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The latest news from NUPI
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PODCAST: Can Europe get out of Russian gas?
2 Apr 2022In this new episode of The World Stage, Jarand Rystad, Jakub M. Godzimirski and Ulf Sverdrup take a closer look at European dependence of Russian gas and the possibilities that lies within Europe.
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How Central Asia can help the global energy transition
23 Mar 2022Critical materials – chromium, copper, germanium, lithium and others – are essential building blocks for renewable energy technologies such as solar panels, wind turbines and batteries. A new NUPI study argues that Central Asia has been overlooked in analyses of critical...
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New research group on climate and energy at NUPI
28 Feb 2022‘The ambition of the group is to be a driver for NUPI research on climate and energy issues,’ says Indra Øverland, head of the new research group.
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What is at Stake in Norway's Post-election Climate Negotiations
21 Sep 2021The faster Norway embarks on a responsible but speedy end to its reliance on oil, the greater the potential reputational, diplomatic, and commercial gains for Norway, write three NUPI researchers in this op-ed.
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Chinese and Japanese investments in Myanmar – what determines their environmental friendliness?
24 Jun 2021What determines whether companies investing in developing countries proceed in an environmentally friendly way? A new article published at level 2 by researchers at Harvard and NUPI examines this question.
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Seven new research projects to NUPI
24 Jun 2021Exciting new research on topics ranging from energy and climate, cyber security and vulnerable states will be done by NUPI in the coming years. Seven new research projects have won funding from the Research Council of Norway. A total of 260 applications were funded, in fierce...
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Why lack of will to limit climate change amongst ASEAN states?
12 Apr 2021The countries of Southeast Asia are among the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Why, then, has there been so little will to take action? This paradox is the focus of a new article from the ACCEPT project.
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Launching Norway’s Plan for the UN’s “Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development”
8 Jan 2021NUPI’s Centre for Ocean Governance is ready to step up to challenge.
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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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How Covid-19 affects sustainable energy transitions
20 Oct 2020Less flying. More biking. More staying at home, also when you are working. A new article by nine renowned energy experts explains how the pandemic may change the global energy landscape.
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10 new policy briefs on ASEAN countries and climate
16 Jun 2020Out now: 10 policy briefs covering each ASEAN country as part of the project ACCEPT.
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New meta-review of 204 publications on renewable energy and geopolitics
20 Apr 2020In their recently published meta-review, Senior Research Fellow Roman Vakulchuk and Research Professor Indra Øverland have systematized and analysed available research in the field.
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How the green transition will lead to a more peaceful world
17 Apr 2020The green transition will undoubtedly affect geopolitics. But how? NUPI researchers have taken a systematic look at 204 publications in the first meta-review on the field of renewable energy and geopolitics.
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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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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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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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Debunking renewable energy myths
11 Sep 2019Indra Øverland has examined four assumptions about renewable energy and geopolitics.
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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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NEW ARTICLE: The International Renewable Energy Agency has a massive potential
21 Jun 2018So how is the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), founded in 2009, doing?
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Public brainpower critical for managing natural resources
18 Dec 2017A new book edited by NUPI researcher Indra Øverland examines how civil society, public debate and freedom of speech affect the management of oil and gas resources.
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Renewables change geopolitics
23 Jun 2017In cooperation with IRENA, Harvard University and Columbia University, NUPI this week publish a report exploring the opportunities and challenges renewables have on geopolitics.
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Green future – risks and opportunities
23 Mar 2017NUPI has partnered with Columbia University and Harvard University.
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ExxonMobil & Rosneft: Trump renews the bromance?
10 Mar 2017Former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson is secretary of state in the USA. That may ease the tension in the country's relationship with Russia.
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Norway: Small state in big energy politics
2 Mar 2017Should energy policies serve the nation, or the European community?
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New Secretary of State – Pro oil and pro Russia?
13 Dec 2016Rex Tillerson – one of the main Western proponents of closer cooperation with Russia in the petroleum sector – has been nominated as Secretary of State for the USA. That may have considerable geopolitical ripple effects.
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Work together, govern better
26 May 2016What lessons can Norway and Poland learn from each other in the fields of energy, security and migration? Quite a few, according to the final conference of the joint NUPI-PISM project GoodGov.
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Energy security in Northern Europe and the Baltic region
1 Mar 2016As an input to the EU’s work with their new EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy, NUPI and EUISS organized a roundtable session on energy security in Northern Europe and the Baltic region on February 11.
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EU-Russia gas relations: Back to «business as usual»?
8 Feb 2016Commercial interests in the European Union (EU) and Russia (Gazprom) have agreed to double the capacity in the Nord Stream pipeline transporting gas from Russia to Germany. The project has become one of the most controversial issues in EU gas-related debates today, above...
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The power of energy
13 Nov 2015Today, Russia delivers one third of the EU’s energy imports – but after the Ukraine crisis, relations have become tense. Are energy imports from the USA or Brazil the answer?
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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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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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Europe's energy future
11 Mar 2015Ukraine is one of the most important external markets for Russian gas and the most important transit country for Russian gas supplies to Europe. However, gas relations between Russia and Ukraine have not been easy.
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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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Limited effect of halting gas export
23 Jun 2014Russia recently stopped the export of natural gas to Ukraine. But energy as a foreign policy tool has limited effects, conclude the authors behind the most cited article ever in the Journal of Eurasian Studies.
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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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Saudi Arabia’s role in the nuclear talks
16 Dec 2013“Saudi Arabia vs. Iran and the Role of the USA” is the second issue in NUPI’s new series of articles under the heading "The Iranian Nuclear Controversy: Regional Aspects".
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Regional aspects in the Iranian nuclear controversy
19 Nov 2013While Iran and the P5+1 - a group of six world powers which negotiates with Iran with regard to its nuclear program - have kept the contents of the ongoing negotiations to themselves, some elements have nevertheless been discussed in public.
