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Homeland Withdrawal? This Series From Norway Is Your New Favorite Geopolitical Thriller

JACOB BROWN Vogue
In a not-so-distant future, Norway has elected a radical branch of the Green Party, and its charismatic new prime minister shuts down the country’s supply of oil and gas to continental Europe. Despite an impending climate crisis, the EU is none too pleased with this overnight weaning from petrol, and invites Russia to offer Norway “technical assistance” in restoring its fossil fuel production. Russian gunships descend on Norway’s oil platforms.

The Norwegian National Election: Europe’s Most Leftist Government Defeated by Right-Wing Coalition

By Asbjørn Wahl and Roy Pedersen Transform!
The red-green coalition government in Norway, whose political platform when it took power in 2005 was called the most progressive in Europe, experienced a bitter defeat in the country's parliamentary election on 9 September. A coalition of four centre-right and right-wing parties, including a right-wing populist party, gained a solid majority and are now negotiating the political platform for a new government.
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