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Further Towards Post-Communism? From 'Left' to Regions in Ukraine
(NUPI Working Paper;713, Working paper, 2006)This paper is based on an analysis of electoral support to left-wing movements of parties and blocs in Ukraine from 1998 to 2006. It argues that traditional left-wing ideologies and thereby the position of the left-wing ... -
Gender Based Violence and Access to Justice: the Case of Ganta, Liberia
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Gendering the Security Sector. Protecting Civilians Against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
(Security in Practice;1 - 2010, Working paper, 2010)Though ’gender issues’ are largely a part of the policy debate in the UN system, there are significant challenges to materialize efforts to more gender-balanced approaches to peacekeeping and peace-building missions. In ... -
Geographical spread of corruption : Policies, institutions and cross-country economic interaction. Part I: Issues, theory
(NUPI Working Paper;695, Working paper, 2006)The international aspects of corruption have received considerable attention in both research and policy: What determines whether a country is highly corrupt or not? Most research has sought to answer this question by ... -
Geography and growth - some empirical evidence
(NUPI Working Paper;623, Working paper, 2002)Income in the world does not distribute randomly in space. There are geographic clusters of rich and poor countries. Also growth rates tend to be spatially clustered. Spatial regression analyses indicate that geographical ... -
Globalisation and Diplomacy
(NUPI Working Paper;724, Working paper, 2007)Globalisation is shorthand for changes in space, time and the relationship between them. This paper, which will be forthcoming as a chapter in a book edited by Andrew Cooper and published by the United Nations University ... -
Globalisation and industrial location: The impact of trade policy when geography matters
(NUPI Working Paper;608, Working paper, 2000)The paper shows how industrial location and welfare depends on “most-favoured nation” (MFN) versus distance-related trade barriers, using a monopolistic competition model with regions located along a “Hotelling” line or ... -
GSP in the "spaghetti bowl" of trade preferences
(NUPI Working Paper;683, Working paper, 2005)The paper examines the relative position of GSP (tariff preferences for developing countries) compared to ordinary tariffs and free trade agreements in Norway, the EU and the USA. On average, ordinary GSP gives a tariff ... -
How the Axis of Evil Metaphor Changes Iranian Images of the USA
(NUPI Working Paper;655, Working paper, 2003)The respondents feared an American attack, and regarded their membership in «the Axis of Evil» as a stab in the back after Iranian help in Afghanistan. This demonisation was seen overwhelmingly in terms of American ... -
How to deal with North Korea: Lessons from the JCPOA
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How We Talk about the "War on Terrorism" : Comparative Research on Japan, Russia, and the United States
(NUPI Working Paper;728, Working paper, 2007)This paper focuses on how leaders in Western countries talk about the “war on terrorism.” The paper discusses the difficulties of defining “terrorism,” because, unlike Marxism or capitalism, “terrorism” is not an ideology. ... -
Hva gjør Norge utsatt for terrorisme? : Trusselscenarier og norsk sårbarhetsforvaltning
(NUPI Working Paper;673, Working paper, 2005)Til tross for en begrenset internasjonal terrortrussel mot Norge, kan noen utviklingstrekk, forhold og situasjoner bidra til at trusselbildet blir mer alvorlig, og aktualisere sårbarheter i det norske samfunnet. Noen av ... -
Implementing Human Rights Norms : A Case Study of Russia's Partial Compliance to ECHR Protocol No. 6
(NUPI Working Paper;706, Working paper, 2006)In December 1991, Russia started down the road of its post-Soviet existence. The re-emergence of Russia as a separate, independent entity compelled the state to come to terms with its revived national identity. Russia’s ... -
Indigenous to Indigenous Cooperation : Review of the Saami Council Projects in Africa
(NUPI Working Paper;671, Working paper, 2004)The Norwegian section of the Saami Council has been cooperating with two indigenous organizations in Africa since 2002: the Organization of Indigenous Peoples of Africa, based in Tanzania, and the First People of the ... -
Industrial heterogeneity of the ICT industry : An exploratory survey on Norwegian firms
(NUPI Working Paper;641, Working paper, 2002)The paper presents evidence from a limited survey undertaken among Norwegian ICT firms in 2001, supplemented with other statistical evidence. Corresponding to the limited production of ICT hardware in Norway, the hardware ... -
Integration and Regionalization - a political economic analysis
(NUPI Working Paper;609, Working paper, 2000)This paper examines the incentives for political integration in a situation with a non-excludable public good. The model emphasizes inter-regional differences in sizes and preferences for the public good. In such a two-country ... -
International Engagement in Sudan after the CPA : Report on the piloting of OECD/DAC's 'Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile States' for the Case of Sudan
(NUPI Working Paper;714, Working paper, 2007)[Abstract] The report analyses the international engagement in Sudan since the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in relation to the Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile States and Situations, which ... -
International Policing and the Rule of Law in Transitions from War to Peace
(Challenges to Collective Security;4-2004, Working paper, 2004)«Challenges to Collective Security» Working Papers from NUPI’s UN Programme: In transitions from war to peace there are few challenges more in need of urgent attention and careful planning than the issues of policing ... -
International R&D Spillovers and the Absorptive Capacity of Multinationals
(NUPI Working Paper;628, Working paper, 2002)This paper studies R&D spillovers as a motive for firms to go multinational. The establishment of a foreign subsidiary may increase a firm’s ability to learn from foreign R&D activity since R&D spillovers between firms are ... -
Kan valg av eksportmarked forklares med teorien om investeringer under usikkerhet? En økonomisk studie av atferden til norske fiskeeksportører
(NUPI Working Paper;624, Working paper, 2002)I denne artikkelen gjøres det rede for hvordan nye teorier for investeringer under usikkerhet kan anvendes til å forklare bedrifters eksportbeslutninger. Det gis en empirisk analyse basert på eksportadferden til norske ...