Nasjonal krisehandtering: Kva kan vi lære av Finland?
For å takle nye former for sårbarheit, risiko og truslar i samfunnet, trengst ei rask nasjonal krisehandtering. Finland og Noreg har hatt ei ulik tilnærming til desse utfordringane. Kva kan vi lære frå dei finske erfaringane?
Measuring the Success of Peace Operations: Directions in Academic Literature
This background paper examines how the academic literature has approached the question of success in peace operations. Here it should be noted that many theoretical and methodological issues have not been settled, nor does this contribution seek to resolve them. The aim here is to shed light on the issue, and indicate where choices need to be made for research into success to be rigorous. The first section examines differences between the way that scholarly and practitioner analyses approach this question. The section that follows looks at how the academic literature has approached the definition of success and where some of the fault-lines lie. In the conclusion I outline a number of methodological decisions that need to be made when conducting research on success.
Synthesis Report: Reviewing UN Peace Operations, the UN Peacebuilding Architecture and the Implementation of UNSCR 1325
In 2015, three reviews in the field of Peace and Security were undertaken: the UN peace operations review, the review of the UN Peace building Architecture and the review of the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325. These reviews reflect the acknowledgement that the changing dynamics of conflict in the world necessitates a revision of the UN’s tools in order for the organisation to maintain its relevance and ability to meet these challenges. This report presents the key recommendations as well as common themes across the reviews. The common themes are: the changing nature of conflict; the importance of the women, peace and security agenda for the UN’s work;the primacy of prevention and the need for a long-term focus; the necessity to shift towards people-centred, inclusive processes; the primacy of politics; the need for field focus and context awareness; the privileging of the military response to violent conflict is counterproductive; partnership with other actorsis important; leadership and professionalisation of the UN is needed; and a call for stronger UN system coherence. It ends by offering some recommendations to the current and next UN Secretary General.
Støtte, handling og forpliktingar: FNs arbeid for å fremje menneskerettar Nytt seminar i the serien "UN70: A new dagsorden seminar series". Dette seminaret har som mål å komme med idear og forslag til dagsorden for neste generalsekretær som tiltrer 1. januar 2017. Seminaret er det andre i rekkja av tre seminar i serien "UN70: A new dagsorden seminar series", som NUPI arrangerer i samarbeid med Uteniksdepartementet. Seminaret tar for seg menneskerettar og ser på FNs arbeid innan for dette feltet. Målet med diskusjonen er å komme med idear og forslag til dagsorden for neste generalsekretær som tiltrer i stillinga si 1. Januar 2017. Viss du ikkje har høve til å delta, kan du følgje seminaret live på YouTube: Program 10:00-10:15: Introduksjon. Eli Stamnes,Seniorforskar, NUPI. Gjermund Sæther, Prosjektleiar, FN70: Ein ny dagsorden, Utanriksdepartementet Njål Høstmælingen, Direktør, International Law and Policy Institute. 10:15-10:35: Key note, Gianni Magazzeni, Kontoret for Høykommissæren for menneskerettar i Genève: ”The state of human rights and the work of the UN at country level” 10:35-10:45: Spørsmålsrunde: Møteleiar, Gianni Magazzeni, Njål Høstmælingen, Direktør, International Law and Policy Institute. 10:45-11:30: Paneldiskusjon. Menneskerettar i dag: Oppnådde mål og forbetringspotensial. Kirsten Sandberg, Jussprofessor, Universitetet i Oslo. Rania Maktabi, Forskar, Institutt for kulturstudiar og orientalske språk, Universitetet i Oslo. Petter F. Wille, Direktør, Noregs nasjonale institusjon for menneskerettar. Beate Ekeløve-Slydal, Politisk rådgivar, Amnesty International. 11:30-12:00: Diskusjon Paneldeltakarane og publikum. Relevant publikasjon kan lastast ned her
Nytt seminar i the serien "UN70: A new dagsorden seminar series". Dette seminaret har som mål å komme med idear og forslag til dagsorden for neste generalsekretær som tiltrer 1. januar 2017.
Being Peacekept? The Implicit Assumptions that Hamper the Protection of Civilians
Protection of Civilians (PoC) has during the last decade evolved to become an important guideline for international actors in post-conflict and conflict affected societies. While much policy literature has been written on how to better implement the PoC framework, less has been written on the conceptual framework of the protection of civilians and how this fits with local contexts, networks and relationships. Drawing on recent research and empirical material from Afghanistan, Somalia, Liberia, Sudan, Uganda and Colombia this policy brief identifies five implicit assumptions underpinning the Protection of Civilians as conceptualized in the Aide Memoire and UN Security Council resolutions. Through these assumptions we analyze how a skewed conceptual platform for protection implementers paradoxically disconnects protection needs.
Frozen Moments: Visualizing the Polity in Times of Overheating
We are living in a new epoch: the Anthropocene, where the world is overheated by human activity, driven too fast and filled too full, uneven and unequal. This collection explores the question of identity in this new world, looking at the consequences of rapidly accelerating change on social and personal identities and providing a concrete set of perspectives on how people conceive their selves and belonging in the twenty-first century. Featuring examinations of the Phiippines, Israel, Australia, the Cape Verde Islands, and Afghanistan, the book studies changes generated by rapid industrialization, forced return of migrants, sudden population growth, and the touristification of local cultures.
Norm Change in International Relations: Linked ecologies in UN peacekeeping operations
In recent decades there have been several constructivist scholars who have looked at how norms change in international relations. However few have taken a closer look at the particular strategies that are employed to further change, or looked at the common factors that have been in play in these processes. This book seeks to further the debates by looking at both agency and structure in tandem. It focuses on the practices of linked ecologies (formal or informal alliances),undertaken by individuals who are the constitutive parts of norm change processes and who have moved between international organizations, academic institutions, think tanks, NGOs and member states. The book sheds new light on how norm change comes about, focusing on the practices of individual actors as well as collective ones. The book draws attention to the role of practices in UN peacekeeping missions and how these may create a bottom–up influence on norm change in UN peacekeeping, and the complex interplay between government and UN officials, applied and academic researchers, and civil society activists forming linked ecologies in processes of norm change. With this contribution, the study further expands the understanding of which actors have agency and what sources of authority they draw on in norm change processes in international organizations. A significant contribution to the study of international organizations and UN peacekeeping, as well as to the broader questions of global norms in IR, this work will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations alike.
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