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CPR for foreign aid
The government is providing fresh billions for military support to Ukraine. But the fact that civilian aid is financed by cutting aid to the world's poorest threatens the very mainstay of Norwegian aid. That's why we are calling out the alarm, writing 25 organizations and actors.
Survey on Norwegians' attitudes to aid
Langsikt has designed a survey on Norwegians' attitudes to aid, which was conducted by Ipsos on a representative sample of 1,069 Norwegians in the two weeks before the election in September 2025. Press the Download button to read the full report in which Ipsos summarizes the results.
Five predictions about the future of aid
International aid is not dead, but changing. Five trends in particular will shape the future of development, according to aid veteran Masood Ahmed.
The Arguments "Bondelaget" Leads Are Weak
Farmers should not stand in the way of GMOs that can make the farming industry more sustainable and strengthen fish welfare.
Preserving the wealth tax is good conservative policy
The wealth tax is an insurance against the greater vulnerability of the tax system, writes Aksel Braanen Sterri in a reply to Eirik Løkke.
Gene technology for better fish welfare
GMO anxiety does not merely cost the aquaculture industry billions of Norwegian kroner; it also harms the lives and health of salmon. To prevent avoidable suffering, industry leaders and policymakers must act quickly.
Media crisis on the stairs
Artificial intelligence can undermine the media business model.
Not everyone has 100 days
Norwegian aid can save more lives, if it is properly prioritised by our politicians. Read how on langsikt.no/en/100dager
Climate Investment Fund should be scaled up without Ministry of Finance as brake
Parliament has asked the government to strengthen the Climate Investment Fund, but the way it is done is crucial. The Treasury Department should not stand in the way.
Media coverage
Tellef Raabe at the Western Conference on KI
Tellef Raabe participated in a panel discussion about KI during the Western Conference, and discussed how we should get value out of KI. See footage in the link.
Expert Manager Aksel Braanen Sterri on chatbots and emotions
The student newspaper Universitas tested massive use of ChatGPT for five days, and interviewed Aksel about why the emotional attachment became so strong.
Isabelle Ringnes: - Keeps me away from investments that give me a bad gut
Longsight's “ten Ki-commandments” is mentioned in connection with an interview by Isabelle Ringnes in Dine Penge.
KI is a threat to the human conversation
Petter Bae Brandtzåg responds critically to supervisor Aksel Braanen Sterri's post about KI to write chronicles.
- Should we make serious the aspiration for European independence, we can start with two obvious things: stopped listening to Elon Musk's thoughts about the future and reject Palantir.
Long term's “ten Ki-commandments” are mentioned in a commentary by Dag Grytli where he discusses what it takes for digital European independence.
- The road around the iceberg goes through locally led aid.
This is written by the Secretary General of Caritas Norway in Fædrelandsvennen and refers to Langsikt's memo on locally led managed assistance from May 2025.
How to free himself from the clingy grip of the tech giants?
Senior adviser Tellef Raabe is on radio to discuss the impact of tea oligarchs on our lives, and why he thinks we need greater government intervention.
Has aid hit the iceberg?
Executive Director Eirik Mofoss discusses the heralded grand message on diversionary policy in a podcast at the think tank Agenda.
Senior advisor Tellef Raabe on big and small at TV2 news company
They discussed amid gold shock, the hatred of ICE and Norway's high sickness absence rate.
Too many goals in Norwegian aid
Eirik Mofoss is clear about what he would prioritise in the aid budget if he were allowed to decide. Norad responds.