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Cyber Capacity Building in Sub-Saharan Africa: Digital technology and development

This Policy Brief looks at the rapid growth in internet usage in sub-Saharan Africa and its implications for governance, cybersecurity and development in the region.
  • Cyber
  • Africa
  • Nation-building
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Chinese digi-tech politics

Part 2 of 4 in the series: Digital technology and international politics
  • Cyber
  • International economics
  • Asia
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KRONIKK: Når blir akademisk samarbeid sikkerhetspolitisk risiko?

Forskning er i ferd med å bli i en sentral arena i den geopolitiske rivaliseringen, skriver NUPI-direktør Ulf Sverdrup.
  • Security policy
  • Globalisation
  • Diplomacy
  • Asia
  • North America
  • The Nordic countries
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12:00 - 13:30
C.J. Hambrosplass 2 D / Livestream to Facebook and Youtube
Engelsk
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12:00 - 13:30
C.J. Hambrosplass 2 D / Livestream to Facebook and Youtube
Engelsk
12. Oct 2021
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12:00 - 13:30
C.J. Hambrosplass 2 D / Livestream to Facebook and Youtube
Engelsk

AUKUS and its implications for Asia, US-European relations and non-proliferation

What does the AUKUS security partnership between Australia, the US and UK mean for security in Asia, for the US-China rivalry, and for US-Europe relations?

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17:00 - 18:30
Microsoft Teams
Engelsk
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17:00 - 18:30
Microsoft Teams
Engelsk
5. Aug 2021
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17:00 - 18:30
Microsoft Teams
Engelsk

Gendered Radicalisation – how gender and place matter to countering violent extremism

In this seminar, we will investigate how multiple factors on the path to violent extremism, such as social, local, individual and global, can differ for men and women. The seminar will demonstrate the significance of gender and place in the journeys to violent extremism.

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11:00 - 12:30
Microsoft Teams
Engelsk
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11:00 - 12:30
Microsoft Teams
Engelsk
22. Jun 2021
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11:00 - 12:30
Microsoft Teams
Engelsk

Jihadist Governance in the Sahel

Often depicted as “Islamic terrorists”, jihadist insurgent governance has rarely been systematically researched in the academic literature. In this seminar, we will discuss what the research tells us about how jihadists govern and why their governance differs not only between different groups but also within the same group.

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Seven new research projects to NUPI

Exciting new research on topics ranging from energy and climate, cyber security and vulnerable states will be done by NUPI in the coming years. Seven new research projects have won funding from the Research Council of Norway. A total of 260 applications were funded, in fierce competition with over to thousand applicants.
  • Cyber
  • International economics
  • Europe
  • Fragile states
  • Climate
  • Energy
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet Sahel

The Sahel region is highly exposed to climate change, but national and local factors mean that climate change will have differentiated impacts across the region. The region will gradually become hotter, with some areas experiencing increased, but erratic, rainfall. The immediate effects of these trends may include irregular seasons, droughts and floods. Interacting with social, economic and political factors, these could exacerbate existing vulnerabilities and increase the risk of violent conflict: • Changing rainfall and seasonal patterns can sometimes fuel and compound violent conflict over limited or unevenly distributed resources. Women and girls are especially vulnerable. Across the Sahel, climate change may increase the risk of clashes between herders and farmers over access water and pastures. • Rapid-onset disasters and long-term climate change may force people to temporarily or permanently move, sometimes joining people displaced by armed conflicts. Migration is an important adaptation strategy, but it can lead to conflict between host and migrant communities. • Disasters and climate change erode resilience, increasing the vulnerability of communities to predation by armed groups and manipulation by elites. Some armed groups recruit from communities whose livelihoods are affected by factors including climate change; and local militias can escalate farmer–herder conflicts.

  • Security policy
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
  • Climate
  • United Nations
  • Security policy
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
  • Climate
  • United Nations
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Fiche technique sur le climat, la paix et la sécurité au Sahel

La région du Sahel est fortement exposée au changement climatique. Toutefois, en raison de facteurs relevant des contextes national et local, ce dernier ura des impacts différenciés dans la région. Les températures deviendront progressivement plus élevées dans la région et certaines zones connaîtront es niveaux de précipitations accrus, mais irréguliers. Dans l’immédiat, ces tendances pourraient se traduire par des saisons irrégulières, des périodes de écheresse et des inondations. L’interaction avec des facteurs d’ordre social, économique et politique pourrait exacerber les vulnérabilités existantes et accroître les risques de conflits violents: • Les changements dans les régimes pluviométriques et les tendances saisonnières peuvent parfois attiser et exacerber des conflits violents dont l’enjeu st l’accès à des ressources limitées ou inégalement réparties. Les femmes et les filles sont particulièrement vulnérables. Partout au Sahel, le changement climatique peut accentuer le risque d’affrontements entre éleveurs et agriculteurs autour de l’accès à l’eau et aux pâturages. • Les catastrophes d’apparition soudaine et le changement climatique à long terme peuvent forcer des populations à se déplacer de manière temporaire ou permanente et parfois à rejoindre des personnes déplacées par des conflits armés. La migration est une importante stratégie d’adaptation qui peut toutefois entraîner des conflits entre communautés d’accueil et communautés de migrants. • Les catastrophes et le changement climatique entraînent une érosion de la résilience, aggravant ainsi la vulnérabilité des communautés aux prédations de groupes armés et aux manipulations opérées par les élites. Certains groupes armés recrutent dans des communautés dont les moyens de subsistance sont affectés par des facteurs comme le changement climatique. Par ailleurs, les milices locales peuvent aggraver les conflits entre agriculteurs et éleveurs.

  • Security policy
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
  • Climate
  • International organizations
  • United Nations
  • Security policy
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
  • Climate
  • International organizations
  • United Nations
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Climate, Peace and Security in the Sahel region

NUPI and SIPRI, under the Climate-related Peace and Security Risks project have worked on understanding the interlinkages between climate, peace and security in the Sahel-region.

  • Security policy
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
  • Climate
  • International organizations
  • United Nations
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