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Diplomacy and foreign policy

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Statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre taler i FNs Sikkerhetsråd i 2022
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2022 - 2024 (Ongoing)

Norway and Great Power Politics – Geopolitics, Technology and Climate (NISP)

Our times are shaped by developments in geopolitical power dynamics, fast-paced technological development and climate change. In this research program NUPI analyses how these developments change the s...

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • North America
  • The Arctic
  • The Nordic countries
  • Climate
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • North America
  • The Arctic
  • The Nordic countries
  • Climate
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Identification and physical disconnect in Russian foreign policy: Georgia as a Western proxy once again?

Evolving official Russian identifications of Georgia amount to a dangerous securitisation of this small neighbour – achieved through a focus not on Georgia itself but on Western engagement in the region. With the long absence of face-to-face diplomatic encounters and contact, the Russian idea of Georgia as a ‘Western proxy’ has become entrenched. This article advances a social explanation of Russian foreign policy that speaks to geopolitical explanations in foregrounding great power interaction and security by drawing on insights from a discourse-theoretical reading of securitisation theory. It adds value to social explanations by showing how the identification of another political entity can be changed into that of a ‘proxy’ through its integration into a larger ‘radically different other’, and how this expansion occurs in interplay with interpretations of physical manifestations of the larger ‘radically different other’ in the ‘proxy’. Finally, it draws attention to the impact of physical encounters on foreign policy in these times of COVID-19, war, and growing isolationism in world affairs.

  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
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  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
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Kina sikter mot toppen

A presentation of China's new Five-year plan. Part of NUPI's "Hvor hender det?" series.

  • International economics
  • Foreign policy
  • Asia
  • International economics
  • Foreign policy
  • Asia
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Grenseløs kamp mot korona

A presentation of the international Covid-19 response cooperation, at the early stages of the pandemic. Part of NUPI's "Hvor hender det?" series.

  • Globalisation
  • Development policy
  • Asia
  • Globalisation
  • Development policy
  • Asia
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Local and Global Aspects of Coal in the ASEAN Countries

By 2020, coal mining and power generation had been growing in Southeast Asia for decades and were projected to rise to new heights of prominence in regional energy systems, weakening the energy security of all states in the region except Indonesia, jeopardizing the NDCs of the ASEAN states under the Paris Agreement and deepening existing domestic political fault lines. Coal utilization has well-known public health, agricultural, water security and economic consequences, many of which are magnified in Southeast Asia, with its high population density and limited wind and arable land. Paradoxically, the short-sighted focus on affordability imposes significant longer-term economic risks on these states as renewable energy prices fall, while ASEAN markets for such energy sources remain underutilized.

  • Economic growth
  • Regional integration
  • Development policy
  • Asia
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Governance
  • International organizations
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  • Economic growth
  • Regional integration
  • Development policy
  • Asia
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Governance
  • International organizations
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Vi må ikke lure oss selv til å tro at konflikten med Russland kan løses

The conflict between Russian and the West is about autocracy versus democracy. This cannot be resolved by diplomacy.

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Diplomacy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Diplomacy
  • Russia and Eurasia
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Differentiated Integration and EU Outsiders: A Norwegian View

A non-EU state and member of the European Economic Area (EEA) since 1994, Norway enjoys a unique legal, political and practical relationship with the EU. This policy paper discusses what the EU’s increased openness to differentiation in association models and decision-making procedures could mean for a highly integrated third country like Norway, especially within foreign, security and defence policy. Based on interviews conducted in 2020 and 2021, we highlight three observations: First, Norway’s current association model – the EEA agreement plus some 70 bilateral agreements – is generally seen to have served Norwegian interests well, although both Europhile and EU-sceptic interviewees see EU–Norway relations as asymmetric. Second, the EU’s openness to differentiated solutions is generally welcomed, and considered to give Norway opportunities and leeway. Finally, Norwegian EU membership is unlikely to happen in the foreseeable future. Reasons include well-functioning association agreements, two negative votes on EU membership, and the continued and growing strength of EU-sceptic political parties in the Norwegian Parliament.

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • The Nordic countries
  • The EU
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  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • The Nordic countries
  • The EU
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EU–US Relations in Times of Crises

In light of the crises discussed in this volume, and US foreign policy shifts under Donald Trump and beyond, scholars and observers have started questioning the viability of the transatlantic relationship and the liberal order more broadly, including its implications for Europe. This chapter asks how crises have affected EU–US relations and what, if any, has been the impact of changing transatlantic relations on EU foreign policy integration. We discuss the transatlantic partners’ increasingly diverging foreign policy orientations following a changing US focus and geopolitical environment. We also examine how the new transnational cleavage influences contemporary and future EU–US relations. We find evidence in support of a weaker EU–US relationship. Findings also suggest that the EU mainly has become more unified in response to this crisis in transatlantic relations.

  • Foreign policy
  • North America
  • The EU
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  • Foreign policy
  • North America
  • The EU
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European Union Crisis: An Introduction

What is the impact of crisis on European Union (EU) integration? This chapter unpacks the concept of crisis and ways to conceptualize it. We outline three conceptual scenarios on the EU’s putative response to crisis and subsequently apply them in all chapters of the volume. The chapter sums up the key findings from different parts of the Handbook on the impact of crisis on EU policies and institutions, as well as the applicability of existing theories. The volume finds overall that the EU has been surprisingly resilient in the face of crises due to its ability to adapt and absorb, and if necessary, change, in response to crisis. The chapter also discusses the EU’s responses to democratic challenges and their broader implications for our wider understanding of the EU polity.

  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • The EU
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  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • The EU
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The Financial Crisis: An Introduction

This section discusses the origins of the Eurozone crisis in European Monetary Union before discussing various dimensions of how the Eurozone coped, its impact on integration, and the crisis’ implications for the future of the EU. While the authors all show that the EU’s response to the financial crisis reflected the scenario ‘muddling through,’ they have different perspectives on the future of integration post crisis. Rosén and Olsen point out that the austerity policies implemented after crisis resulted in collective protest movements across Europe. Tranøy and Stenstad highlight the failure of financial sector reforms to reset the social role of finance in a more equitable way. Caporaso analyses the unintended consequences of differentiated integration during crisis by exploring the impact of the Eurozone crisis on Brexit and the migration crisis.

  • International economics
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • The EU
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  • International economics
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • The EU
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