Theme
Etterretning
Intelligence is an activity all states engage in. It is about finding information about possible threats to be better prepared. Historically, it has been about revealing what others have wanted to keep hidden, and then utilizing this knowledge to their own advantage. Nowadays, perhaps it is all about giving good analyzes and predictions to decision makers. Because the methodology has been partly hidden, it is also a myth-driven activity. It is also analytically interesting because it touches on important issues of war, peace, democratic control, freedom and security.
Publications about intelligence
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Publication
: Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Etterretningstjenestene og det nye trusselbildet: Er de beredt?
The current international situation places far higher demands on coordination, cooperation and interaction between the services than before. At the same time, there have been, and are, a number of different challenges associated with collaboration between PST and Norway's military intelligence.... -
Publication
: Popular scientific article
Det haster med ny etterretningslov
Norway needs a new law on foreign intelligence -
Publication
: Popular scientific lecture
Åpen høring i Stortingets utenriks- og forsvarskomité torsdag 28. mai 2020
Karsten Friis and Vegard Valther Hansen participated to an open hearing in the Parliament about the proposed new law on the intelligence service.
Research projects about intelligence
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Research project
Coordination and Capacity Building within the Security Sector in Bosnia-Herzegovina (SSRBiH )
2011 - 2018 (Completed)The project is currently organized to both coordinate Norway’s support to the intelligence and security sector in Bosnia-Herzegovina and to do research on relevant topics.