Folkemeininga i Russland: Fakta og misforståingar
I Russland blir det jamleg gjennomført mange meiningsmålingar og resultata blir ofte brukte for å argumentere for populariteten til det noverande regimet. Kirill Rogov besøkjer NUPI for å diskutere forholdet mellom meiningsmålingar og folkemeininga i Russland.
Strengthening community engagement in United Nations peace operations: opportunities and challenges
Strengthening and deepening engagement with communities in United Nations (UN) peace operations has emerged as a key priority among high-level reviews of the UN system. The report of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (HIPPO), the report of the Advisory Group of Experts (AGE) for the Review of the UN Peacebuilding Architecture, the Global Study on the Implementation of Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, as well as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, have all emphasised the need to develop bottom-up, people-centred approaches. Across the board, there is a renewed commitment to support constructive state-society relations through inclusive, nationally and locally owned, broad-based, consultative processes. This consensus has come to the fore amidst growing criticisms that the UN remains too state-centric, that it applies predefined peacebuilding templates to diverse contexts and that it increasingly leans on military solutions over political ones. Existing practices often alienate and marginalise the local people whom missions are mandated to serve, and risk “perpetuating exclusion”.1 The renewed resolve to “put people first” is a welcome commitment on the part of the UN, but as a policy commitment, it represents nothing new. What the review processes revealed is that the UN is still not doing enough to ensure local people play an active role in deciding the roadmap to peace. This article highlights the opportunities, challenges and trade-offs peacekeepers have to face when deciding when, who and how to engage with people effectively at the field level. It argues that by integrating bottom-up and people-centric approaches as a core strategy in peace operations, UN practices can be more sensitive and responsive to local people. This will be more realistic if existing practices are incorporated into a coherent strategy, and if communities are involved systematically in decision-making.
Kapitalflukten øker
På én dag forsvinner over en milliard kroner fra landene i Afrika i ulovlige pengestrømmer.
The Cyber Frontier
The cyber frontier perspective serves to explicate that the Global South’s participation in digitalization is not simply a matter of joining cyberspace. On the contrary, it is a matter of selective forms of global connection in combination with disconnection and exclusion. Firstly, I contextualize security concerns by describing the trajectory of digitalization in the Global South. I then explore how “technological leapfrogging” can create new and unique societal vulnerabilities. By linking digitalization with security and economic growth, cybersecurity is seen in connection with development assistance and the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Finally, I hold that this triple knot represents an opportunity for donors such as the EU to foster new types of development assistance building on a continued engagement in the Global South.
USA og Europa etter valget
Et fornyet samarbeid mellom USA og Europa er avgjørende for Norge, skriver Ulf Sverdrup i denne kronikken i Dagens Næringsliv.
TTIP og Norge: Virkninger og handlingsvalg
Denne studien analyserer TTIP-avtalen, dens virkninger for Norge og Norges handlingsvalg. TTIP-forhandlingene blir neppe avsluttet under Obamas presidenttid, men avtalen kan bli en realitet i løpet av få år. TTIP tar sikte på omfattende samarbeid på reguleringsområdet. På kort sikt blir det begrenset harmonisering av standarder men samarbeid mellom ulike systemer. På sikt er målet sterkere samarbeid på reguleringsområdet. TTIP vil ut fra det vi vet ikke bety en senking av europeiske helsekrav eller et “kappløp mot bunnen”.
Betydelig gevinst med TTIP
Dersom Norge slutter seg til den mulige handelsavtalen USA og EU nå forhandler om (TTIP), vil det samlet ha en betydelig gevinst, viser TTIP-rapport lagt fram onsdag.
Når Russland går til krig
Hva er det som gjør at krig blir akseptabelt? Se Julie Wilhelmsen lansere sin ferskeste bok i samtale med Aftenpostens Helene Skjeggestad.