Publikasjoner

The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations. Philosophy of Science and Its Implications for the Study of World Politics

Modernization and Governance in the High North

This chapter takes a closer look at how Russia approaches these challenges and opportunities in its North to provide context and background for the other chapters in this volume. How does Russia seek to govern the North and engage in international Arctic politics? What is the specific contribution of the Russian-Norwegian relationship to this endeavor? How might the policy emphasis on ‘modernization’ challenge and reshape Russia’s northern governance approach?

Central-Asia: Testing Ground for New Great Power Relations?

Etterlevelse, tilpasning eller avvik: ILOs konvensjoner om kollektiv forhandlingsrett og organisasjonsfrihet og RuBeKa-landene

Balancing Acts: Russian-Chinese Relations and Developments in the SCO and CSTO

Fasetter av globaliseringens maktforskyvninger: statskapitalisme, sikkerhetsprivatisering og multipolaritet

Norway and the Arctic: Between Multilateral Governance and Geopolitics

“Pacts, Parties and Elite Struggle: Ukraine’s Troubled Post-Orange Transition”

Chinese-Russian Convergence and Central Asia

Since the mid-1990s, China’s and Russia’s strategic outlook has gradually been converging. The two great powers have incrementally shed their mutual apprehensions and started a comprehensive multifaceted cooperation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Simultaneously, as the rift between US and Russia has opened up and the differences in their views on regional security in Eurasia have become even more evident, China’s and Russia’s quest for new models for regional security in Central Asia has gained ground. Enveloping the Central Asian states on issues of collective and energy security, both states are sternly against US dominance in international affairs in their initiation of a new geopolitical script around Central Asia. As their mutual interests hold sway over US influence regionally, questions remain on whether specific interests are compatible, or harbour new rivalries. Chinese–Russian interaction in Central Asia reveals that there might be limits to the future expansion of their partnership.

Moving Beyond the Technical: Facing up to Peacebuilding’s Inherent Contradictions