Political commentary and analysis about elections and contemporary politics in Southeast Europe and Eastern Europe to newspapers and TV.
Society-focused field reportages to media outlets about how society in these regions’ adapt in their post-communist and post-war transition, and move towards EU-integration.
Special regional features and travel reportages for magazines, corporate publications, travel agencies, airlines, and newspapers.
Surveillance of the media landscape and public discourse in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, and Montenegro. SEIM Analytics extracts the essence of political debates and provide overviews related to particular actors to identify emerging trends and their impact on policy and international relations.
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SEIM Media: Newspapers articles (in Norwegian and Danish)
An extensive publishing track record of some 50 articles, academic commentary, and travel reportages in Norwegian, Danish, and Serbian newspapers (1997-2017) with spot-on political predictions, demonstrating the ability to independent analysis, policy advice, and political/election analysis. Topics have varied from analyses and commentary about post-war Yugoslav politics and society (Serbia, FYROM/North Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Croatia), elections and politics in USA, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, and conflict analysis about Libya, Syria, and the Middle East. Here are some featured examples:
-Bosnia velger tredeling, in Bergens Tidende, 18.10.1997. (PDF scan here)
-Republikken Srpska: Del 1, Klassekampen, 23.12.1997.
-Republikken Srpska: Del 2, in Klassekampen, 24.12.1997.
-Det uløselige Kosovo-problemet, in Bergens Tidende, 03.03.2000. (PDF scan)
-NATO i partnerskap med serberne, in Aftenposten, 26.03.2001: (PDF scan)
Web: http://tux1.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikker/d200311.htm
-BT og Montenegro, in Bergens Tidende, 27.04.2001.
-Mytene om krigen i Bosnia, in Aftenposten, 11.01.2004.
-Prisen for Milosevics makt, in Klassekampen, 12.06.2006. (PDF scan page 1 and page 2)
-Kosovo i Stormagtspolitiken, in Information, Denmark, 13.12.2007.
Web: http://information.dk/151731
-Kosovo behøver et historisk kompromis, in Information, Denmark 02.01.2008
Web: http://information.dk/152516
-Trojanski konj iza vrata Evrope, (about Kosovo) in Politika, Serbia, 21.01.2008 (shorter)
http://www.politika.rs/rubrike/ostali-komentari/trojanski-konj-iza-vrata-evrope.sr.html
-Stormaktenes interesser, (about Libya) Dagbladet 24.03.2011
-Déjà-vu i Libya, Bergens Tidende, 27.03.2011
-Pressens serbofobi, Aftenposten, 29.05.2011
Web: http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/debatt/article4134169.ece
-Ensretting hindrer forsoning på Balkan, in Bergens Tidende, 07.10.2011
-Krims vei ut av krisen, (about Ukraine), in Bergens Tidende, 16.03.2014
Web: http://www.bt.no/btmeninger/debatt/Krims-vei-ut-av-krisen-278165b.html
-Anklager, dommer og bøddel på samme tid (about ICTY), in Bergens Tidende, 13.04.2016
Web: http://www.bt.no/btmeninger/kronikk/Anklager_-dommer-og-boddel-pa-samme-tid-306223b.html
-Mediaboblen Aleppo, (on the proxy war in Syria) in Klassekampen 21.12.2016.
Longer version at the political blog http://steigan.no/2016/12/22/mediaboblen-aleppo/
-Aleppo og stedfortrederkrigen i Syria, on the independent political blog Steigan.no:
http://steigan.no/2017/01/04/aleppo-og-stedfortrederkrigen-i-syria/
Kyiv Maidan square - March 2014
Photos above, both from election campaign in Bălți of PSRM, the socialist party of Moldova, the first in 2023, the latter in 2014. SEIM was there.
(SEIM in Samarkand, Uzbekistan)
SEIM Media & Freelance
Field reports as freelancer journalist:
- Reportasjer fra Serbia (I-III), 3 radio broadcastings from Belgrade and Novi Sad in the
Studentradio of Bergen, 1995-96.
-Banja Luka - en såret stolthet, (on Bosnia) in Klassekampen, 07.03.1997.
-Drina gråter fremdeles, (on Bosnia) in Klassekampen, 12.03.1997.
-Makedonerne kjemper for freden, (about Macedonian politics) in Klassekampen, 09.03.1999.
-Serberne hvisker i Pristina, (Kosovo, Serbia) in Klassekampen, 24.07.1999.
-Albanske krav i Makedonia, (on Macedonia) in Bergens Tidende, 04.08.1999.
-Usikker framtid for Kosovos serbere, (Kosovo, Serbia) in Klassekampen, 10.09.1999.
-Åpent valg i Jugoslavia, (Elections in Serbia) in Klassekampen, 22.09.2000.
-Ingen snakker sant når det er valg, (Elections in Serbia) in Bergens Tidende, 28.09.2000.
-De unge gjorde utslaget, (Elections in Serbia) in Klassekampen, 28.09.2000.
-Fløyelsrevolusjonen, (on Milošević’s fall in Serbia) in Klassekampen, 09.10.2000.
-Bosnia i politisk blindgate, (on Bosnian politics) in Klassekampen, 11.11.2000.
-De konservative seiret i Tsjekkia, (on elections in Czech Republic) in Klassekampen, 23.11.2000.
-Opposisjonen mot seier, (Elections in Serbia) in Klassekampen, 20.12.2000.
-Overflødige politikere, (Parliamentary elections in Poland) in Klassekampen, 20.10.2007