The Power of Knowledge-Based Networks
Seminar with Dr. Mai'a K. Davis Cross
Energy security in the Baltic Sea region: Regional Coordination and Management of Interdependencies (BES)
The project is to provide deeper insights into recent dynamics of energy cooperation in the Baltic Sea region....
National and European Governance: Polish and Norwegian Cooperation Towards More Efficient Security, Energy and Migration Policies (GOODGOV)
The aim of the project is to analyse the current situation in three fields of governance – national security, energy and migration – in both Polish-Norwegian bilateral and in broader European context....
Semi-cores in imperial relations: The cases of Scotland and Norway
Recently, the field of International Relations has seen increased interest in international hierarchy, and also an upswing in the analytical study of imperial logics of rule. Nonetheless, existing structural models of empire focus on core-periphery dynamics, and so cannot explain polities that display elements of both core and periphery. Therefore, I offer the new concept of ‘semi-cores’. Semi-cores are a specific form of historical political associations whereby certain imperial provinces are different from the others in terms of the close relationships it maintains with the imperial metropolis. Semi-cores are different by virtue of being relatively similar. The conceptualisation of semi-cores is followed by a section illustrating its logic, examining the relatively unfamiliar cases of Scotland and Norway and their position within the Danish and British empires, respectively. Although being separate imperial provinces, these were tightly connected to an imperial core. This concept helps us better understand imperial logics, and in the process shows how cultural factors can be formalised into accounts of structural logics of rule, impacting our understanding of both historical and contemporary hierarchical international affairs.
Coordination and Capacity Building within the Security Sector in Bosnia-Herzegovina (SSRBiH )
The project is currently organized to both coordinate Norway’s support to the intelligence and security sector in Bosnia-Herzegovina and to do research on relevant topics....
Europe in transition – Small states and Europe in an age of global shifts (EUNOR)
What is the significance of the EU for small states in Europe today?...
The Russo–Ukraine crisis and the role of the EU: implications for Norway
The Ukrainian crisis has become the most pressing security-policy issue in Europe....
Security in Serbia (BCSP )
The Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BSCP) is a key actor in the security-policy discourse in Serbia and has developed a constructive and critical approach to the on-going reform of the security s...