Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Norway’s Options
What would the late political economist and intellectual Albert O. Hirschmann have said if asked to assess the developments in Europe – and its future – at a time when decision makers and voters feel that the quality of their community is decreasing, or fail to see the benefits of its achievements? Drawing on Hirschmann’s works, NUPI Director Ulf Sverdrup offers three intertwined strategies for European states’ approach to Europe in the time to come: “Exit”, “voice” and “loyalty”. Sverdrup reminds us that most would agree that being European is something more than being a EU citizen. According to him, there are good reasons to believe that non-members, like Norway, can contribute to developing Europe in the future. However, a common challenge for both outsiders and insiders is to recognize the multifaceted nature of Europe, and to encourage non-members not to disengage from Europe while, at the same time, encouraging the EU to relate to its European partners outside the EU.
NUPI på Arctic Frontiers: Vitskapsdiplomati og tryggleik i Arktis
Vi set vitskapsdiplomati og tryggleik i Arktis under lupa på dette årets Arctic Frontiers.
Tryggingspolitikk og stormaktsinteresser i Arktis
Noregs viktigaste utanrikspolitiske interesseområde er i nord. Arktis er likevel i endring. Korleis kan Noreg og andre nordiske land best bidra til å sikre fred og tryggleik i Arktis?
Den forstemmende enigheten
Det er for lettvint å skylde på etterpåklokskap når det gjelder norsk deltakelse i Libya, skriver Minda Holm.
Introduction: The EU and the Changing (Geo)Politics of Energy in Europe
This introductory chapter has three purposes. First, it presents the background for this volume originating in a research project on European integration funded by the Research Council of Norway (RCN). Second, it explains why EU energy policy in this context deserves closer scrutiny looking at energy relationships between the EU and external suppliers of energy and the EU and member states. Finally, this chapter gives an overview of the content of this book and explains rationales for the choice of cases presenting how the EU projects its power, how external suppliers Norway, Russia, Algeria and LNG providers have responded and how the member states Germany, Poland and the three Baltic countries interact with the EU when implementing their energy policies.
Inside Russia’s Imperial Relations: The Social Constitution of Putin-Kadyrov Patronage
I denne artikkelen (Slavic Review) analyserer seniorforsker Julie Wilhelmsen hvordan Moskva har klart å få kontroll over utbryterrepublikken Tsjetsjenia siden slutten på den andre Tsjetsjenia-krigen i 2002. Wilhelmsen argumenterer for at Moskvas kontroll er tuftet på en personlig relasjon mellom Vladimir Putin og Tsjetsjenias leder Ramzan Kadyrov som er sterkt preget av tsjetsjenske slektskapstradisjoner. Formelle føderale institusjoner og aktører har liten eller ingen jurisdiksjon i denne russiske republikken. Moskvas særegne og svake styre over Tsjetsjenia er ikke bare veldig forskjellig fra Moskvas styre over de andre republikkene i Russland, det reiser også spørsmål rundt muligheten for å kontrollere Kadyrovs Tsjetsjenia i fremtiden
Norway and Russia in the Arctic: New Cold War Contamination?
The standoff between Russia and the West over Ukraine has already obstructed cooperation across a range of issues. Could it also affect state interaction between Norway and Russia in the Arctic—an area and a relationship long characterized by a culture of compromise and/or cooperation? Here we start from the theoretical premise that states are not pre-constituted political entities, but are constantly in the making. How Russia views its own role and how it views other actors in the Arctic changes over time, calling for differing approaches. That holds true for Norway as well. To clarify the premises for interaction between Russia and Norway in the Arctic, we scrutinize changes in official discourse on Self and Other in the Arctic on both sides in the period 2012 to 2016, to establish what kind of policy mode—“realist,” “institutionalist,” or “diplomatic management”—has underlain the two countries’ official discourse in that period. Has Norway continued to pursue “balancing” policies undertaken in the realist mode with those in the diplomatic management mode? Which modes have characterized Russia’s approach toward Norway? Finding that realist-mode policies increasingly dominate on both sides, in the conclusion we discuss how the changing mode of the one state affects that of the other, and why a New Cold War is now spreading to the Arctic.
Frykten for Bolsonaro
Brasils nye president kan skape utfordringer også for Norge, skriver NUPI-direktør Ulf Sverdrup i denne DN-kronikken.
Europa gjennom den russiske TV-skjermen
Kva bilete av Europa blir viste på russisk TV? Kva forteljingar har russiske medium om Europa?
Noreg og Europa: Kva framtid vil du ha?
Viss du er fødd på nittitalet, kan du neppe hugse eit liv utan EØS-avtalen frå 1994. Dagens 25-åringar skal arve avtalen. Men kva ønskjer eigentleg denne generasjonen for Noregs framtid i Europa?