• Making Sense of the European Side of the Transatlantic Security Relations in Africa 

      Rieker, Pernille (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      This article aims to investigate the character of transatlantic security relations in Africa: How can it be characterized? Have they become weaker or stronger over the past decade? How can this development be explained? ...
    • Military Offensive Cyber-Capabilities: Small-State Perspectives 

      Muller, Lilly Pijnenburg (NUPI Policy Brief;2019-01, Research report, 2019)
      This Policy Brief provides an overview of the military cyber-defence strategies and capabilities of Norway and of the Netherlands. Comparison of the two different approaches offers insights into their differing tactics and ...
    • Militæraktivisme: Uklare definisjoner og politisk slagside 

      Friis, Karsten (Journal article, 2021)
      I en fersk Fokus-spalte i Internasjonal Politikk diskuteres begrepet «militæraktivisme» i en skandinavisk kontekst. Dessverre lider flere av bidragene av en uklar og dels politisert bruk av begrepet. Militæraktivisme ...
    • 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 ...
    • Nordic Airpower Cooperation and Finland’s F-35 decision: Towards a New Era? 

      Solli, Per Erik; Solvang, Øystein (NUPI Policy Brief;2021-10, Research report, 2021)
      The Nordic states air forces have cooperated closely, especially after Russia reinvigorated its military posture in the region from 2007-2008. With regional security policy and military strategy becoming more closely ...
    • Nordic perspectives on European security: Norway 

      Bredesen, Maren Garberg; Friis, Karsten (UI Report;2020/3, Journal article, 2020)
      How does Norway relate to the various new European defence cooperation formats? Which states are Norway coordinating with when engaging in these projects? Is there unexploited potential for common Nordic initiatives within ...
    • Norge, USA og det liberale verdifellesskapet 

      Holm, Minda (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Trumps delvis anti-liberale politikk setter flere av USAs europeiske allierte, inkludert Norge, i en kinkig posisjon. Én mulig respons er å opptre varsomt, og la de amerikanske institusjonene selv «gjøre jobben» i møte med ...
    • Norway and the changing Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union 

      Hillion, Christophe Alfred Pierre (NUPI Report, Research report, 2019)
      For decades, Norway has cooperated with the European Union in matters of foreign policy, security and defence. It has thus participated in EU civilian and military operations, aligned itself with EU political declarations ...
    • Norwegians adapting to a changing world 

      Svendsen, Øyvind; Weltzien, Åsmund (NUPI Report;2020-09, Research report, 2020)
      The world as we have come to know it is changing. Some of the core principles of the rules-based liberal international order are being challenged. The established truths and practices that we have based our foreign policies ...
    • The Nuclear Umbrella Revisited 

      Lodgaard, Sverre (Policy Brief;November 2020, Research report, 2020)
      The NPT is in miserable shape, betrayed on the disarmament dimension, stuck in the Middle East and mostly irrelevant to the Asian nuclear armed states, but it has proven resilient and lingers on. It will soon be accompanied ...
    • Offensive cyberoperasjoner: Den nye normalen? 

      Friis, Karsten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Kan stater gå til motangrep om de blir angrepet digitalt i fredstid? Hva gjør toneangivende land, og hva sier internasjonal rett og normer om dette? Og hva kan de sikkerhetspolitiske konsekvensene bli av økt bruk av offensive ...
    • Parabasis: Cyber-diplomacy in Stalemate 

      Tikk, Eneken; Kerttunen, Mika (NUPI Report, Research report, 2018)
      Governments and industry around the world are working together to bring the next billion users online,1 but their synergies fade when it comes to how to keep online populations safe and secure. Further, the third and fourth ...
    • Peacekeeping and Counter-insurgency - Two of a Kind? 

      Friis, Karsten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
    • Plug and Play: Multinational Rotation Contributions for UN Peacekeeping Operations 

      Boutellis, Arthur; Karlsrud, John (NUPI Policy Brief;2017-15, Research report, 2017)
      In January 2016, Norway deployed a C-130 military transport aircraft to the UN mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Given the number of attacks on patrols and logistics convoys of MINUSMA, which has been called ‘the world’s most ...
    • Preventing Organized Crime. The Need for a Context-Sensitive, System-Wide Approach. 

      Osland, Kari M.; Boutellis, Arthur (NUPI Report;2020-07, Research report, 2020)
      Recent years have seen important developments regarding the UN Security Council and the UN Secretariat. The Security Council, which has increasingly recognized organized crime as a serious threat to international peace and ...
    • Rebel governance? A literature review of Boko Haram and the Islamic State in West Africa Province 

      Hassan, Idayat (NUPI Working Paper;897, Research report, 2022)
      The literature on rebel governance has fundamentally challenged the idea that ‘governance’ is the sole prerogative of ‘government’. Despite important advances over the past decade, studies have largely addressed rebel ...
    • Renewable energy and geopolitics: A review 

      Vakulchuk, Roman; Øverland, Indra; Scholten, Daniel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This article reviews the literature on the geopolitics of renewable energy. It finds that while the roots of this literature can be traced back to the 1970s and 1980s, most of it has been published from 2010 onwards. The ...
    • Reputation crisis management and the state: Theorising containment as diplomatic mode 

      Haugevik, Kristin M.; Neumann, Cecilie Elisabeth Basberg (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This article theorises containment as a diplomatic response mode for states when faced with potentially harmful attacks on their international identity and reputation. Despite widespread agreement in International Relations ...
    • Resilience in the age of crises 

      Giske, Mathilde (NUPI Research Paper;2021-2, Research report, 2021)
      This research paper examines the concept 'resilience' as a response to the constantly changing environments and turbulence of the world. While resilience is used by several international organisations and nation states, ...
    • Russia and China in Central Asia 

      Cooley, Alexander (NUPI Policy Brief;2015-26, Research report, 2015)
      Over the last three years, Russia and China have increased their engagement in Central Asia in response to NATO’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. Moscow has deepened its security cooperation with the Central Asian states with ...