‘We need to reflect on what “freedom” means to us’
What does freedom mean? In her new book, NUPI Senior Research Fellow Rita Augestad Knudsen examines the use of this concept within international politics.
Aftenposten Forklart - Hva skal Norge bruke plassen i FNs Sikkerhetsråd til?
After 13 years of election campaign and NOK 29 million, Norway joins the UN Security Council. What should Norway use that seat for, is this important for Norway, and can we have influence in the Security Council as an elected member without the veto power? NUPI’s senior research fellow Niels Nagelhus Schia addresses these questions in this Aftenposten Explained podcast episode.
Dagsnytt 18 - Norge inn i Sikkerhetsrådet
Norge sikret seg en plass i FNs Sikkerhetsråd i perioden 2021-2022. NUPI forsker Niels Nagelhus Schia, Utenriksminister Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide og Janne Haaland Matlary møttes i Dagsnytt 18 for å snakke om valget, hvorfor denne plassen er interessant for Norge, hvilke dilemmaer Norge vil møte vis-a-vis stormaktene, samt hvordan og på hvilke områder vi kan ha innflytelse i Sikkerhetsrådet i de to årene vi skal sitte der.
Dette kan bli dilemmaer for Norge som medlem av i Sikkerhetsrådet
(Available in Norwegian only): Som et lite land i FNs sikkerhetsråd kan Norge havne i en rekke dilemmaer. Her er noen av dem.
Norge bør være en tydeligere stemme
If Norway wins a seat in the UN Security Council a firm voice and alternative alliances is needed in order to achieve central objectives.
Norwegians adapting to a changing world
The world as we have come to know it is changing. Some of the core principles of the rules-based liberal international order are being challenged. The established truths and practices that we have based our foreign policies on are put into question. How do Norwegians respond to these changes? What are their views of Norwegian foreign policy? Just before the Corona crisis hit Norway, NUPI conducted an opinion poll in the Norwegian population asking about foreign and security policy. The answers we got tell the story of a people adapting reluctantly to international change.Read the full report here.
Norwegians adapting to a changing world
The world as we have come to know it is changing. How do Norwegians respond to these changes? What are their views of Norwegian foreign policy?
Multilateral Cooperation and Climate-related Security and Development Risks
On 3 and 4 March 2020, a sub-regional meeting was hosted by Senegal and Norway in Dakar. The meeting formed part of an ongoing special initiative by African and Nordic countries to strengthen multilateral cooperation and a rules-based international order. The topic of this meeting was “multilateral cooperation to address climate-related security and development risks in Africa with a focus on Sahel”. This report is the co-chair’s summary of the proceedings of the UN75 Africa-Nordic Sub-regional Meeting.
FN 75 år
In 2020, the UN marks its 75th anniversary. In this programme (around 1,20 into the programme) we take a historical look at the establishment of the UN; what the UN has achieved during this period, as well as challenges ahead.
Norge holder pusten foran FN-avgjørelse
Norge ruster seg til den aller siste innspurten i kampen om et sete i FNs sikkerhetsråd. Å tape blir et antiklimaks, fastslår forsker.