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What does the Halle attack say about Far-Right terrorism in Germany?
Oct. 10, 2019 9:52 PM
- News - Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultetWednesday, October 9, 2019 – when the Jewish community all over the world was celebrating the holiest day in the year, Yom Kippur – 27-year-old German Stephan B. was mounting a helmet in a rented car and prepared for what he hoped would be a mass shooting attack against the nearby synagogue in Halle an der Saale.
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Austria’s snap election: Why has the far-right Freedom Party suffered such heavy losses?
Oct. 1, 2019 5:31 PM
- News - Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultetIn the wake of Sunday´s general election in Austria, the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) has faced a sharp decline in votes. FPÖ´s major loss is due to a recent corruption scandal, but it is also most likely caused by the declining salience of the immigration issue
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Foiled plots: the untapped data resource in terrorism studies
Sep. 20, 2019 12:01 PM
- News - Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultetPetter Nesser's key note lecture on Society for Terrorism Research annual conference, Oslo, 21 June 2019
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Why are British Indians more likely than other ethnic minority group to support Brexit?
July 1, 2019 10:15 AM
- News - Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultetLast month saw more than 900 million eligible voters at the ballot box in the world’s largest democracy. India’s national election once again resulted in the landslide victory of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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Why did the Danish People’s Party lose more than fifty percent of its votes?
June 6, 2019 3:23 PM
- News - Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultetThe established radical right party in Denmark experienced a significant setback in the general election. The main reasons are a combination of mainstream cooptation, radical competitors and an unfavorable political agenda.