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Extremist perspectives win sympathy and recruits because they offer narratives that claim to identify deep injustices and enemies.

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Confronting and undermining the narratives and ideas of extremism must therefore be one of our key tasks. To do this, we must…

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The notion of 'we' is very important. I think, for any family, any community to be able to say 'we' in this…

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Norway will be recognized as an open democracy with the rule of law, with the universal human rights, and with the broad…

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As foreign minister of Norway, I learnt how natural changes provoked by climate change are creating new sources of political instability.

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Nature is good at connectivity. The impact of diverse human activities is observed and absorbed throughout nature. Everything is linked. Nature has…

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My impression, having been in the Norwegian government for several years, is that taking a child into care is an extremely serious…

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Virtually all modern forms of extremism accuse liberal Western democratic systems of being hypocritical and, ultimately, weak.

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Open debate is our strongest tool in standing up to extremism. The far more dangerous avenue is to force extremist ideas underground,…

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According to the comprehensive Global Burden of Disease project, the leading risk factors for ill health and premature death are linked to…

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I experienced how foreign aid for large-scale vaccination projects helps to save the life of children and thus give a real input…

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In general, it should be in our interest to get organizations out of military activity and into politics.

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I think integration in Norway is, by all standards, going relatively well. People are working, taking education, learning the language. But, yes,…

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This paradigm of the war on terror, connecting all kinds of armed resistance around the globe in one huge ideological framework, as…

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If Hamas wants to be part of the real world, it has to end up accepting Israel's right to exist.

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As a foreign minister, I have to respect the authority to look after the best interest of the child is, as always,…

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I think integration in Norway is, by all standards, going relatively well. People are working, taking education, learning the language.

— Jonas Gahr Store