Russland, folkeretten og militær intervensjon: Selektiv prinsippfasthet
Multiple actors and centres of agency? Examining the UN as competitive arena for normative change
Security. EU–NATO Relations: Informal Cooperation as a Common Lifestyle
The European Union has developed and strengthened its relations with various international organisations as part of its ambitious foreign and security policy agenda, including with NATO. EU-NATO relations have been studied in several ways, including through the lens of their meaning for both organisations’ performance in the field. The current chapter departs from a different angle by looking at the long-term effects of EU/NATO interactions, where the focus is on the everyday practices – and not on one-shot performances or fulfilment of pre-set goals – of both organisations, whether formal or informal. In particular, it studies how the political paralysis in the formal cooperation between the EU and NATO under the ‘Berlin Plus’ agreement has over time contributed to the strengthening of informal, ad hoc cooperation among diplomats, military personnel and the international staff of both organisations, in Brussels and in the field. These evolving EU-NATO informal practices seem to be detached from institutional or national belonging, with implications for the understanding of inter-organisational cooperation.
Friendships form countries’ foreign policy
When two countries constantly talk of each other as "special" friends and allies, this has consequences for practical policy. Words and actions are mutually reinforcing, says Kristin Haugevik, who defends defends her PhD on July 4th.
Limited effect of halting gas export
Russia recently stopped the export of natural gas to Ukraine. But energy as a foreign policy tool has limited effects, conclude the authors behind the most cited article ever in the Journal of Eurasian Studies.
Minda Holm
Minda Holm is a Senior Research Fellow with the research group Global Order and Diplomacy. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the Universit...
The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair by Michael Deibert