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    NUPI replaces NRK P2's 'Ekko' this week

    07.12.2020
    NUPI 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!
  • News

    NUPI replaces NRK P2's 'Ekko' this week

    07.12.2020
    NUPI 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!
  • Thu 3 Dec 2020
    Event

    WEBINAR: Launch of special issue of International Spectator

    Time: 14:00 Location: Microsoft Teams

    We are happy to promote the launch of a special issue of the "International Spectator" journal on Governance, Fragility and Insurgency in the Sahel: A Hybrid Political Order in the Making, guest edited by Morten Bøås and Francesco Strazzari.

  • Publication : Academic article

    Governance, fragility and insurgency in the Sahel: a hybrid order in the making

    2020
      • Morten Bøås
      • Francesco Strazzari
    Once a region that rarely featured in debates about global security, the Sahel has become increasingly topical as it confronts the international community with intertwined challenges related to climate variability, poverty, food insecurity, population displacement, transnational crime, contested statehood...
  • Publication : Academic article

    Explaining violence in Tillaberi: insurgetn appropiration of local Grievances

    2020
      • Morten Bøås
    The Tillabéri region in Niger has quickly lapsed into a state of violence and come under the control of ‘violent entrepreneurs’ – that is, non-state armed actors possessing some kind of political agenda, which is implemented in tandem with different types of income-generating activities. Violent...
  • Thu 26 Nov 2020
    Event

    Building Tax Systems in Fragile States

    Time: 13:00 Location: Webinar

    How can international donors contribute where institutions are weak?

  • News

    Tax for Development Webinar Series Presenting the TaxCapDev-Network

    04.11.2020
      • Viljar Haavik
    Taxation is the key to state-building and the pathway out of fragility. An important theme forming the basis for the TaxCapDev-network. 
  • Publication : Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

    Fixers and friends: local and international researchers

    While we live in a highly unequal world where your position and place will determine what you have access to. However, based on years of fieldwork in the Sahel, this chapter turns this question around, exploring if it is possible to make inequaity work for mutual benefit. The answer is a modestly yes,...
  • Research project

    Shaping a New Africa-Europe Relationship for a post-COVID-19 global order

    2020 - 2021 (Ongoing)

    This collaborative project between NUPI, ACCORD and ECFR aims to stimulate and enrich the dialogue in Africa and Europe on the underlying geopolitical, COVID-19, peace and security and other key developments and dynamics that will influence the strategic relationship between Africa and Europe.

  • Publication : Report

    A Comprehensive Strategy EU Strategy for Africa Political Dialogue: Governance, Security and Migration

    2020
      • Morten Bøås
    Much has changed since the creation of the Joint Africa-European Union (EU) Strategy in 2007. The developing world has been changing fast. Development policy and practices are also transforming, albeit at a slower pace. The divide between emerging economies and ‘fragile states’ is increasing. This is...
  • News

    Africa, Tax and the Digital Economy

    04.09.2020
      • Viljar Haavik
    Are the giant tech companies paying their fair share of taxes? Challenges facing African countries in the digital economy. 
  • Publication : Academic anthology

    Doing fieldwork in areas of Interntional intervention: a guide to research in violent and closed contexts

    Using detailed insights from those with first-hand experience of conducting research in areas of international intervention and conflict, this antology provides essensial practical guidance for researchers and students embarking on fieldwork in violent, repressive and closed contexts. Coverning issues...
  • Publication : Academic article

    EU migration management in the Sahel: unintended consequneces on the ground in Niger?

    2020
      • Morten Bøås
    The policies implemented in the Sahel by the EU and individual member states have reduced the number of migrants transiting through the region towards Europe. However, the sustainability of this approach should be questioned as it may also increase domestic tensions in politically fragile and administratively...
  • Publication : Report

    The External Dimension of EU Migration Management: The Role of Aid

    2020
      • Henriette Ullavik Erstad
      • Morten Bøås
    Aid is seen as a key EU instrument in addressing the root causes of migration, but it has not been decisive for the drastic reduction of irregular arrivals in Europe in recent years. Nevertheless, development assistance has become crucial leverage for the EU in persuading major transit countries to improve...
  • Research project

    Jihadist Governance in the Sahel (JIGOV-Sahel)

    2020 - 2024 (Ongoing)

    This project is about jihadist insurgent governance in West Africa's Sahel region.

  • News

    COVID-19 and the consequences for international relations

    28.04.2020
    Read our briefs and expert commentary on how Covid-19 affects developing countries and international affairs.
  • Publication : Report

    Lessons from the Ebola Crisis in West Africa: Community engagement, crisis communication and countering rumours

    2020
      • Frida Bjørneseth
      • Morten Bøås
      • Henriette Ullavik Erstad
      • Alessio Iocchi
      • Kari M. Osland
    What lessons can we draw from the 2014-2016 Ebola crisis in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone? While both the outbreak itself and the context is different, there are enough similarities between the Ebola crisis and COVID-19 to extract useful lessons and best practices. In this research note, the focus...
  • Publication : Report

    Can Aid Solve the Root Causes of Migration? A Framework for Future Research on the Development-Migration Nexus

    2020
      • Henriette Ullavik Erstad
      • Morten Bøås
    An important dimension of the European Union’s response to the 2015 refugee and migration management crisis has been to address the root causes of irregular migration. A major tool the EU has to mitigate push factors of migration is development assistance. Yet, the literature shows that the casual relationship...
  • News

    The PREVEX project officially launched in Brussels

    07.02.2020
      • Henriette Ullavik Erstad
    Why are some communities more likely to experience violent extremism than others? 
  • Publication : Popular scientific article

    Attentatet i Bagdad: Farlig og feilkalkulert

    2020
      • Morten Bøås
      • Henriette Ullavik Erstad
    Den 3. januar kom nyheten om at generalmajor Qasem Soleimani ble drept i et amerikansk droneangrep i Bagdad. Ifølge president Trump handlet USA «for å stoppe en krig, ikke for å starte en krig», men angrepet bør heller ses i forlengelse av Trump-administrasjonens maximum pressure-strategi, som har økt...
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