Governing the governors: legitimacy vs. control in the reform of the Russian regional executive
Status, small states, and Significant Others: Re-reading Norway’s attraction to Britain in the twentieth century
The formative years: Norway as an obsessive status-seeker
This chapter shows how status concerns were central to how Norway related to the wider world during the formative nineteenth century: status and identity were inextricably intertwined. It argues that Norwegian politics throughout the nineteenth century were deeply concerned with status and status seeking. When Norwegians started discussing foreign politics and foreign policy, it was in terms of peace, prosperity and status, with the people closely linked to all these phenomena. The many active NGOs as well as the constant references to duties and a Norwegian mission indicate that this explanation must be taken seriously. Even though the resources spent internally in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have been modest, the sheer mass of public attention paid to peace issues has probably made it harder to discuss other matters in Norwegian foreign policy. Various Norwegian politicians have noted that peace activism has given them better access to great-power decision-makers.
Mired in Reservations: The Path-Dependent History of Electoral Quotas in India
Ny utgave av Nordisk Østforum
Årets fjerde og siste utgave av Nordisk Østforum er nå tilgjengelig på nett.
Geopolitikk og forhandlingene om Irans atomvåpenprogram
Etter brudd i forhandlingene og utsatt frist til 24. november, fortsetter forhandlingene, men med liten framgang. Dette er tema for NUPIs siste notat i artikkelserien The Iranian Nuclear Controversy: Regional Aspects.
Kronikk: Den nye fienden
Nesten plutselig, i løpet av en kort nordisk høysommer, har vi fått en ny hovedfiende i verden.
What does Europe have to offer IR? Exogenisation and real-life data