My considerations and opinions about things outside Norway’s borders
We are getting more used to extreme weather. In the summer of 2021, there were floods and enormous destruction in Europe. In the summer of 2022, an extreme heat wave with temperatures well above 40 degrees in several places. Extreme drought in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia. We experience extreme weather…
Can we say that Putin is a fascist or, a kind of offshoot of fascism or is putism a new ideology? I will try to take a closer look at the phenomenon of Putism and where we can place it in a traditional Western political landscape. Putism ws Fascism There are many who push…
Unexpectedly, Boris Johnson resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A prime minister who has been persecuted by scandals and where poor leadership remains as a picture of his term. The UK has major challenges. Problems after BREXIT, high inflation and poor economy. The war in Ukraine comes on top of this. A…
The Taliban, which has power in Afghanistan, makes most people afraid, they are introducing an order for women to wear the burka. Women’s rights have been weakened since the Taliban seized power. Prohibition for women to drive a car and that girls are not allowed to go to school after the age of 12…
Belarus is an occupied country. This is what the Belarusian Association in Norway RAZAM says on its web pages and on Facebook. The association’s support for Ukraine’s struggle to survive as an independent and free country is obvious. After the presidential election in 2020, Alexander Lukashenko survives as president because Russia has sent large…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sends Finland and perhaps Sweden to NATO. Finland is probably only weeks away from submitting an application for membership, while Sweden may follow suit. Putin’s attempts to pull NATO further away from Russia’s borders may thus have the opposite effect. 1340 kilometers is the border between Finland and Russia. Finland…