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Airpower in the Libyan Civil War

In 2011, a coalition of nations waged a war against Muammar Qaddafi's regime that reversed the tide of Libya's civil war. The intervention's central element was a relatively small air campaign. What lessons did each nation glean from the experience?

Jul 8, 2015
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Supporting the development of a new health R&D strategy: A rapid review of international theory and practice for Norway's HelseOmsorg21

This report for HelseOmsorg21 presents a series of rapid evidence reviews, summarising relevant literature and highlighting international examples of particularly relevant or innovative approaches applicable to the Norwegian health research system.

Apr 3, 2014
Commentary

Could Norway Be Key to a Future Syria Strike?

If Syrian acceptance of the Russia-backed plan that is supposed to see it give up its chemical weapons turns out to be a stalling tactic — as many believe it is — support for strikes from allies like Norway will be all the more important to the White House, writes Christopher S. Chivvis.

Sep 26, 2013
Journal Article

Review of Experiences in Three Countries Informs England's Patient Choice Scheme

The experiences of Finland, Norway, and Sweden in offering patient choice schemes highlight England's need to carefully monitor the impact of enhanced choice in primary care to ensure that related policies truly enhance access to and improve the quality of care, and not inadvertently benefit those who are more able to exercise choice.

Sep 1, 2013
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National Independence, Women's Political Participation, and Life Expectancy in Norway

This study investigates the role of national independence and women's political participation on population health using historical lifespan data from Norway.

Dec 31, 2009
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Scandinavian NATO Policy: The Next Five Years

Based on reports from the Foreign Broadcast Information Service, this Note assesses the future of Danish and Norwegian security policies and the probable internal and external factors that will influence them.

Dec 31, 1989
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Denmark, Norway, and NATO: Constraints and Challenges

Discusses the postwar course of Danish and Norwegian security policy, addressing the pattern of constraints at work in these countries' security consensuses.

Dec 31, 1988
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Don't Rock the Boat: Reinforcing Norway in Crisis and War

There is inherent tension in Norwegian security policy because Norway depends absolutely on NATO reinforcements for both the deterrence of Soviet aggression and for defense if deterrence fails, yet it views the presence of Allied forces as potentially...

Dec 31, 1988
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Factors Affecting the Military Environment of North Norway: Its History, International Relations, Physical Characteristics, and Balance of Military Forces

Discusses how certain factors — the history, international relations, physical characteristics, and the present balance of military forces of Northern Europe — have shaped the military environment of North Norway ...

Dec 31, 1987
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A-10 Operations and the Battle for North Norway

Outlines the strategic importance of North Norway to the outcome of any future NATO/Warsaw Pact war on the basis of its location adjacent to the western Soviet heartland, the major Soviet bases on the Kola Peninsula, and the Norwegian Sea.

Dec 31, 1987
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Defense Manpower Policies in Northern and Central European NATO

Provides a brief overview of policies and practices as observed in seven European NATO countries: Belgium, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), France, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom.

Dec 31, 1979
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Telephone call pricing in europe: localizing the pulse

European telephone systems have long used the periodic pulse system for billing subscriber-dialed long-distance (trunk) calls. By 1982 all of the six countries surveyed--Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and West Germany--will...

Dec 31, 1978
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Pricing policies in selected European telephone systems

In telephone systems of Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and West Germany there are four categories of charges: installation fee, monthly subscription fee, local usage charges, and rates for trunk calls. Rates for local calls are bas...

Dec 31, 1977
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Peak-Load Pricing in Selected European Electric Utilities

Surveys principles of designing electricity rate structures and analyzes how utilities in England, France, Norway, and Sweden have established tariffs based on these principles.

Dec 31, 1976
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Territorial Defense in NATO and Non-NATO Europe

Pressures working on defense structures of European NATO countries tend to favor a change to latent conscript forces oriented toward territorial defense on one hand, standing volunteer armies on the other.

Dec 31, 1972

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