Removing the Wealth Tax is Not A Winning Issue in the High North Commentary: Making the question of wealth tax a winning issue in an election campaign otherwise focused on social inequality and climate is a daring move. Add a glaring lack of qualified workers, and you find some of the explanation for the Conservative’s distinct decline in Northern Norway.
Will We Be Safer Up North if the Armed Forces Tear Art Down from the Wall? Commentary: In an interview covered by High North News, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg describes clear and increasing military activity in the Arctic. The question is how Norwegian politicians respond to this analysis. Some of the answers can be found in the respective Arctic strategies of the Conservatives and the Labor Party.