Norway’s security framework in a new era
This project is going to look closer at Norway’s closest allies and partners in a new and more uncertain world....
The Challenge of Sustaining Peace: Enhancing and Moving Beyond the United Nations' Peacebuilding Architecture
Islamic Insurgents in the MENA Region - Global Threat or Regional Menace?
Three researchers affiliated with NUPI presents the main findings in their recent study on insurgents in the Middle East and North Africa region.
The Political Economy of Russian Aluminium. Between the Dual State and Global Markets
This book addresses how the progress of the Russian aluminium industry, which has developed into an important global actor, has been influenced by the interaction of global market forces and the evolution of the Russian political system. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian aluminium producers needed to adapt to changing framework conditions, both with regards to the global aluminium market and in Russia. Examining the most important changes in the organization of the global aluminium trade – the reorganization and consolidation of Russian aluminium industry and its ‘oligarchization’ – Godzimirski charts the evolution of the relationship between political and economic power in Russia, and the impact that this development has had on survival and adaptation strategies of key aluminium players in the country.
The networks and niches of international political economy
This article analyzes the organizational logics of how social clustering operates within International Political Economy (IPE). Using a variety of new data on IPE publishing, teaching, and conference attendance, the authors use network analysis and community detection to understand social clustering within the field. They find that when it comes to publishing and intellectual engagement, IPE is highly pluralistic and driven by a logic of ‘niche proliferation’. Teaching IPE, however, is characterized by a ‘reduction to polarity’ that emphasizes a dualism in ontological and epistemological frames. In the face of competitive exclusion pressures, intellectual communities regenerate themselves by constructing niches while simultaneously nodding to a common tradition.
Kims store gjennombrudd
(Available in Norwegian only): Nord-Korea er farlig nær en amerikansk smertegrense – en troverdig evne til å ramme det amerikanske kontinentet, skriver Sverre Lodgaard på NRK Ytring.
Armenia-Turkey Relations – torn between past and future
Vahram Ter-Matevosyan talks about the complicated relationship between Turkey and Armenia, a situation that has been at a standstill for the past 26 years.
Theory seminar: Science, technology, and ideas of expansive territorial sovereignty in Western international relations
Justiina Dahl visits NUPI to talk about what failed attempts to settle the Arctic can tell us about norm development in the international system
What does the Islamic State's strategic communication look like?
VIDEO: Watch Charlie Winter's talk on how IS is using strategic communication.
Public brainpower critical for managing natural resources
A new book edited by NUPI researcher Indra Øverland examines how civil society, public debate and freedom of speech affect the management of oil and gas resources.