Asle Toje

Asle Toje
Asle Toje Lecturing at the Sorbonne, Paris
Born (1974-02-16) February 16, 1974 (age 50)
EducationPembroke College, Cambridge
SchoolNeoclassical realism
InstitutionsNorwegian Nobel Committee
Main interests
International relations theory
WebsiteOfficial website

Asle Toje (born February 16, 1974) is the Deputy Leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (2018-2023).[1] He is a foreign policy scholar and was Research Director at the Norwegian Nobel Institute from 2009 until he joined the Nobel Peace Prize Committee.[2] Toje is a regular contributor to the Norwegian foreign policy debate, including as a regular columnist in the Dagens Næringsliv, Minerva. In the Norwegian foreign policy discourse he has been a proponent of democracy, market economy, the rule of law, and conservatism[citation needed]. Toje has in recent years spent most of his time on issues at the intersection of nuclear disarmament, peace and geopolitics[citation needed].

  1. ^ "Nobel Committee - Nobel Peace Prize". The Nobel Peace Prize. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Bakken, Laila Ø. (7 February 2018). "Frp vil ha forskningsdirektør Asle Toje i Nobelkomiteen". NRK. Retrieved 18 November 2021.