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What does the Islamic State's strategic communication look like?

VIDEO: Watch Charlie Winter's talk on how IS is using strategic communication.

  • Defence and security
  • Terrorism and extremism
  • Conflict
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Report

‘Violent Extremism’ in the Lake Chad Basin. Understanding the Drivers of the Boko Haram Insurgency.

  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
  • Insurgencies
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
  • Insurgencies
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The Wire Approach to the UN

What can ‘The Wire’ and McDonald's teach us about the UN?

  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • International organizations
  • United Nations
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The Role of the Civilian Component in African Union Peace Operations

The role of civilians in African Union (AU) peace support operations (PSOs) is still not fully understood. As a result, civilian capacity development has not been well resourced in comparison with the military and police dimensions of the African Standby Force (ASF) and has only modestly developed since 2006. As at the end of 2016 the AU has deployed approximately 400 civilians across its PSOs in Burundi, the Central African Republic (CAR), Mali, Somalia and Sudan. The average size of the actual civilian component in each mission totalled approximately fifty people. The civilian components most commonly found in AU PSOs are Political Affairs, Human Rights and Protection, Public Information, Humanitarian Liaison, Safety and Security, Civil Affairs, Gender and Mission Support. Despite AU policies and PSO doctrine, the value of a multidimensional approach to PSOs, and the role that civilians perform in this larger context, is not widely recognised in the AU Commission, AU PSOs or among the AU’s key PSO partners. The AU has struggled to articulate clearly why it needs a multidimensional approach, what the function and contribution of the civilian components are, and how the civilians staff contribute to achieving the mandate of a particular mission. This will have to change if the AU is serious about undertaking comprehensive stabilisation operations.

  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • International organizations
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • International organizations
Event
12:30 - 14:30
NUPI
Engelsk
Event
12:30 - 14:30
NUPI
Engelsk
10. Jan 2018
Event
12:30 - 14:30
NUPI
Engelsk

CANCELLED: Lunch seminar: Hacking for the Homeland: Palestinian resistance in the digital era

Event cancelled due to unforeseen events.

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Mali: A Political Economy Analysis

  • Economic growth
  • Development policy
  • Africa
  • Fragile states
  • Insurgencies
  • Economic growth
  • Development policy
  • Africa
  • Fragile states
  • Insurgencies
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Publications
Report

Strengthening the Peace and Governance Nexus within the African Union. Enhancing synergy between the African Governance Architecture (AGA) and the...

The vision of the African Union (AU) is to achieve “an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena”. The attainment of that vision hinges on three foundational imperatives: democratic governance, peace and security, and sustainable development. The focus of this report is on the interlinkages between democratic governance on the one hand and peace and security on the other. The report examines the two overarching mechanisms that were established by the AU to strengthen democratic governance and attain peace and security; namely the African Governance Architecture (AGA) and the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA).

  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • International organizations
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • International organizations
Research Project
2023 - 2026 (Ongoing)

Support to UN Peace Operations: Ensuring More Effective UN Peace Operations (UNPO)

The aim of the project is to strengthen the ability of UN peacekeeping and other peace operations to respond to global security challenges, adapt to a changing global order, and continue contributing ...

  • Security policy
  • Terrorism and extremism
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • Governance
  • International organizations
  • United Nations
  • AU
  • Security policy
  • Terrorism and extremism
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • Governance
  • International organizations
  • United Nations
  • AU
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Research Project
2017 - 2020 (Completed)

Journalism in struggles for democracy: media and polarization in the Middle East

What is the role of journalists in the social and political polarization that has followed the Arab uprisings?...

  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Conflict
  • Governance
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Conflict
  • Governance
Event
16:15 - 17:45
NUPI
Engelsk
Event
16:15 - 17:45
NUPI
Engelsk
27. Nov 2017
Event
16:15 - 17:45
NUPI
Engelsk

North Korea and the USA: the simplified black and white conflict

In cooperation with the Norwegian Network for Asian Studies, NUPI invites you to this talk on the ‘Doomsday Clock’ and the threat of a global nuclear war.

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