• Missiles, Vessels and Active Defence What Potential Threat Do the Russian Armed Forces Represent? 

  Bredesen, Maren Garberg; Friis, Karsten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  In 2019, Russia’s Chief of the General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, presented a ‘strategy of active defence’, a possible prelude to the forthcoming Russian military doctrine. This article examines this strategy with particular ...

• Spiraling toward a New Cold War in the North? The Effect of Mutual and Multifaceted Securitization 

  Wilhelmsen, Julie Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Building on a discourse-theoretical reading of securitization theory, this article theorizes and examines how two political entities can become locked in a negative spiral of identification that may lead to a violent ...

• The Nordic Balance Revisited: Differentiation and the Foreign Policy Repertoires of the Nordic States 

  Haugevik, Kristin M.; Sending, Ole Jacob (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Nordic governments frequently broadcast their ambition to do more together on the international stage. The five Nordic states (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Norway) also share many basic goals as foreign policy ...

• Comparative Analysis for Theory Development: Reflections on a Study of Women’s Empowerment 

  Htun, Mala; Jensenius, Francesca R. (Journal article, 2018)

  Methodological texts about comparative work have focused overwhelmingly on controlled comparisons aimed at causal inference. To show the range of possible goals and approaches, this piece reflects on our own choices while ...

• The Dangers of Disconnection: Oscillations in Political Violence on Lake Chad 

  Iocchi, Alessio (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Narrations on fragility and resilience in the Sahel paint a picture about the region’s inherent ungovernability that lead to consider an endless state- and peace-building process as the most feasible governance solution. ...

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