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US mainland, EU archipelago? Convergence and Divergence on Transnational Organized Crime

The fight against organized crime has become a top security priority for the European Union (EU). While a new policy area is emerging, it is difficult to understand who is in lead and how the process develops. This article delves into the post-Lisbon EU security model, exploring how Washington and Brussels collaborate in combating organized crime in a context of changing definitions, actors and policies. It argues that US definitions, operational models and policies influence EU institutional thinking and policies, shifting the emphasis from prevention and rule of law to execution and intelligence. The dynamics of policy convergence and divergence on criminal matters in the transatlantic community reflect tectonic shifts in the deepest levels of thinking security in the West, affecting the moulding of a European security identity.

  • Security policy
  • Regional integration
  • Europe
  • The EU
  • Security policy
  • Regional integration
  • Europe
  • The EU
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Økonomiske virkninger av en frihandelsavtale mellom EU og USA

Rapporten skisserer bakgrunnen for forhandlingene om en frihandelsavtale mellom USA og EU (TTIP – Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) og de mulige økonomiske virkningene. To sentrale studier, utført av CEPR i London samt IFO-instituttet i Tyskland, anslår betydelige økonomiske gevinster for EU og USA. Som følge av at tollbarrierene mellom USA og EU er moderate, konkluderer begge studiene at de viktigste gevinstene ved TTIP kommer fra reduksjon i ikke-tollmessige handelshindringer. Mens CEPR anslår moderate virkninger for tredjeland som Norge, hevder studien fra IFO at det kan oppstå betydelige negative virkninger for tredjeland. Ut fra en drøfting av metoden konkluderer vi med at de negative virkningene for Norge i den sistnevnte studien antagelig er overdrevet. Årsaken er at den i for liten grad tar hensyn til at nedtrapping av ikke-tollmessige handelshindringer mellom USA og EU kan ha positive effekter for tredjeland. For eksempel vil Norge måtte tilpasse seg TTIPs regelverk på en rekke områder gjennom EØS, og får dermed del av fordelene ved friere handel. En eventuell separat frihandelsavtale mellom Norge og USA vil ha positive økonomiske virkninger for Norge, spesielt for enkelte industrisektorer. Fordi mer enn 60 % av vareeksporten til USA er olje og gass, som i liten grad er begrenset av toll eller ikke-tollmessige hindringer, er gevinsten for Norge antakelig mindre enn tilsvarende for EU. Fordi Norge er et lite og perifert land skjer en god del av importen indirekte via Europa og prisen på import fra USA øker med 40 % på veien. Dersom en frihandelsavtale kan skape enklere og mer direkte handel med USA, kan velferdsgevinsten bli større og dette øker motivasjonen for en frihandelsavtale. En frihandelsavtale kan også bety en viss liberalisering på landbruksområdet og slutt på betydelige subsidier til eksport av Jarlsbergost til USA.

  • Trade
  • International investments
  • Globalisation
  • Regional integration
  • Foreign policy
  • North America
  • The EU
  • Trade
  • International investments
  • Globalisation
  • Regional integration
  • Foreign policy
  • North America
  • The EU
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Transatlantisk frihandel og Norge

Forhandlingene om et handels- og investeringspartnerskap (TTIP) mellom EU og USA er svært ambisiøse og har som mål å fjerne tollbarrierer samt en rekke regulatoriske hindringer mellom de to partene. Avtalen er ment å dekke handel i både varer og tjenester samt investeringer. I rapporten analyserer vi konsekvensene av et TTIP for Norge. Vi ser også på konsekvenser av en egen handels- og investeringsavtale mellom Norge og USA.

  • Trade
  • International investments
  • Globalisation
  • Regional integration
  • Foreign policy
  • North America
  • The EU
  • Trade
  • International investments
  • Globalisation
  • Regional integration
  • Foreign policy
  • North America
  • The EU
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  • United Nations
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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.

  • International organizations
  • United Nations
  • International organizations
  • United Nations
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News

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.

  • Trade
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Energy
  • The EU
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Minda  Holm
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Minda Holm

Senior Research Fellow

Minda Holm is a Senior Research Fellow at NUPI. She works on questions of global order and global governance, ideology and ideological contestatio...

  • Security policy
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Conflict
  • Governance
  • International organizations
  • Historical IR
  • Security policy
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Conflict
  • Governance
  • International organizations
  • Historical IR
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As Police Roles Grow in UN Peace Operations, Clearer Guidelines Needed

  • Peace operations
  • United Nations
  • Peace operations
  • United Nations
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Democratic police reform must be driven locally

The international community's efforts to reform the police in countries that have gone through war, is contributing to improved security. But to create a more democratic police, the reform must be driven by local actors, according to a new doctoral thesis of NUPI researcher Kari M. Osland.

  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • Governance
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Research Project
2011 - 2015 (Completed)

Global Re-ordering: Evolution through European Networks (GR:EEN)

GR:EEN will study the current and future role of the EU in an emerging multi-polar world through a programme of stock-taking, multi-disciplinary research and complementary activities....

  • Trade
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Human rights
  • International organizations
  • The EU
  • Trade
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Human rights
  • International organizations
  • The EU
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