Mathilde Tomine Eriksdatter Giske
Mathilde er forskningsassistent i Forskningsgruppen for forsvar og sikkerhet, og jobber med prosjektet «Re-Engaging with Neighbours in a State of...
US-Norway Bilateral Defense Agreements: a partnership that strengthens NATO
Forsvarssamarbeidet mellom USA og Norge utgjør en helt sentral del av vårt nasjonale forsvar i en eventuell militær konflikt. Store deler av dette samarbeidet består av bilaterale avtaler som legger rammene for hvordan amerikanerne skal kunne komme oss til unnsetning i krisetid. Helt siden andre verdenskrig har disse avtalene, i mye større grad enn hva som kommer frem i offentligheten, dannet ryggraden også i NATOs rammeverk. Omfanget og utviklingen i det bilaterale forsvarssamarbeidet viser at avtalene er limet som gjør at også det multilaterale og kollektive forsvaret av Norge henger sammen til et troverdig hele.
Consequences of Investments for National Security (COINS)
Hvordan kan liberale åpne samfunn høste fordelene av åpne økonomier, samtidig som de beskytter sine legitime sikkerhetsinteresser? I prosjektet «Consequences of Investments for National Security» unde...
WIN-WIN! with ODA-man: legitimizing development assistance policy in Japan
Official development assistance (ODA) constitutes one of Japan’s most important foreign policy instruments as it builds Japan’s global network and supports allies in the Southeast Asian region and beyond. In the context of a rising China and an increasingly severe fiscal and demographic situation at home, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) promulgated a domestic-oriented legitimation campaign featuring a popular anime character rebranded as ‘ODA-man’ to increase public understanding of and support for Japan’s ODA. Drawing on interpretivist analysis of performances at a development cooperation promotion festival, anime videos on the MOFA YouTube channel and interviews and examining the use of rhetorical strategies, this article provides an in-depth study of the promotion of one of the central instruments in Japan’s foreign policy repertoire. Though he comes off as goofy and benign, ODA-man’s messages are serious ones that reproduce dominant economic and security narratives about Japan and the world. Analysis points to both innovation and path dependency in Japan’s foreign policy repertoire; while ODA-man may be new the story he is telling, and the way that he is performing it, is very much familiar. The article further illuminates important trends in the public legitimation of foreign policy in Japan.
Rapport om utvikling og bruk av risikovurderingsverktøy for voldelig ekstremisme
Dette prosjektet skal undersøke utvikling og bruk av risikovurderingsverktøy knyttet til voldelig ekstremisme....
China's Evolving Approach to UN Peacekeeping in Africa
China’s new, assertive role in UN peacekeeping, especially in Africa, represents a significant shift in Beijing’s peace and security posture that is not yet fully reflected in official discourse and rhetoric, but that reflects China’s new confidence with its global power status. Every significant adaptation in its peacekeeping policy has reflected an important shift in the country’s practical foreign and security policy. Tracing and tracking China’s peacekeeping policy and practice is thus a useful proxy for analysing the evolution of its peace and security considerations. In this report Senior Research Fellows Kari Osland and Cedric de Coning consider the medium- to long-term trajectory of China’s peace and security practices by analysing its recent activity in Africa, focusing on how China has used its contributions to the UN peacekeeping missions in Mali (MINUSMA) and South Sudan (UNMISS).
NUPI@MSC: Et Arktis i endring – hvordan møter vi utfordringene?
Hva betyr den raske temperaturstigningen i Arktis for sikkerhetspolitikken?
Trusselen fra teknologien – slik kan demokratiet hackes
Niels Nagelhus Schia og Lars Gjesvik har forsket på hacking av demokrati. Har vi noe å frykte? Det svarer de på i NUPI-podden.
Framtida til europeisk utanrikspolitikk etter Brexit
Storbritannias utmelding frå EU har skapt stor uvisse rundt utanrikspolitisk samarbeid i Europa. Har E3-samarbeidet ei framtid etter Brexit?
Brothers in Arms and Faith? The Emerging US-Central and Eastern Europe ‘Special Relationship’
In this policy note, we explore the nature, strength and tensions of the contemporary US-Central Eastern Europe relationship. We describe the expanding US-CEE ‘brotherhood in arms’: growing trade relations, intensified military cooperation, and rekindled diplomatic ties. Further, we unpack the striking and largely ignored dimensions of the US-CEE ‘brotherhood in faith’: the many ways in which the United States and Central and Eastern Europe are tied together by overlapping ideologies of national conservatism and a particular version of Christian ‘family values’. This involves addressing the complexities of an increasingly influential and ambitious Visegrád Group, whose key players – Poland and Hungary – may be brothers, but are by no means twins. It also means raising some broader, burning discussions about the future of NATO and the meaning of ‘Europe’. Universalist, multicultural and postnational? Or conservative, Christian and sovereigntist?