Raino Malnes is Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo and Adjunct Professor at the Norwegian University Defence College. His main research interests are political philosophy and philosophy of science. Among his books are The Hobbesian Theory of International Conflict, Valuing the Environment, Meningen med samfunnsvitenskap [The Meaning of Social Science], Kunsten å begrunne [The Art of Reasoning], and Politisk filosofi [Political Philosophy]. He is Member of the Norwegian Academy
of Science.