Book talk: Roadblock politics – The origin of Violence in Central Africa
Join us for a journey into the heart of Africa as Peer Schouten paints a captivating picture of the importance of roadblocks in his new book.
WEBINAR: Renewed Threats from the High North to the Black Sea. Main FLANKS Conclusions and Findings
On Thursday, May 5th 2022, New Strategy Center, in partnership with the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI), will organize the online conference ”Renewed Threats from the High North to the Black Sea. Main FLANKS Conclusions and Findings”.
Anna Eriksen Rio
Anna Eriksen Rio is a Research Fellow at NUPI working on the project Public-Private Development Interfaces in Ethiopia (DEVINT). Her PhD project f...
Protest Potentials and Protest Realities: The Gap Between Intent and Action in Russia in 2022
Russian societal response to Putin’s war with Ukraine is hard to gauge. Anecdotal evidence and livestreams of pro-regime rallies suggests a consolidation around the state and President Putin, while evidence from protest and everyday resistance suggests growing opposition. How do we interpret these conflicting signals in a closed system?
Alle for Xi og Xi for partiet
Kronikk om Det kinesiske kommunistpartiet sin nasjonalkongress og Xi Jinpings lederskap
Chinese politics under Xi Jinping
Kronikk om endringer i den kinesiske grunnloven, som fjerner tidsbegrensningen knyttet til presidentembetet, og muligheten for at Xi Jinping blir sittende lenger.
Kina balanserer på en tynn line
Kronikk om Kinas balansegang knyttet til krigen i Ukraina.
Breakfast seminar: The Humanitarian crisis in Ukraine – What can be done?
The war in Ukraine has led to an acute humanitarian crisis in Europe. How has Europe responded to this situation, and what can be done for these people?
Self-defence Militias and State Sponsorship in Burkina Faso
Summary: Since 2015-16, Burkina Faso has been engulfed in an ongoing conflict with jihadist insurgent groups active across the Sahel in West Africa. As the conflict escalated, the use of armed militias in Burkina Faso became widespread and was actively sponsored by the State which led to concerns over the militias’ potential to perpetuate conflict. The main reasons are that self-defence militias in Burkina Faso are exacerbating mutual distrust, tension and violence among different communities, while the use and State sponsorship of militias are exposing the civilian population to reprisals from the insurgents who perceive them as a threat. The result is that the previous President, Roch Marc Kaboré, might have done more harm than good by creating self-defence militias under the legal framework of the Volunteers for the Defence of the Homeland (VDPs) adopted unanimously by Burkina Faso’s Parliament in January 2020.
How Central Asia can help the global energy transition