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Nina Græger
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Nina Græger er tilknyttet NUPI som forsker 1 i bistilling i Forskningsgruppen global orden og diplomati. Hun er også instituttleder ved Institutt for Statskundskab ved Københavns Universitet. Hun er professor i International Relations ved KU. Forskningsinteressene hennes er sikkerhet, internasjonale organisasjoner, NATO, IR- og praksisteori, europeisk, nordisk og norsk sikkerhets- og forsvarspolitikk, og militær sosiologi.
Hun har publisert artikler i blant annet Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of European Integration og Cooperation and Conflict. Græger har bred leder- og prosjektledererfaring (fra f.eks. EUPERFORM - Measuring the EU’s Performance in International Institutions 2010-2014, og GR:EEN - Global Reordering: Evolution through European Networks 2011-2015).
Hun tok sin doktorgrad ved Institutt for statsvitenskap ved Universitetet i Oslo i 2007. Tittelen på Grægers avhandling er: Norsk forsvarsdiskurs 1990–2005: Internasjonaliseringen av Forsvaret.
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2007 Dr.polit., Statsvitenskap, UiO: Norsk forsvarsdiskurs
1994 Cand. polit., statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo. Tittel: The legitimation of supranational power
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2019- Instituttleder ved Institutt for Statskundskab, Københavns Universitet
2013-2017 Førsteamanuensis II, Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet
2012-2013 Leder, Forskerguppen for sikkerhet og forsvar, NUPI
2008-2012 Leder, Avdeling for internasjonal politikk, NUPI
1998- Forsker/doktorgradsstipendiat/seniorforsker/forsker 1 (bistilling) NUPI
1994-1995 og 1997-1998 Forsker, PRIO
1996 Politisk rådgiver for Nærings- og energiminister Jens Stoltenberg
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Norden og det internasjonale
Hvorfor samarbeider ikke de nordiske statene mer på den internasjonale arena, når norske politikere så ofte utrykker vilje til å utvikle samarbeidet på dette feltet ytterligere? Dette prosjektet tar s...
Kina investerer i verda – kva betyr det for oss?
Nokon ønskjer kinesiske investeringar i Europa velkommen med opne armar, andre ser på det som ein trussel for nasjonal tryggleik. Matthew Ferchen besøkjer NUPI for å snakke om kva Kinas investeringspolitikk betyr for Europa.
Veivalg og spenninger i norsk sikkerhetspolitikk: Norges forhold til NATO og EU
Norges sikkerhetspolitiske orientering har vært solid plantet i NATO-medlemskapet og det tette bilaterale samarbeidet med USA siden 1950-tallet. Parallelt har EU med jevne mellomrom også stått på den norske sikkerhetspolitiske dagsorden. Norsk sikkerhetspolitikk har vært preget av en rekke spenninger og veivalg i avveiningen mellom den transatlantiske og den europeiske pillaren, og der utviklingen av EUs felles sikkerhets- og forsvarspolitikk og USAs skiftende utenrikspolitikk har stått sentralt. Artikkelen drøfter også hvilke nye utfordringer og samarbeidsmuligheter vi ser konturene av i en tid der etablerte institusjoner og samarbeidsmønstre utfordres av en mer omskiftelig sikkerhetspolitisk situasjon, det globale maktskiftet fra Vesten til Asia, geopolitisk rivalisering, anti-liberale strømninger, og økt motstand mot EU.
Illiberalism, geopolitics, and middle power security: Lessons from the Norwegian case
Middle powers have played a key role in supporting global governance, a rules-based order, and human rights norms. Apart from conveying and effectuating global solidarity and responsibility, multilateral cooperation has been an arena where middle powers seek protection and leverage relatively modest power to greater effect, sometimes as “helpful fixers” to great powers. This article argues that geopolitical revival and the contestation of the liberal order are challenging middle powers' traditional sheltering policies, based on empirical evidence from the Norwegian case. First, the weakening of multilateral organizations is making middle powers more vulnerable to great power rivalry and geopolitics, and Norway's relationship with Russia is particularly pointed. Second, existing shelters such as NATO and bilateral cooperation with the US are negatively affected by the latter's anti-liberal foreign policies, making looser sheltering frameworks important supplements. While Norway's and other middle powers' traditional policies within the “soft power” belt may continue, “doing good” may become less prioritized, due to the need for security.
