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The latest news on NUPI's research.
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Free trade agreements increasingly important for Norway
29 Jan 2020The EEA Agreement is Norway’s most significant free trade agreement by far. However, free trade agreements with other countries are becoming increasingly important, notes NUPI Senior Research Fellow Hege Medin.
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PODCAST: – Putin has no magic mind control powers
24 Jan 2020By blaming Vladimir Putin for everything that we dislike in the West, we will fail to address the real issues, according to Mark Galeotti, author of the book We Need to Talk About Putin.
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Key climate research severely underfunded
7 Jan 2020Researchers from NUPI and the University of Sussex analysed USD 1.3 trillion of research funding. From 1990 to 2018 only 0.12% of the funding was spent on a critical issue: how to change societies to mitigate climate change.
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Drivers of violent extremism: NUPI to coordinate EU-funded project
19 Dec 2019PREVEX will shed light on how the various drivers of violent extremism operate.
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Comprehensive report on Nordic-China cooperation
2 Jan 2020Joint Nordic relations with China are evolving but have clear limitations.
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Do peace operations work? And can they protect civilians?
16 Dec 2019These were some of the questions raised when researchers from the NUPI-led Effectiveness of Peace Operations Network (EPON) shared their insights in Washington, D.C. and New York.
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What does China really want in the Middle East?
16 Dec 2019In a recent article, NUPI research fellow Henrik S. Hiim and Stig Stenslie aim to find an answer.
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PM Abiy deserves the Nobel Prize, but can he keep the peace?
10 Dec 2019OP-ED: A process of change has been initiated in Ethiopia and the region, but it is under severe threat.
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Has the West forgotten about Chechnya?
6 Dec 2019PODCAST: Ramzan Kadyrov’s reign in Chechnya has cast a wave of fear and oppression across this Russian republic. What does that mean for the people living there, and for those who have fled the region in fear? And why don’t we talk more about this in the West?
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The green transition: Who will be the geopolitical winners – and losers?
3 Dec 2019This is the main question behind a new index developed by an international research team led by NUPI’s Indra Øverland.
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NUPI experts on the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
11 Oct 2019The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Abiy Ahmed for his efforts for peace and international cooperation, and especially for the initiative to solve the border conflict with Ethiopia’s neighbouring state Eritrea.
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David Petraeus visits NUPI
2 Oct 2019NUPI had the pleasure of hosting David H. Petraeus on 30. September. The four-star General (Ret) and former director of CIA shared his insights and prognosis for the geopolitical landscape ahead at the event entitled “Global Security Threats and Western Responses”.
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New project examines root causes of migration in Africa and the Middle East
27 Sep 2019What is the relationship between migration and development?
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PODCAST: Why populism? Why here? Why now?
26 Sep 2019Are we living through a populist moment, or is the term just a journalistic cliché?
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Rethinking differentiated integration
17 Sep 2019Several NUPI researchers contributed to the debate about differentiated integration in the area of security and defence at the annual conference of the European International Studies Association (EISA) in Sofia, Bulgaria last week.
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Debunking renewable energy myths
11 Sep 2019Indra Øverland has examined four assumptions about renewable energy and geopolitics.
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Tax and fragile states: Challenges for Norwegian development assistance
10 Sep 2019States need revenue to function and an efficient tax system plays an important role. Can Norwegian development assistance contribute to this?
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Top marks for NUPI’s EU project
10 Sep 2019Reviewers find NUPI-led research on the EU’s crisis response "exceptional"!
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Turkish Foreign Minister visited NUPI
30 Aug 2019Turkey's Foreign Minister H.E. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu visited NUPI on Friday August 30th.
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NUPI Podcast: Iran can prevent ship attacks, but has no incentive to do so, says Iran FM
29 Aug 2019“Sending naval vessels to the Persian Gulf, with the clear aim of confronting Iran, will not bring security,” Mr. Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, told NUPI audience.
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New CADGAT Data Reviews on 261 Belt and Road (BRI) Projects in Central Asia
28 Aug 2019One of the main observations from the research is that nobody really knows what a BRI project is and what it is not.
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NUPI researcher Nina Græger to head the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen
15 Aug 2019‘I think both NUPI and the Department of Political Science have something to learn from each other,’ says Senior Research Fellow Nina Græger, who is heading to Copenhagen in mid-September.
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How do Islamist movements relate to the modern state?
28 Jun 2019The first research notes from the HYRES project are out, analyzing several very timely questions related to Islamist movements in Mali, Iraq, Libya and Lebanon.
