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Op-ed: COVID-19: The AU must adapt, not wait. It’s needed now more than ever.
9 Apr 2020(African Arguments, April 1, 2020) At the very time the African Union is most needed to manage crises, many of its operations have been put on hold.
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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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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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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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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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Analysing the political economy in eleven of Norway’s partner countries
22 Jun 2018Project Manager Stein Sundstøl Eriksen gives three key recommendations for Norwegian authorities.
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Article on UN from NUPI researcher most downloaded
20 Jun 2017Read Senior Research fellow John Karlsrud's opan access article.
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Special Issue: Forum for Development Studies
21 Mar 2017What is new and different about development as it goes more global today?
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Lebanon on knife-edge
9 Sep 2016With Syria to the north-east, Israel in the south and faced with its own political crises, Lebanon finds itself challenged on many fronts.
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How to protect civilians?
3 May 2016Successful Two-day event marks end of Protection of Civilians (PoC): From Principle to Practice project.
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Award-winning article on quotas for the 'untouchables' in India
15 Mar 2016NUPI's Senior Research Fellow Francesca R. Jensenius is the winner of the Chr. Michelsen’s prize for outstanding development research, 2016.
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Conflicting theory and practice
30 Oct 2015Donor mechanisms for control and recipients’ desires for autonomy often collide in the development aid universe, shows a NUPI researcher in a recent book.
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The next big European project
22 Sep 2015How will the EU handle the vital challenge of the Mediterranean migration crisis?
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Winners and losers of the refugee crisis
15 Sep 2015Emotions run strong in the global migration debate. NUPI’s Morten Bøås calls for a more sober debate in order to achieve better policy.
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Making the best of good intentions
14 Sep 2015The refugee crisis is sparking a wave of solidarity. To make the best of good intentions, these spontaneous movements should collaborate with existing humanitarian organizations.
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Refugees across the Mediterranean: causes and consequences
27 Aug 2015Libya has recently become the most important transit country. Considering the transport of refugees through Libya and across the Mediterranean, a new growth industry has developed in a country without a functioning state.
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Gender is not only about women
18 Feb 2014In UN peace operations gender is often interpreted as synonymous with women and sexual violence, and this is treated as something extra on the side of the normal activity. This can lead to maintaining the marginalization of women, according to a new NUPI report by Randi...
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New centre for humanitarian studies
17 Oct 2013The Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS) has been established as a joint initiative between CMI, NUPI and PRIO.