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Monday, 21 Mar 2022

The Taliban, International Law and the Rest of the World

The population of Afghanistan is facing a humanitarian catastrophe. Twenty-three million Afghans, more than half of the population, are starving. The UN warns of a risk that a million Afghan children will die. In this situation, there is no way of avoiding cooperation with those in control of the country, namely ...

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2022

Law after July 22, 2011: Survivors, Memory and Reconstruction

By Kristin Bergtora Sandvik, Ingunn Ikdahl, Kjersti Lohne, Maja Viktoria Spigseth Vestad, Anniken Sørlie & Marit Moe-Pryce

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Sunday, 16 Jan 2022

When Terrorists Mobilize Law: Reflections on justice and closure after July 22

During January 18-21, the Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik will have his request for parole adjudicated by the Telemark District Court over a four-day trial. In 2012, he was sentenced to preventive detention for a term of twenty-one years and a minimum period of ten years for the July 22, ...

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Monday, 21 Mar 2022

The Taliban, International Law and the Rest of the World

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Wednesday, 15 Dec 2021

Seminars and Workshops held for Men and Masculinities Strategic Initiative at PRIO

On December 9th, the PRIO GPS Centre and Gender Research Group held their third workshop for the Strategic Initiative on Men and Masculinities Research at PRIO. The workshop focused on masculinities and militarism, and kicked off with a public digital seminar and had PRIO Global Fellow Erik Melander, PRIO Senior Researcher Louise Olsson, and Lieutenant Colonel Michael Baas Bottenvik-Hartmann as panelists, with Henrik Syse as moderator.

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Tuesday, 7 Sep 2021

Female Leaders of Right-Wing Movements a Strategic Choice?

Katrine Fangen, Professor at the University of Oslo and member of the PRIO project 'Reaching Out to Close the Border: The Transnationalization of Anti-Immigration Movements in Europe (MAM)' was recently interviewed in framtida.no on the role of female leaders in European right-wing movements (in Norwegian), arguing that it can be a strategic choice to put women in front of the movement both to soften the message and to appeal more to female voters.

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Friday, 9 Jul 2021

Why Did Muslims Become the New Enemy in Norway and Europe?

Anti-Muslim views have become more widespread in Europe over the past 30 years, but it is important to distinguish between criticisms of certain forms of Islamic practice and the belief that Muslims are taking over Europe. People with anti-Islamic views wish to restrict Muslim immigration and Islamic religious practices. In ...

PRIO Paper

2022

Law after July 22, 2011: Survivors, Memory and Reconstruction

By Kristin Bergtora Sandvik, Ingunn Ikdahl, Kjersti Lohne, Maja Viktoria Spigseth Vestad, Anniken Sørlie & Marit Moe-Pryce

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2021

Cynthia Miller-Idriss: Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right, book review

By Katrine Fangen in Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift

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Wednesday, 21 Jul 2021

The meaning of 'our values' in the aftermath of terrorist attacks

In a new article published in Migration Studies, Rojan Tordhol Ezzati examines expressions of unity through value-talk after terrorism in Norway (2011) and France (2015). The analysis examines television news in the two countries and shows that the way national leaders talk about 'our values' can either underline unity or further underline conflict.

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Sunday, 16 Jan 2022

When Terrorists Mobilize Law: Reflections on justice and closure after July 22

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2021

When is Conventional Wisdom Wise? Testing the Assumptions behind Preventing Violent Extremism

By Tora Sagård

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Thursday, 15 Jul 2021

Democracy’s Scars: Adorno’s Lecture on Right-Wing Radicalism

The battle against fascism is never over; it must be fought anew by each generation and we must never forget what this ideology stands for. Theodor W. Adorno’s book is a wake-up call, because of its unfortunately continued relevance, writes Katrine Fangen. Liberal democracies are fragile and fascist tendencies will ...