Ministers’ education program are modest…
October 21, 2021 Internationalization of Education Part I Internationalization of education is not new in Norway. The painter Hans Gude, who together with Adolph Tidemand, painted Brudeferden in Hardanger – the painting…
October 21, 2021 Internationalization of Education Part II The opposite is the school and the student as an instrument for the development of society. Here, the internationalization of education is seen as…
October 21, 2021 Cyber Security and Development Part III Many argue that market liberalization will have a positive effect on the distribution of digital networks in developing countries. Others believe that this will…
October 21, 2021 Cyber Security and Development Part II Donorland and international development organizations are increasingly using the opportunities offered by digitalisation to fight poverty. But researchers have also pointed to the gap…
October 21, 2021 Cyber Security and Development Part I Digitization affects society in new and fundamental ways. It changes the way individuals and companies communicate and interact with each other. It also provides…
October 21, 2021 Education for Young Girls in Bangladesh Part II In many developing countries, women are responsible for most of the daily care of children. It will be their knowledge that can contribute most…
October 21, 2021 Education for Young Girls in Bangladesh Part I Girls in Bangladesh have few opportunities to choose for themselves. Very many have to drop out of school, and every year thousands are married…
October 21, 2021 Football and Politics Part III Host nations are automatically eligible to participate. But there are several reasons why several countries are applying together to win major football championships: ECONOMIC…
October 21, 2021 Football and Politics Part II In addition, the team was selected on the basis of individual players’ skills on the football field and not because the Brazilian national team…
October 21, 2021 Football and Politics Part I In 1934, Jørgen Juve, Dagbladet journalist and later captain of the Norwegian bronze team, wrote in his book All about football that «football is…
October 21, 2021 Human Rights and Investment Part III Hardly any industry can claim to be free from violations of the human rights of workers and of the inhabitants of affected countries and…
October 21, 2021 Human Rights and Investment Part II The exemption provisions deal with, among other things, morality , environmental considerations and national security. In the childhood of the Norwegian oil industry, Norway…
October 21, 2021 Human Rights and Investment Part I Every year, UNCTAD – the United Nations Conference on Trade and Investment – publishes the World Investment Report . The report for 2012 shows…
October 21, 2021 The Tax Havens are Leaking Part III The huge data leak behind the Panama Papers had taken place over a year earlier. Since the spring of 2015, over five hundred digging…
October 21, 2021 The Tax Havens are Leaking Part II With this as a background, we can see how tax havens pose a threat to (welfare) states in at least two ways: Tax havens…
October 21, 2021 The Tax Havens are Leaking Part I Tax havens are not a new phenomenon. For a long time, they have appeared as exotic elements in James Bond films – Monaco, Hong…
October 19, 2021 The World’s Refugee Crisis Part III The problem is that the conflicts that today “produce” the most refugees are not resolved. They continue for a long time at the same…
October 19, 2021 The World’s Refugee Crisis Part II The most important route for refugees to Europe right now therefore runs through Turkey – up to the coast and out to sea to…
October 19, 2021 The World’s Refugee Crisis Part I In the first half of 2015, 340,000 refugees entered Europe. The number is high, but only a fraction of the 59.5 million who either…
October 19, 2021 South Africa: the Land of Contrasts Part III President Jacob Zuma, who has been at the helm since 2009, has been the target of growing criticism from both the opposition and the…
October 19, 2021 South Africa: the Land of Contrasts Part II 4: Half of the young people are without a job The number of poor people was declining for a long time after 1994, but…
October 19, 2021 South Africa: the Land of Contrasts Part I It has been more than twenty years since the racist apartheid regime , which was declared a crime against humanity by the UN ,…
October 19, 2021 UN – 70 Years of Peace as a Core Task Part I Ensuring international peace and security is a key task for the UN. In June 2015, a high-level panel, led by José Ramos-Horta from East…
October 19, 2021 UN – 70 Years of Peace as a Core Task Part II 5: How do you meet the challenges? The UN peacekeeping operation in Congo, MONUSCO, has been operating for more than 15 years, and is…
