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How states cope with international criticism
26 Apr 2021When states and their leaders encounter international criticism, they normally employ one of three strategies: recognition, rejection or countering. Diplomats, however, often take a fourth approach, according to a new study by Senior Research Fellow Kristin Haugevik (NUPI)...
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The crises threatening the EU today
5 Mar 2021Corona crisis, legitimization crisis and climate crisis. These are merely a few of the obstacles currently facing the EU. How is it coping? And where will the EU find itself in 2025? EU crisis management is in focus in a new book by Prof. Marianne Riddervold (NUPI and HINN)...
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Nordic research cooperation is more important than ever in a rapidly changing world: concrete proposals for developing cooperation
10 Feb 2021The Nordic Ministers of Foreign Affairs were meeting 10 February. Their virtual meeting was an opportunity to discuss the potential for increased Nordic research cooperation at a time where the world around us is changing rapidly.
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NUPI awarded funding for five research projects by the Research Council of Norway
16 Dec 2020The Research Council of Norway awarded NUPI funding for five new research projects.
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NUPI replaces NRK P2's 'Ekko' this week
7 Dec 2020NUPI has produced ten hours of high quality radio about foreign policy and international relations. The programs will air on NRK P2 during week 50, Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 11.00. Tune in!
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Doubling Down on Arctic Diplomacy
12 Nov 2020- Alf Håkon Hoel
- Yun Sun
- Alexander Sergunin
- Robert Orttung
What impact will the new Biden administration have on Arctic politics? While the Arctic as a region is not likely to figure as feature in the 100-day plan of a new Biden presidency, there are reasons to expect some key changes for the region.
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‘We need to reflect on what “freedom” means to us’
25 Jun 2020What does freedom mean? In her new book, NUPI Senior Research Fellow Rita Augestad Knudsen examines the use of this concept within international politics.
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Norwegians adapting to a changing world
17 Jun 2020The world as we have come to know it is changing. How do Norwegians respond to these changes? What are their views of Norwegian foreign policy?
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What previous crises tell us about the likely impact of Covid-19 on the EU
13 May 2020- Jarle Trondal
- Aksemi Newsome
The Covid-19 crisis and its wide-ranging consequences illustrate the importance of understanding how the EU responds to crises. Drawing on a forthcoming book, Marianne Riddervold (NUPI), Jarle Trondal (University of Agder and ARENA) and Akasemi Newsome (UC Berkeley) discuss...
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Crisis tests China’s relations to Europe
30 Apr 2020A new report takes the temperature on China’s relations to European countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Norway is one of the places characterized by little controversy.
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Common fears, common opportunities?
5 Mar 2020How do Czechia and Norway assess and respond to a changing international political context?
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NUPI@MSC: How do we meet the challenges in a changing Arctic?
13 Feb 2020Read joint NUPI-Wilson Center report on Arctic security discussed at MSC 2020.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Russia Conference: Cold Peace in the Arctic?
14 Sep 2018On September 14, NUPI’s Russia Conference took place in Oslo. Couldn’t be there? Watch the entire event, including Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide's key note speech, on YouTube.
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PODCAST: Friendships that move the world
5 Sep 2018What did two of the world’s most important state leaders – Barack Obama and David Cameron – signal by this image? Senior Research Fellow Kristin Haugevik has examined how relationships between states become ‘special’ in a new book.
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PODCAST: Cyberspace, international norms, and a new initiative in the UN?
23 May 2018In this NUPI podcast, cyber-expert Karsten Geier proposes a new way forward.
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NEW BOOK: Meeting the dragon in the North
23 Oct 2017The Nordics have a lot to gain from learning from each other's relationship with China.
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Japan and China: Competing Realities
23 Aug 2017China has played a central role in Japanese identity-making for centuries - what of its role today? asks Wrenn Yennie Lindgren (NUPI) in a new article.
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What you need to know about the elections in Iran
18 May 2017Iranian presidential and local elections will be held on 19 May. Senior Advisor Joachim Nahem (NUPI) clarifies some important questions.
