Iver B. Neumann

Small States and Status Seeking : Norway's Quest for International Standing

Status-seeking is an important aspect of the foreign policies of a number of small states, but one that has been rarely studied. This book aims to contribute to our understanding not only of status-seeking, by coming at that question from a new angle, that of a small state, but also to our understanding of foreign policy, by discussing the importance of status for foreign policy overall. If status is a hierarchy, then it is important to focus not just on the highest-ranking powers, but also those at lower levels. As the distribution of power is becoming more diffuse, the role of small and medium powers becomes more significant than it was during the Cold war. The book chapters go beyond familiar explications of "soft power" or conflict resolution to highlight new aspects of Norway’s foreign policy, including contributions to national defense, global warming, and management of Arctic resources. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in areas including US Foreign Policy, International Relations and European Politics.

Innledning: Det danske imperium og 1814

What does Europe have to offer IR? Exogenisation and real-life data

Status is Cultural: Durkheimian Poles and Weberian Russians Seek Great-Power Status

Imperializing Norden

Norge i internasjonale operasjoner. Militærmakt mellom idealer og realpolitikk / Tormod Heier, Anders Kjølberg & Karsten Rønnfeldt (red.). Oslo,...

Diagnose: krigsfornektelse : Krigsblindhet (om vår tids krigsblindhet)

Droner har gitt projiseringen av vold nådd et nytt nivå: krig kan fjernstyres. Dette har gradvis svøpt vår tid inn i krigsblindhet

The Semantics of Early Statebuilding: Why The Eurasian Steppe Has Been Overlooked

Europeans and the steppe: Russian lands under the Mongol rule

Claiming the early state for the relational turn: the case of Rus' (ca. 800-1100)