Publications
Captured or Capturing? Narcotics and Political Instability along the ‘African Route’ to Europe
Norway, Asia and the Global Value Chains. Asia’s Growth and Norway’s Economic Links to Asia.
This report is written as part of a project funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2013. The core project team has included the authors of this report, Donghyun Park, Asian Development Bank, Manila and Innwon Park, Korea University, Seoul. This report focuses on the economic development of Asia and Norway’s economic links to Asia, and aims to provide a compact and up-to-data analysis in these fields.
Attitudes Toward Tbilisi- and Mingrelian-Accented Georgian Among Georgian Youth: On the Road to Linguistic Homogenization?
Petroleum revenue and Caspian security, conflict driver or means of conflict resolution
R&D Policy Support and Industry Concentration: A SKIN Model Analysis of the European Defence Industry
"The Bullets Sound Like Music To My Ear": Socialization of Child Soldiers within African Rebel Groups
European Energy Security in the Wake of the Russia–Ukraine Crisis, PISM Strategic File 27(63)
Russia’s confrontational approach towards Ukraine and the West has made energy security bells ring in many European capitals and in Brussels. This is perfectly understandable because Russia is the most important external supplier of energy to the EU, and Ukraine is the country through which more than 50 per cent of Russian gas destined for the EU is shipped. The EU learnt earlier, in 2006 and 2009, how tensions in gas relations between Russia and Ukraine may influence the situation on the European gas market. This time, however, the EU is on course to change its energy policy and relations with Russia, in order to enhance its security and limit the possibility of energy blackmail.
Governing the governors: legitimacy vs. control in the reform of the Russian regional executive