Vern, tryggleik og små statar: Norden og ei verd i endring
Korleis svarer nordiske statar på geopolitiske endringar i nabolaget sitt? Kva moglegheiter har dei til å auke eigen tryggleik og innverknad på den internasjonale arenaen?
Vern av borgarar i utlandet – kven er ansvarleg og til kva pris?
Kven skal ta ansvaret når nordmenn får problem i utlandet, som Frode Berg i Russland og French og Moland i Kongo, eller ved naturkatastrofar og terrorangrep?
Balancing between integration and autonomy. Understanding the drivers and mechanisms of EU's foreign, security and defense policy (EUFLEX)
EUFLEX studerer både hvordan EU, medlemsstatene og assosierte stater, som Norge, balanserer mellom hensynet til å ivareta nasjonal selvbestemmelse (autonomi) på den ene siden, og lojalitet til selve E...
‘Brothers in arms’. Kinship, gender and military organizations
Kinship arguably is a particularly useful concept for studying the social structures, relations and culture of military organizations, both in exceptional situations and during ordinary service. Kinship helps us identify and understand how masculine values and fellowship among male soldiers are embedded in practice (e.g. rules, codes, rituals, communities) as well as in discourse (e.g. specific gendered lingo). When taking into account the male dominance in military organizations over time and the share numbers of male soldiers, compared to female soldiers, gender gaps are likely. Both conditions also help explain why government efforts in many countries aimed at improving the gender balance and creating equal opportunities for women in military organizations have met a lot of obstacles. Introducing kinship, this chapter seeks to identify how kinship as a social category of identity may represent the social glue that keeps military organizations together, as well as the exclusion mechanisms kinship entails through discourse and practice.
Need to have or nice to have? Nordic cooperation, NATO and the EU in Norwegian foreign, security and defence policy
Nordic-ness and Nordic values clearly are embedded in Norway's conception of its foreign policy role. Nordic cooperation is also important for seeking information about EU policies for non-EU country Norway. While supporting and participating in Nordic Defence Cooperation, Norway's NATO-membership has trumped its relations with the Nordic countries as well as with the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy. A stronger policy of self-interest facilitated by its petroleum economy has also moved Norway further away from traditional Nordic peacekeeping and towards status seeking vis-à-vis key European allies. To what extent may recent global and regional political and strategic developments forge a Nordic «turn» in Norwegian foreign and security policy? What has Nordic cooperation to offer in terms of security and international status for Norway? The Norwegian case suggests that in the field of security and defence, Nordic cooperation is «nice to have» and more important than earlier but not necessary.
European security as practice: EU–NATO communities of practice in the making?
This book aims to show practice approaches at work in the fields of European diplomacy and security broadly conceived. It sets out to provide readers with a hands-on sense of where research on social practices and European diplomacy, security and foreign policy currently stands. The book reviews how practice approaches have evolved in International Relations (IR) and brings together an unique set of contributions which highlights how insights from practice approaches can be applied to advance research on a number of key issues in these fields. While the debate about practices in IR goes beyond the case of diplomacy, the latter has become a showcase for the former and this book continues the debate on practices and diplomacy by zooming in on the European Union. Examples of issues covered include the evolution of EU-NATO relations seen from the perspective of communities of practice, burden sharing as an anchoring practice for European states’ involvement in crisis management operations, the practical knowledge shaping the EU’s responses to the Arab Uprisings, agency as accomplished in and through EU counter-piracy practices and the political resistance to Israeli occupation and the non-official recognition of Palestine performed by EU diplomats. Thus, by focusing on specific practices and analytical mechanisms that contribute to understand the transformations of European diplomacy, security and foreign policy, this book provides essential readings to anyone interested in innovative ways to grasp the contemporary challenges that face the EU and its member states. The chapters originally published as a special issue of European Security.