Before joining NATO, the country had been out of any alliances since its complete independence in 1905 from Sweden. That belief changed due to the German occupation during the Second World War, as neutrality was considered to be no longer a feasible policy. After the war Norway intensified its cooperation with the United Kingdom and secured support under the US Marshall Plan.

At present, Norway which is still a founding member of NATO - falls short of the NATO requirement which states that each country should allocate 2 percent of its GDP towards military expenditure. However, the government made a pledge to accomplish by the year 2026. In a 2022 poll, 96 percent of Norwegians said they supported NATO membership. In another poll, 72 of the Red voters said they wanted to continue membership in the alliance.

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Thuggee (UK: ,US: ) are actions and crimes carried out by Thugs, historically, organised gangs of professional robbers and murderers in India. The English word thug traces its roots to the Hindi ठग (ṭhag), which means 'swindler' or 'deceiver'. Related words are the verb thugna ('to deceive'), from the Sanskrit स्थग (sthaga'cunning, sly, fraudulent') and स्थगति (sthagati, 'he conceals'). This term, describing the murder and robbery of travellers, was popular in the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, especially northern and eastern regions of historical India (present-day northern/eastern India and Bangladesh).

Contemporary scholarship is increasingly skeptical of the thuggee concept, and has questioned the existence of such a phenomenon, which has led many historians to describe thuggee as the invention of the British colonial regime.

Thugs were said to have travelled in groups across the Indian subcontinent, and are said to have operated as gangs of highway robbers, tricking and later strangling their victims. To take advantage of their victims, the thugs would join travellers and gain their confidence, which would allow them to surprise and strangle the travellers with a handkerchief or noose. They would then rob and bury their victims. This led to the thugs being called Phansigar ("using a noose"), a term more commonly used in southern India. During the 1830s, the thugs were targeted for eradication by the Governor-General of India, Lord William Bentinck, and his chief captain, William Henry Sleeman.

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