Armenia og Tyrkia – dratt mellom fortid og framtid
Vahram Ter-Matevosyan snakkar om det vanskelege forholdet mellom Tyrkia og Armenia, ein situasjon som har stått meir eller mindre stille dei siste 26 åra.
Teoriseminar: Vitskap, teknologi og idear om ekspansiv territorial suverenitet i vestlege internasjonale relasjonar
Justiina Dahl besøkjer NUPI for å snakke om kva mislykka forsøk på busetjing i Arktis kan fortelje oss om normutviklinga i det internasjonale systemet.
Chinese Investments in Norway: A Typical Case Despite Special Circumstances
Chinese investments in Norway have increased, and remain moderate but substantial compared with the situation in Europe overall. The Norwegian case is both typical and somewhat unique. Transactions made in the 2000s coincided with China’s boom in outbound natural resource- and energy-related investments. Subsequent deals have demonstrated an increasing interest in specialized and high-tech companies. There has been diversification among actors, but state-owned enterprises remain the main source. Moreover, the debate surrounding Chinese investments in Norway has been limited and largely positive. What makes Norway a special case is the six-year freeze of bilateral political affairs that followed the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010. Although the suppression of some investor interests and opportunities is to be expected, several major investments were completed during this period despite the dysfunctional political ties. After the normalization of bilateral relations in December of 2016, actors on both sides are signaling increased economic interest and negotiations for a bilateral Free Trade Agreement are back on track.
Russiske nasjonalister vs vestvendte siden Den kalde krigens slutt
Outsidership and the European Neighbourhood Policy. The case of Norway
This paper examines how and to what extent Norway adapts to and is affected by the European Union’s policy towards its neighbours in the East. In line with the overall topic of the special issue, it investigates how Norway handles its ‘outsidership’ when formulating its policies towards Union’s Eastern partner countries that have signed Association Agreements with the EU (Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova). While Norway is not an EU member, it is still highly integrated in to most of the Union’s policy areas. It even has the habit of signing up to most of the EU’s declarations on foreign policy. However, the European Neighbourhood Policy is one of the policy areas where Norway is not participating. This means that it has the liberty to choose a different approach than the EU in its bilateral relations with these countries. Thus, this paper investigates what kind of balance Norway seeks between autonomy and integration in relation to the ENP partner countries. As this article shows, Norway seem to align itself to the policies of the EU also in this area, sometimes even without the Norwegian officials being fully aware of the extent to which this is happening.
PODKAST: Utenrikspolitikk i de falske nyhetenes tid
Hvor stort problem er propaganda og falske nyheter?
KRONIKK: Ytre høyre, foren eder
Ytre høyre forfekter nasjonalstaten, men er stadig mer internasjonale, skriver Minda Holm.
Global styring av cyberspace - moglegheiter og utfordringar
Kva er dei viktigaste og mest akutte globale utfordringane når det gjeld cyberspace? I kva grad kan normer og politikk bidra til ansvarleg statslig og ikkje-statleg åtferd i cyberspace? Korleis kan det internasjonale samfunnet bidra til auka cyberstabilitet? Og kva for nokre internasjonale arenaer er best eigna til å handtere desse spørsmåla?
KRONIKK: Brexit og europeisk sikkerhet
Kan brexit gjøre at Norge og Storbritannia blir tettere integrert med EU?
Brexit from Norway: a European Free Trade Association perspective
This report is part of larger comparative research project on how Brexit is percieved and approached in various European countries. In this paper I map out some aspects of brexit as it is viewed from Norway. See text here http://ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/brexit-from-norway/