Webinar: Peering into the future – Economy, Society and World Politics after COVID-19
COVID-19 has claimed almost 4 million lives, infecting over 6.5 million individuals across the globe. The pandemic has disrupted economic structures, social relationships, the very nature of the State and inadvertently affected billions of lives across the globe in unsparingly evident or intangible ways. – In this discussion convened byContinue Reading
Insight: Why Branding Antifa a Terror Group Is a Diversion
In the wake of protests against police brutality sweeping the nation, the name Antifa abounds online as the political right’s bogeyman, blamed even by U.S. President Trump and Attorney General Bill Barr as the group upon which to pin all of the blame without acknowledging the very real grievances ofContinue Reading
Issues of ISIS Prisoners & Repatriations in a Time of COVID
International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) invites to a Panel Discussion with the topic “Issues of ISIS Prisoners & Repatriations in a Time of COVID” featuring Tasnime Akunjee, Attorney for Shamima Begum’s family, Anthony Loyd, Senior Journalist & War Correspondent, The Times and Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVEContinue Reading
NATO SAMLER STYRKENE MOT KORONA-KRISEN
Forsvarsministeren vil møte forsvarsindustrien for å diskutere situasjonen som har oppstått som følge av koronakrisen Forsvarsdepartementet har iverksatt tiltak, og vurderer fortløpende behovet for nye tiltak, for å støtte nasjonal forsvarsindustri. Forsvarsdepartementet ser på tiltak utover de generelle økonomiske tiltakspakkene for å avhjelpe skadevirkninger av korona-krisen. Inngripende tiltak for åContinue Reading
NATO naval forces applaud everyone fighting COVID-19
Message fron NATO: As the COVID-19 outbreak continues, we at NATO are deeply grateful to all those on the front line. We thank the healthcare professionals who are doing a heroic job, often in difficult conditions. NATO’s ability to conduct operations has not been undermined by the pandemic. Our forcesContinue Reading
Where is Russia heading when the Putin era is approaching its end?
Putins era will come to an end sooner or later. Welcome to seminar in Oslo regarding the Russian power struggle. ???? ???????? ?????? ????? ? ???? ?????? – ???????? ??????? ??? ??? ?????????? ???????. ??? ????????? ??????? ?????? ???????? ??????? ????????????? ??????? ?? ??????? ??? ???????? ?? ??????? ???????? UnderContinue Reading
MOD Norway: We look very seriously at the attack on two of the coalition’s military camps in Iraq.
Norway’s Minister of Defence on the situation in Iraq: Defence Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen’s comments after the attacks against two of the military camps of the anti-ISIL coalition in Iraq. – We look very seriously at the attack on two of the coalition’s military camps in Iraq.I am deeply concerned aboutContinue Reading
The Alliance remains strongly committed to the fight against international terrorism
NATO Ambassadors met on Monday (6 January 2019) to address current tensions in the Middle East and implications for NATO’s training mission in Iraq. Speaking after the meeting of NATO’s North Atlantic Council, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed that the safety of NATO’s personnel in Iraq is paramount and thatContinue Reading
PERSPECTIVE: U.S.- Iran Proxy Battles in Iraq and the Struggle for a Coherent Foreign Policy
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad was overrun today by hundreds of pro-Iranian militia demonstrators who were seemingly let into the embassy compound area without restrictions. There the demonstrators smashing the guard posts on U.S. embassy’s outer perimeter, climbed the walls to destroy security cameras, set fires and finally breached theContinue Reading
Secretary General: As the world changes, NATO will continue to change
The NATO leaders’ meeting marking the 70th anniversary of the Alliance wrapped up in London on Wednesday (4 December 2019). After the working session, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said: “Our meeting has once again demonstrated that NATO remains the only place where Europe and North America discuss, decide and actContinue Reading