Vladimir Putin took part in the final session of the Valdai Discussion Club’s 14th Annual Meeting, which this year took the theme The World of the Future: Moving Through Conflict to Cooperation. The general topic of the Valdai Club this year is Creative Destruction: Will a New World Order Emerge from the Current Conflicts? During the four days of the forum the participants are discussing political […]
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Globalizing Compassion: Advancing the Work of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi
“Friends! We live in an age of rapid globalisation. We are connected through high-speed Internet. We exchange our goods and services in one single global market, thousands of flights connect us from one corner to another corner of the globe. But there is one serious disconnect, and that is a lack of compassion. Let us […]
Ingen nasjonalstat uten nasjonen
Vi er i en tid der nedarvede tanker utfordres. De mentale kartene vi alle bruker for å plassere oss i landskapet, stemmer ikke over ens med terrenget. Gamle forstillinger om ‘maktens maktesløshet’ og ‘autoritetens meningsløshet’ har blitt punktert av nedstegninger, maskepåbud og kollektiv husarrest. Og det viser seg at illiberale løsninger tidvis virker. Norge har […]
Til Ungdommen
Det er ikke greit å være konservativ, men det går greit. Published: Minerva: 31. mai 2021 En morgen i 1996 våknet jeg opp med en dundrende hodepine, og et vagt minne om at jeg hadde sagt noe dumt. Jeg husker ikke helt hva jeg sa, men det hadde drept gleden rundt bordet like effektivt som […]
The Nobel Peace Prize: Past, Present, and Future
The Nobel Peace Prize is the most prestigious award of its kind in the world, and Asle Toje, a member of the committee that decides who the winners are, gave an IPI audience on September 17th an informative and entertaining glimpse into its history since it was first granted in 1901. The prize is one […]