NATO looking North: What are the priorities after the Warsaw Summit?
Norwegian Institute of Foreign Affairs, The Norwegian Atlantic Committee, German Marshall Fund of the United States and the U.S. Mission to NATO are pleased to invite you to this event: NATO looking North, What are the priorities after the Warsaw Summit?
Waging Peace: UN Peace Operations Confronting Terrorism and Violent Extremism
Arthur Boutellis from the International Peace Institute will present his latest report on UN peace operations and violent extremism.
Jihadi terrorism in Europe: The «Islamic State effect»
Anne Stenersen and Petter Nesser from the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) presented a recent study on the extent to which Islamic State (IS) has affected jihadi terrorism in Europe 2014-2016 in terms of attack activity, networks and perpetrators, modus operandi and funding. This event was arranged in the series of the Consortium for Research on Terrorism and International Crime and was by invitation only.
How war becomes acceptable
What makes some conflicts difficult to engage in, while others are seen as logical, even necessary?
Belgrade Security Forum Op-Ed: Can Democracy Survive Global Disorder?
The question posed by this year’s Belgrade Security Forum is an important one: the pressure on democratic institutions are felt worldwide. Many of these pressures can rightly be described as disorders: Global migration, state collapse in the Middle East and Central Africa, the violent terror of the IS, and climate change are some of these disorders that are challenging to respond to. In worst case they may threaten to undermine our democratic institutions as well.
NATO’s Role in the Refugee Crisis: Building Bridges with the EU
The activities that NATO has undertaken to address the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean focus on intelligence and surveillance, and are designed to complement the efforts of the EU and Turkey, writes Nina Græger. She argues that the operation builds on years of informal cooperation between the EU and NATO, and that the current partnership could lead to an easier relationship between them.
A nuclear-weapons-free-world – utopia, or…?
In September 2016, North Korea celebrated a successful nuclear test. Is a nuclear-weapons-free world feasible – and desirable? Sverre Lodgaard looks into this question in his recent publication on this subject.
Lebanon on knife-edge
With Syria to the north-east, Israel in the south and faced with its own political crises, Lebanon finds itself challenged on many fronts.