Kunstig intelligens, roboter og fremtidens krigføring - en revolusjon?
Dette er den første rapporten fra et omfattende prosjekt som søker å gi en bedre forståelse av forholdet mellom teknologi, krig og samfunn, med et spesielt henblikk på utviklingen av nye teknologier, fremtidens forventede krigføring, og hvilke konsekvenser dette vil ha for samfunnene våre. Denne rapporten har til hensikt å sondere terrenget, snarere enn å komme med klare anbefalinger og konkrete svar. Formålet er heller å stille spørsmål og komme opp med problemstillinger som synes relevante for videre diskusjon og forskning.
Skal finne ut hvorfor atommaktene i Asia ruster opp
– Situasjonen er mer komplisert nå enn under den kalde krigen, sier Henrik Stålhane Hiim. Sammen med Sverre Lodgaard har han fått 8 millioner kroner fra UD til å forske på drivkreftene bak atomvåpenopprustning i Asia.
Teoriseminar: Political Memory and State Power – Holocaust Remembrance after Communism
Jelena Subotic undersøkjer i det nye prosjektet sitt om, og på kva måte, staten kan regulere korleis ein minnest store politiske hendingar.
ANALYSE: Kurdisk statsbygging og kampen om naturressurser i dagens Irak
Hvilken rolle har skattlegging og naturressursforvaltning i kurdisk statsbygging?
Har jihadismen fått fotfeste i Sverige?
Magnus Ranstorp og Magnus Sandelin skal sjå nærare på historia, utbreiinga og utviklingstrekken til jihadismen i Sverige når dei besøkjer NUPI 17. januar.
Hva betyr egentlig utenrikspolitikk?
NUPI-forsker Halvard Leira og CHOIR-teamet skal forske på begreper i internasjonal politikk.
How the New Cold War travelled North (Part II) Interaction between Norway and Russia
This policy brief examines changing Russian and Norwegian approaches to each other in the period 2012–2016, and discusses how the “New Cold War” spread to the North. This is an intriguing question, since both parties had initially stated that, despite the overall worsening of Russia–West relations following the crises in Ukraine, the North should be protected as a space for peaceful interaction. To address this question, watching and tracking the changing patterns of Russian exercises and military modernization is not enough; understanding the rise in tensions requires studying the effects of the interactions underway between the parties in this region. Three interaction effects need to be taken into consideration in explaining why the tense relations following the conflict in Ukraine spread to the low-tension Northern theatre. In this, we stress the interactive dynamics that ensues when two parties start to view each other as threats, interpreting new moves by the other as expressions of hostile intent. Further, we explain the observed New Cold War “contamination” with reference to domestic policy agendas and practices of decision-making. On both the Norwegian and the Russian sides, the new military posturing in the North, now interpreted as part of a growing conflict, has emerged partly as a side-effect of implementing what actually were longstanding national goals.
How the New Cold War travelled North (Part I) Norwegian and Russian narratives
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 cooperation? In two policy briefs we examine changes in how Russia and Norway have approached each other in the Arctic in the period 2012–2016. This first brief presents the development of official Norwegian and Russian narratives on the relations between the two countries in the Arctic. Such narratives stipulate logical paths for action. Showing how Norwegian and Russian policies have changed in line with these narratives, we conclude that what some refer to as “the New Cold War” is indeed spreading to the Arctic.