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The Chinese Story
18 Apr 2017New article: China is rapidly rising as a key actor on the African continent.
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How to deal with North Korea?
19 Dec 2016The threats posed by North Korea have never been greater, Sverre Lodgaard writes in new policy brief.
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Lifting the Veil of Secrecy - Tax Havens and Developing countries
23 Nov 2016Tax havens and developing countries – How do we curtail the increasing illicit financial flow from developing countries and which consequences do we see? Leading researchers and experts met in Bergen 21-22 November to discuss and present state-of-the-art research.
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The cyber-frontier
10 Aug 2016How does digitalization lead to new kinds of global connections and disconnections in the developing countries? And which role does digitalization play for the UN's sustainable development goals? NUPI researchers set out to explore this in a new research project that maps...
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North Korea’s nuclear weapons: Iranian solution – a way out?
29 Jun 2016North-Korea is getting closer and closer to a de facto nuclear deterrence capability.
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NATO summit in July: How will NATO cope?
20 Jun 2016What are the threats for NATO today? How will the NATO summit in Warsaw cope with the new security landscape?
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The Arctic Future
29 Jan 2016With the growing global interest in the Artic, a regional security complex is emerging.
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In the wake of the crisis
14 Jan 2016After the Ukraine crisis, the EU’s approach towards Russia has changed, according to results from a NUPI research project.
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Prestigious funding to NUPI
11 Dec 2015NUPI has been awarded prestigious TOPPFORSK project funding to study how states cope with challenges in the field of power and geo-politics.
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Does dialogue resolve conflicts?
21 Oct 2015Dialogue has become a buzzword in international politics. But can it really carry the burden of conflict resolution?
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David versus Goliath? Small states in the EU
9 Oct 2015What direction will Europe take, and what does this move mean for small states like Norway? This was key question when EU minister Vidar Helgesen, opened NUPI’s EUNOR workshop October 8.
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Israeli security after the nuclear deal with Iran
29 Sep 2015Israeli security after the nuclear deal with Iran, written by Efraim Halevy, is number 12 in NUPI’s series about regional dimensions of the nuclear diplomacy with Iran.
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Egypt and the nuclear agreement with Iran
25 Sep 2015'Egyptian Concerns on the P5+1/Iran Joint' is the title of the eleventh paper in our series on the negotiations with Iran on a nuclear agreement.
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A diplomatized world
26 Aug 2015Diplomacy is no longer the sole preserve of states – nowadays even consultancy firms offer their services in peace-making and reconciliation. And the entire theory framework for diplomacy has become of growing importance.
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Major publication from NUPI
7 Aug 2015History is in the spotlight when NUPI senior researchers Halvard Leira and Benjamin de Carvalho now issue a four-volume work on international relations.
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An Arms Race?
19 May 2015The framework agreement guaranteeing that Iran will not develop nuclear weapons is signed in Lausanne. What does this mean for Turkey’s future?
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Not encouraging on disarmament
7 May 2015The hope for a final non-proliferation treaty on nuclear weapons are high, but the chances for disarmament seem bleak, according to a new brief.
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Common interests, but no agreement
30 Sep 2014Having missed their deadline, the negotiators for an agreement on the Iranian nuclear weapons program are giving themselves until November 24 to agree. This is the topic for NUPI’s latest paper in the article series on the Iran nuclear agreement.
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Friendships form countries’ foreign policy
25 Jun 2014When two countries constantly talk of each other as "special" friends and allies, this has consequences for practical policy. Words and actions are mutually reinforcing, says Kristin Haugevik, who defends defends her PhD on July 4th.
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New article: The Nuclear Agreement with Iran
21 Feb 2014The newest paper in NUPI’s article series on the Nuclear Agreement with Iran establishes the history of how the parties have ended up where they are today and what is needed to satisfy the conditions of the agreement in the course of the next few months.
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Oman’s quiet diplomacy and Iran
28 Feb 2014Omans’s role in quiet diplomacy is the topic for the fourth paper in NUPI’s article series on the Iran nuclear agreement.
