Tag: Norway

Geostrategic magazine (28 May 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye Today’s about: China-Brazil-Latin America; China-US; Gaza; Finland-Sweden-Norway-Russia;...

Open newsletter – february 23, 2022

ASIA A divide is emerging between how the Asia Pacific region has responded to the Omicron wave of COVID-19, and how North American and Western...

Denmark, Norway join European corvette program (Tom Kington, Defense News)

Denmark and Norway are the latest European countries to sign up to a multinational European plan to build a common corvette. The two nations have...

Romania eyes Norwegian F-16s under $513 million deal (Jaroslaw Adamowski, Defense News)

The Romanian Ministry of National Defence has asked the country’s lawmakers to approve the purchase of 32 second-hand F-16 fighter jets from Norway under...

Lessons from the Indonesia–Norway REDD+ break-up (Ida Aju Pradnja Resosudarmo, East Asia Forum)

Indonesia announced the termination of the long-standing Indonesia–Norway Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) partnership. While promising, it was anticipated from the...

Norway’s Sovereign Duty (Christiana Figueres, Håvard Halland, Knut Anton Mork, Project-Syndicate)

Having built its wealth by pumping hydrocarbons out of the seabed, Norway has an obligation to leverage the power of its massive sovereign wealth...

What would Norway be without oil? And Ukraine without Russian gas? (Trine Villumsen Berling, Izabela Surwillo, Sandra Sørensen, DIIS

Energy security used to be about uninterrupted flows of affordable and available resources. This article argues that it is much more than that. By...

Norway. Oil sector in balance as Norway votes (Al Jazeera)

Norwegians went to the polls on Monday in a parliamentary election where the “Red-Green” opposition looks ahead, potentially influencing the fate of oil activities...

Norway/Arctic. Norway sets timeline to deploy sub-hunting aircraft in the Arctic (Defense News)

Gerard O'Dwyer Norway’s announcement that it plans to deploy P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft to the Arctic in 2022 marks significant progress in the country’s long-term effort...

Norway and Russia sharpen transparency pact on warship, aircraft moves (Defense News)

Norway has finalized an updated security agreement with Russia that adds strengthened protocols for avoiding high-risk encounters between aircraft and naval vessels in the...

Norway/Utoya Massacre – Norway ten years after the Utøya massacre (Al Jazeera)

Sindre Bangstad writes: Last week, Norway marked 10 years since the darkest day in its recent history. On July 22, 2011, a white Norwegian...

Norway – KLP fund divests from firms linked to Israeli settlements (Al Jazeera)

Norway’s largest pension fund announced it has divested assets in 16 companies for their links to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including...

Norway – Waking the Norwegian Green Giant (Project-Syndicate)

MARIANA MAZZUCATO, RAINER KATTEL As one of the world's leading exporters of natural gas, Norway faces a unique challenge in a world that is increasingly moving...

(Norway/Russia) Large Russian missile cruiser sails Varanger fjord close to Norway’s border (The Barents Observer)

Thomas Nilsen The Northern Fleet's missile cruiser "Marshal Ustinov" is sailing very close to Norway's border outside Grense Jakobselv the same day as US Air...

(USA/Norway) US B-1 bombers arrive in Norway in historic first (The Hill)

JOSEPH CHOI U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas arrived in Norway on Monday as part of a training mission in...

(Arctic/Russia/Norway) Kremlin takes look at grand Arctic tourism project on border to Norway (The Independent Barents Observatory)

Atle Staalesen It is one of Andrei Chibis’ top regional development priorities, and this week the governor traveled to Moscow to present the plans to...