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Merete Skar

Trump Launches “Shield of the Americas”, reshaping the global order
President Donald Trump hosted Latin American leaders in Miami to launch the Shield of the Americas, a new U.S.-led security initiative targeting drug cartels…
Norway pays for Jordan's climate cuts – Counts them towards its own targets
Norway has signed a climate agreement with Jordan under which Norwegian funds will finance emission reductions in the country’s waste sector. In return, Norway…
NATO is failing, exactly as Trump predicted
The war in Iran lays bare where loyalty and risk tolerance lie. In Davos, Trump said the USA had «never gotten anything out of…
Iran gets 9/11 in return, and Europe is put to the test
Trump’s intervention in Iran may mark a new phase in the relationship between Islam and the West. Yet Islam’s ideological struggle continues within the…
Now begins Lent – the Christian fasting season before Easter
For many Scandinavians, Lent itself has become an unfamiliar word. Yet it is one of Christianity’s oldest and most biblical practices. Let us recover…
Government says no to Norwegian peat
The government wants to ban new extraction of peat from Norwegian bogs. The reasons are well known: biodiversity and reduction of greenhouse gases.
Greta Thunberg claims her boat was bombed by Israel
A vessel attempting to break Israel’s legal naval blockade of Gaza as part of a controversial activist flotilla was reportedly hit by a drone…