Author: Øyvind Tønnesson

Historian Øyvind Tønnesson is an Associate Professor at the University of Agder.

A Peace Prize Against Terror

European news headlines in 2015 have been all about the refugee crisis and religion-based terrorism. Is there still room for discussing “peace”? Should we not concentrate on bombing ISIS and protect national security? Yesterday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet. This quartet consists of four organizations… Read more »