Government allocates NOK 45 million to Geopolitics Research Centre led by NUPI
Should the Security Council Engage with Implications of Climate Change? Let’s Look at the Scientific Evidence
Stein Oluf Kristiansen
Stein Kristiansen is a professor at the School of Business and Law at University of Agder (UiA). He works part-time with NUPI’s group on climate a...
UN Peacekeeping Operations in a Multipolar Era
How is multipolarity impacting on UN peacekeeping operations? This article sets out to answer this question by examining the ongoing decline in UN peacekeeping operations and the concurrent rise of regional and ad hoc coalitions in an era of increasing geopolitical competition. The article argues that coalitions have significantly less focus on human rights, international humanitarian law, and the protection of civilians. They thus represent a shift away from the liberal values that have marked UN peacekeeping operations, and are coherent with current geopolitical shifts where China is chipping away at human rights at the UN and African states are increasingly voicing a need for more robust operations. The article concludes that the likely outcome of these trends is a continued decline of UN multidimensional peacekeeping, but that coalitions may receive logistical and administrative support from the UN peace operations machinery.
Climate, Peace, and Security in Yemen
Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Yemen
Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Yemen
Yemen is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world due to a combination of prolonged conflict, economic crisis and recurrent climate change-related natural hazards. These hazards include temperature increases, rising sea levels and changing patterns in rainfall, causing floods, droughts, reduced water availability and soil degradation. Climate change exacerbates vulnerabilities, threatens livelihoods and influences existing conflicts.
Thor Olav Iversen
Thor Olav Iversen is a development economist with rich experience in working with international affairs as both a practitioner and an academic. At...
International Human Rights Law and Islamic Law: A Synthesis of Revelation and Reason in Saudi Arabia Legal Regime
At this seminar Dawood Adesola Hamzah will present his book on international law and Muslim states, with a focus on Saudi Arabia.
Cooperation in an Era of Strategic CompetitionEU-NATO Relations in the Context of War and Rivalry
This Policy Brief looks at the growing relations and cooperation between the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). It does so in the context of a return to war in Europe and growing strategic rivalry between the United States (US) and China. Europeans have long been called to take on more responsibility for their own defence and there is a window of opportunity to build these relations sooner rather than later.