Kongsberg intensifies its digital focus: Establishes Kongsberg Digital
Kongsberg Digital is to be established as a new subsidiary of KONGSBERG. The company will be headed by Hege Skryseth and will become a leading industrial software environment with about 450 employees. – We’re at the starting point of significant changes due to the digitalization of industrial processes. Technologies suchContinue Reading
Why a multi-polar world could bring us on the verge of WW3
When one looks at the current state of international affairs, the modern world reminds of second half of 19th century that basically laid ground for both World Wars.The international political configuration was multi-polar. During that period of history, The Russian Empire campaign in the Balkans created great deal of instability betweenContinue Reading
Annual Threat Assessment 2016: Norway
PST expects that the threats to Norway and Norwegian interests in 2016 will continue to form a complex and varied picture. Assessing future threats will involve reviewing large quantities of unverified information from many different sources. By Siv Alsen, PST Events in other countries will also have direct and indirectContinue Reading
Welcome our new editorial team member Allison McDowell-Smith, Ph.D.
Allison McDowell-Smith, Ph.D. is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Management at Nichols College in Dudley, MA and Research Fellow at the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE). Allison McDowell-Smith earned her Ph.D. in Business Administration with a concentration in homeland security leadership and policy. Continue Reading
How Putin use propaganda and buy goodwill
Mr. Putin has several geo-political goals for Russia. Among the weakening of US position as a single superpower and growing the territorial ambitions of the new Imperial-National-Socialist Russia over first-CIS countries and second-using her energy power to divide and neutralize Europe by splitting it from the USA or create FinlandizationContinue Reading
Welcome our new editorial team member Professor and Former Chief of Police – Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D.
We are proud to welcome Ahmet S. Yayla, Ph.D. to the editorial team of Defence and Intelligence. Dr. Yayla is currently working as a tenured Professor and the Chair of the Sociology Department at the University of Harran, Faculty of Arts and Sciences in Sanliurfa, Turkey and presently on academic leaveContinue Reading
ISIS Defector Reports on the Sale of Organs Harvested from ISIS held “Slaves”
In February of 2015 Iraqi Ambassador, Mohamed Alhakim requested the UN Security Council to investigate the deaths of twelve doctors in Mosul, Iraq who he claimed had been killed by ISIS after refusing to remove organs from dead bodies. He also claimed that some of the bodies found were mutilatedContinue Reading
Norway Assists in Implementation of Agreement on Iran’s Nuclear Program
“The agreement on Iran’s nuclear program is historic, and it is crucial that it is implemented in a credible way. Norway has therefore helped to ensure that Iran’s excess enriched uranium is replaced by natural uranium, so that the commitments in the agreement can be met,” said Minister of ForeignContinue Reading
The export performance of firms in the defence industry
We jump directly to conclusions and policy implications on this solid report first published in 2012. The paper has carried out an empirical analysis of the main factors explaining the export performance of firms in the defence sector in Norway. After a presentation of our theoretical framework and hypotheses (section 2)Continue Reading
Welcome our new editorial team member Anne Speckhard, Ph. D.
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. is Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University in the School of Medicine and Director of the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism. We are proud to announce her as a new member of the editorial team, where she as our expert will contribute withinContinue Reading