Living Alliances, Leaving Alliances

Aukrust, KjerstinKjerstin Aukrust (1978), Ph.D., is associate professor of French literature and area studies in the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, University of Oslo, Norway. She has published several articles on French politics, the French sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and French contemporary literature. Borgebund, HaraldHarald Borgebund (1979), Ph.D., is a political scientist and associate professor at Ostfold University College, Norway. His research and teaching interests are democratic theory and liberal political theory. Chávez Vaca, WladimirWladimir Chávez Vaca obtained his Phd in Humanities at the University of Bergen (Norway). He also holds a Bachelor Degree in Communication and Literature from Pontificia Universidad Católica (Ecuador) and a Master in Fine Arts from New York University (USA). Currently, he serves as Associate Professor at the Department of Languages, Literature and Culture at Østfold University College (Norway). He is author of several articles published in scholarly journals such as Iberoromania, Dialogía, Variaciones Borges and Revista Caracteres. Friis Nilsen, HåvardHavard Friis Nilsen (1969), Ph.D., is professor of social science at Ostfold University College, Norway, and visiting professor at Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria (2021-2022). A historian of modern political history and history of science, Nilsen specializes in history of republicanism and history of psychology. He is a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. Heidemann, Kai A.Kai A. Heidemann (1973), Ph.D., has a background in anthropology and sociology and is assistant professor at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Landro, TorgeirTorgeir Landro (1978), Ph.D., is a medieval historian and associate professor at NLA University College, Norway Lindahl, SondreSondre Lindahl (1987), Ph.D., is associate professor at Ostfold University College, Norway. He holds a PhD from the University of Otago in Peace and Conflict Studies,