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EPON at Stockholm Forum for Peace and Development 2019
31 May 2019On 14-16 May 2019, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs co-hosted the 2019 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development titled ‘From crisis response to peacebuilding: Achieving synergies’.
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Research prize to NUPI's Henriette Ullavik Erstad
28 May 2019Erstad is awarded the Ording Prize 2018 for her article on Iran's mobilization of Iraqi Shi'a militias.
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How to negotiate with difficult partners?
16 May 2019Ambassador Christopher R. Hill shares his insights and experiences from the frontline of American diplomacy in this episode of NUPI podcast.
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The strategic importance of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Tokyo’s take
10 May 2019While the idea of the Indo-Pacific as more than just a geographic space is only recently taking root in the Nordics and broader Europe, it has already been hotly discussed as a strategically important arena in foreign and security policy circles in Asia for several years.
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The violence in Mali is getting bloodier, but religion is not necessarily at its root
8 Apr 2019The massacre of Fulani in central Mali on 23 March marks a grave, new turn in the conflict. How did we get here? NUPI researchers Natasja Rupesinghe and Morten Bøås provide insight into possible reasons.
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Information worth killing for
2 Apr 2019What is the role of investigative journalism in unveiling financial secrecy?
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EUNPACK Final Conference: synthesising three years of research on the EU’s crisis response
26 Mar 2019Conflict sensitivity in focus as the three-year NUPI-led research project on the EU’s crisis response (EUNPACK) organised a final conference in Brussels in March.
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How can the EU improve its response to crises?
25 Mar 2019Researchers within and beyond Europe have been studying the EU's approach to conflict and crises. Here's what they found out.
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Five paradoxes EU must address to effectively respond to crises beyond its borders
4 Mar 2019Engaging in ongoing conflicts brings with it a set of extraordinary challenges.
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Podcast: Can blockchain save journalism?
4 Mar 2019The underlying technology behind bitcoin may help fight fake news, says Walid Al-Saqaf.
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Norway’s cooperation with the EU – 4 ways ahead
28 Feb 2019Can Norway benefit from closer collaboration with the EU on foreign and security policy?
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Podcast: Giving Chinese tech giants access to Europe - what are the consequences?
7 Feb 2019Are we ready for the implications of giving Chinese tech giant access to European markets?
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European countries differ in how they talk critical issues with China
28 Jan 2019This is the conclusion in a new report addressing political values in Europe-China relations. Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr (NUPI and UiB) has written the chapter on Norway.
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New report on China and multilateral development banks
21 Jan 2019China is strengthening its position within international development finance and monetary cooperation.
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ANALYSIS: Resolving Brexit
19 Dec 2018- Nick Sitter
Brexit is in crisis. The options are limited, and they have not changed much since 2016. Now, time is running out. Exiting the EU without an agreement, widely recognized as the worst option, is the default. Moreover, this is no longer simply a question about how to deal...
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Is taxation the new politics of development?
17 Dec 2018According to scholars in the field of development studies, taxation might be the missing piece to the puzzle of peace- and state-building.
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Why are Asia’s nuclear powers rearming?
12 Dec 2018The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has granted NOK 8 million to NUPI researchers Henrik Hiim and Sverre Lodgaard to study the drivers of nuclear rearmament in Asia.
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ANALYSIS: Kurdish State-building and the Struggle for Natural Resources in Iraq
11 Dec 2018What role do taxation and natural resource management have in Kurdish state-building?
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What does foreign policy really mean?
7 Dec 2018This, with other widely used IR concepts, is what Halvard Leira and his project CHOIR team have received funding to explore.
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Transboundary collaboration on conservation and natural resources in East Africa
5 Dec 2018How can transboundary collaboration on conservation and the management of natural resources transform a zone of war into more peaceful coexistence? The case of Uganda-Rwanda-DR Congo holds some promise.
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PODCAST: Is the EU ready to handle the major challenges it is facing?
30 Nov 2018Ivan Krastev reflects on the crises that has shaped the EU for the past decades.
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The EU in the Middle East - how to prevent terrorism and violent extremism?
13 Nov 2018That was the topic for the project EUNPACK's contribution to the MERI Forum 2018.
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Hybrid warfare – how to counter it?
7 Nov 2018In this NUPI Podcast episode, a panel of experts takes a closer look at the challenges posed by hybrid warfare in liberal democracies.
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Prestigious project to NUPI on digitalization and the modern world order
26 Oct 2018New project to investigate vulnerabilities on the Internet and political consequences.
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New book: UN Peace Operations in a Changing Global Order
23 Oct 2018In this book launch interview, editors Mateja Peter and Cedric de Coning reflect upon findings from their most recent book, identifying four global transformations and their implications for UN peace operations.