ABSTRACT
This chapter continues the analysis of Norway’s domestic and international approach to counterterrorism by utilising the CTS model of counterterrorism proposed in this book. As such, it is a step-by-step analysis, examining key assumptions, basic principles, strategies and tactics, priorities and, finally, evaluation. The idea is to directly compare Norwegian counterterrorism with the CTS model and evaluate the extent to which it follows or deviates from the model. There are three main outcomes of this chapter. It is the first analysis of Norwegian counterterrorism of this kind, and it will show that CTS knowledge and arguments are already existent to a certain degree in Norway’s international approach to counterterrorism. Most importantly, it will be concluded that CTS counterterrorism is a definite concrete utopia. CTS has often been criticised for not offering an alternative, only a critique of orthodox or current counterterrorism. This chapter aims to show that a CTS model of counterterrorism is not merely a theoretical construct and an obscure critical endeavour. Instead, the core of the CTS model is practically feasible.
