Helge Blakkisrud
Seniorforsker, leder for forskningsgruppen for Russland, Asia og internasjonal handelHelge Blakkisrud forsker på utviklingen av russisk føderalisme og sentrum-periferi relasjoner med et særlig fokus på utviklingen av institusjonen med regionale guvernører.
Han jobber også med russisk nordområdepolitikk, minoritetspolitikk og russisk nasjonalisme. I tillegg er han interessert i stats- og nasjonsbyggingsprosesser i Eurasia med særlig vekt på utvikingen i ikke-anerkjente stater.
Blakkisrud er redaktør for Nordisk Østforum, et nordisk, fagfellevurdert tidsskrift for russlands- og østeuropastudier. Han er leder for forskningsgruppen for Russland, Asia og internasjonal handel.
Han har vært gjesteforeleser ved OSSE-akademiet i Bisjkek, Kirgisistan, siden 2008. I 2009–2010 var han Fulbright Visiting Fellow ved UC Berkeley.
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Publikasjon: Hvor hender det?
Putins uslitelige popularitet
Da valgskredet var et faktum, ble Vladimir Putin møtt av en jublende folkemengde utenfor Kreml. Putin blir anklaget for å lede et autoritært regime, og...
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Podkast: Putin for alltid?
09.03.2018Russland skal velge ny president, men utfallet av valget 18. mars vet verden allerede. -
Mon 19 mars 2018Arrangement
Seks nye år med Putin – hva nå?
Tid: 14:30 Sted: NUPI18. mars blir Vladimir Putin etter alle solemerker gjenvalgt for en ny seksårsperiode som president. Hva har det å si for Russland?
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An Asian Pivot Starts at Home: The Russian Far East in Russian Regional Policy
2018To realize its ambitious goals of turning the Far East into Russia’s gateway to the Asia-Pacific, the Kremlin in 2012 established the Ministry for the Development of the Far East. Structurally, this ministry is a hybrid, with offices at the federal and the regional levels, reflecting both Moscow’s centralized... -
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Russia before and after Crimea: Nationalism and Identity, 2010-17
2018Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 marked a watershed in post-Cold War European history and brought East–West relations to a low. At the same time, by selling this fateful action in starkly nationalist language, the Putin regime achieved record-high popularity. This book shows how, after the large-scale... -
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Introduction: Exploring Russian nationalisms
2018In the introductory chapter, the two editors, Pål Kolstø and Helge Blakkisrud, argue that in Putin's third period as president, nationalism has become even more important for understanding Russian politics and society than before. Prior to the annexation of Crimea, the influx of low-skilled labour... -
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'Restore Moscow to the Muscovites': Othering 'the migrants' in the 2013 Moscow mayoral elections
2018Today, the Russian Federation has the second largest migrant population in the world in absolute numbers. The chapter looks at what role these migrants – and migrantophobia – play in Russian contemporary identity discourse through the lens of the 2013 Moscow mayoral elections. On the eve of these elections,... -
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Russland sett med nordiske øyne
02.02.2018De nordiske landene ligner utvilsomt på hverandre i mange henseender. Men hvor mye felles har de når det kommer til forholdet til Russland? Det er tema i Nordisk Østforum (NØF). -
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Gateway or Garrison? Border regions in times of geopolitical crisis
Russia's border regions have had moments as open 'gateways' to cooperation. More often, however, the border has been viewed as a 'garrison': an outpost of state power. This chapter places the Russian Far East in the broader context of Russia's pursuit of economic development... -
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Afterword: 6400 kilometers away - but not a policy world apart
The Afterword presents two key findings from this volume. First, while numerous new strategy documents and instruments have been adopted in recent years, contributing authors voice concern about the steps Moscow has taken to translate lofty ideas into practical policies. Second, the key initiatives were... -
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Great Powers and Arctic Politics (GPARC)
2017 - 2020 (Ongoing)GPARC analyser hvordan stormakter (USA, Russland og Kina) forholder seg til maritim politikk i Arktis.
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Russia's Turn to the East - Domestic Policymaking and Regional Cooperation
2018This book is open access under a CC BY license. This book explores if and how Russian policies towards the Far East region of the country – and East Asia more broadly – have changed since the onset of the Ukraine crisis and Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Following the 2014 annexation and the subsequent... -
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NY BOK: Vender Russland ryggen til Vesten?
17.01.2018Har Russland styrkt banda til Aust-Asia, og fører dette til at dei trekkjer seg unna Vesten? -
Thu 1 feb. 2018Arrangement
Armenia og Tyrkia – dratt mellom fortid og fremtid
Tid: 09:00 Sted: NUPIVahram Ter-Matevosyan snakker om det vanskelige forholdet mellom Tyrkia og Armenia, en situasjon som har stått mer eller mindre stille de siste 26 årene.
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VIDEO: Russland og Vesten - konkurrerande realitetar
04.12.201713 ekspertar på russiske medium og politikk bidrog til ein vellukka Russlandskonferanse. -
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Regime Development and Patron–Client Relations: The 2016 Transnistrian Presidential Elections and the "Russia Factor"
2017In December 2016, Transnistria held presidential elections in which, after an exceptionally loud and dirty campaign, the incumbent yielded power to his main opponent. This article explores regime evolution in the breakaway republic through the prism of these elections. First, drawing on the literature... -
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Book symposium. The new Russian nationalism: imperialism, ethnicity and authoritarianism 2000–2015
2017From the symposium: 'The New Russian Nationalism: Imperialism, Ethnicity and Authoritarianism 2000–15 is a timely volume that presents readers with a rich and up-to-date analysis of the content of, contestation over, and consequences of Russian nationalism under Putin. The editors brought together... -
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Stavropol as "Russia's Kosovo"? Nationalist mobilization and public response in a Russian region
2017Russian nationalism after Crimea is commonly depicted as aggressive and expansionist – but few Russian ethno-nationalists would accept this description. Quite the contrary: they would argue that ethnic Russians as the majority population find themselves under “under siege” from ethnic minorities. A case... -
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Russia's turn to the East: The Ministry for the Development of the Far East, and the domestic dimension
2017Russia’s recently proclaimed turn toward Asia is fuelled by expectations of reaping benefits from integrating with the fast-growing markets of Northeast Asia. However, such a geoeconomic reorientation requires a viable springboard in the Russian Far East. For all the talk about Asia–Pacific markets,... -
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Female heroes in a man's world: The construction of female heroes in Kyrgyzstan's symbolic nation-building
2017This article explores how Kurmanzhan Datka and other female heroes fit into the heavily male-dominated narrative traditionally promoted by Kyrgyz nation-builders. From a reading of state-approved secondary school history textbooks, the article traces the construction of female heroes and discusses how...