"Norwegians? Who needs Norwegians?" Explaining the Oslo Back Channel: Norway’s Political Past in the Middle East
About the publication
- Published: October 2000
- Series: Evaluation report
- Type: Evaluations
- Carried out by: PRIO International Peace Research Institute, Institutt for fredsforskning, Hilde Henriksen Waage
- Commissioned by: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Country: Palestine
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- Pages: 77
- Serial number: 9/2000
- ISBN: --
- ISSN: --
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Executive summary
The study focus on the years prior to 1993 and examine whether Norway’s political past in the Middle East – and, not least, the mediating and confidence-building efforts of Norwegians prior to the opening of the secret Oslo Back Channel – had had any influence on the process that followed. The study should also try to answer the question ‘Why Norway?’ – that is, what had made Norway, of all countries, suitable for such an extraordinary task?
Published 01.01.2010
Last updated 16.02.2015