Daniel Heradstveit
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Etter valet i 2009: Iran - kva for ei framtid?
2009Dei dramatiske hendingane knytte til presidentvalet i Iran 12. juni i år, har på ein gjennomgripande måte endra den politiske situasjonen i landet. Aldri...
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How We Talk about the "War on Terrorism" : Comparative Research on Japan, Russia, and the United States
2007This paper focuses on how leaders in Western countries talk about the “war on terrorism.” The paper discusses the difficulties of defining “terrorism,” because, unlike Marxism or capitalism, “terrorism” is not an ideology. Instead the term may be used to designate actions that are used by members of... -
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How the Axis of Evil Metaphor Changes Iranian Images of the USA
2003The respondents feared an American attack, and regarded their membership in «the Axis of Evil» as a stab in the back after Iranian help in Afghanistan. This demonisation was seen overwhelmingly in terms of American geopolitical designs, ignorance and downright irrationality – an expansionist superpower... -
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The Rhetoric of Hegemony : How the extended definition of terrorism redefines international relations
2003This paper looks at the rhetorical extension of the word “terrorism” to cover what used to be called guerrilla war, separatism, civil war, armed resistance and all other forms of political violence, down to and including non-lethal sabotage and vandalism. It begins by reflecting on how political power... -
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Local Elites meet Foreign Corporations : The Examples of Iran and Azerbaijan
2001Oil companies have jumped on the bandwagon of promotion of democracy and human rights, but without sufficient expertise in local conditions. What works in one country may backfire in another. Azeri democrats want the oil industry to stop propping up the Aliev regime and talk to them instead, but for... -
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Elite perceptions of ethical problems facing the Western oil industry in Iran
2001The hybrid of democratic and theocratic institutions of revolutionary Iran is now over twenty years old, and is undergoing challenge. An elected president with popular legitimacy but no control of the means of coercion is endeavouring to open up and liberalise, but is being opposed by the conservatives... -
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Elite perceptions of ethical problems facing the Western oil industry in Azerbaijan
2000This is a study of the Azerbaijani political elite’s perceptions of Western oil companies and their contribution to – or hindrance of – the development of democracy and human rights. Twenty oppositional figures, including most of the party leaders and presidential candidates, plus some media, NGO and...