Publications

Norges tollpreferanser for import fra u-land

Trade policy differentiation between developing countries under GSP schemes

Aid for Trade and the Post-Washington Confusion

Norsk utenrikspolitisk bibliografi (1905–2005): Versjon 1.3.1 (des. 06) ved Andreas Løvold & Halvard Leira

Nordic security competence: bibliographhy on the foreign and security policy of the Nordic countries

The Eurasian Customs Union and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS): The Case of Kazakhstan

Performing justice, coping with trauma: The trial of Anders Breivik, 2012

How does war become a legitimate undertaking? Re-engaging the post-structuralist foundation of securitization theory

Abstract How does war become a legitimate undertaking? This article challenges the interpretation of securitization as a narrow, linear and intentional event by re-engaging the post-structuralist roots of Copenhagen School securitization theory. To uncover the social process that makes war acceptable, the framework presented in this article is informed by securitization theory but foregrounds the web of meaning and representation between a myriad of actors in society to unearth the contents – and changes – in how war is articulated and carried out with public consent. This matters not only for the question of how war becomes a legitimate undertaking, but also for the very practices through which the war is fought: the emergency measures that are enabled in a discourse of existential threat. The article re-visits the Second Chechen War to illustrate how war is made logical and legitimate to leaders and their publics.

Utenriksanalyse 'En tikkende bombe'

Future imperfect?