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2020 Vision - Visioning the Future of the United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture
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50 Years After the Moon Landing:Why Europe Should Lead the Next 50
(NUPI Policy Brief;2019-11, Research report, 2019)50 years since the first astronauts stepped foot on the moon, it would be easy to be complacent about human space exploration today. After all, humans have not ventured out of low-earth orbit since 1972. Achievements in ... -
A case study of Norway’s beef trade from developing countries
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A Childhood Lost? The Challenges of Successful Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration of Child Soldiers: The Case of West Africa
(NUPI Working Paper;712, Working paper, 2006)[Abstract] After a conflict ends, there is a need to disarm, demobilise and reintegrate child soldiers into society. This report examines the challenges of achieving successful disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration ... -
A Culture of Protection? Perceptions of the Protection of Civilians from Sudan
(Security in Practice;7 - 2008, Research report, 2008)The Protection of Civilians (PoC) concept is a prevalent buzzword in the contemporary security-development nexus and comes as a response to new modes of warfare that have made civilians the main causality of war. Just ... -
A Gap in OSCE Conflict Prevention? : Local Media and Inter-Ethnic Conflict in the Former Soviet Union
(NUPI Working Paper;645, Working paper, 2003)This paper argues that local media have been of great importance in the escalation of inter-ethnic conflicts in the former Soviet Union, and that conflict prevention by the OSCE in the region initially did not focus ... -
A Global Race for Free Trade Agreements : From the Most to the Least Favored Nation Treatment?
(NUPI Working Paper;653, Working paper, 2003)The article examines the currently expanding worldwide network of bilateral free trade agreements. Following regional integration in Europe and later the Americas, the process in East Asia has accelerated from 2002. A ... -
'A house of straw, sticks or bricks'? Some notes on corruption empirics
(NUPI Working Paper;678, Working paper, 2005)Corruption has become a fashionable subject the last decade or so. The decades before it was neglected, and the phenomenon itself has been around as long as large-scale organisations. One reason for large shifts in ... -
A limited toolbox: Explaining the constraints on Russia’s foreign energy policy
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A Match made in Heaven? Strategic Convergence between China and Russia
(NUPI Working Paper;717, Working paper, 2007)This paper examines the strategic convergence between Russia and China. Strategic convergence is understood as the overlap of key objectives and interests with regard to long-term developments in world politics, which ... -
A new panel dataset for cross-country analyses of national systems, growth and development (CANA)
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A perspective on domestic work based on interviews in Lima,Peru
(NUPI Policy Brief;2017-01, Research report, 2017)This policy brief aims to spark reflection on the conditions of domestic workers, and the importance of independent institutions like trade unions for protecting their rights. Drawing on conversations with domestic workers ... -
A Pivot to What? Asia-Pacific Foreign Policy under Trump
(NUPI Policy Brief;2016-39, Research report, 2016)Despite the difficulty in making predictions about an incoming American administration even before the inaugural process has been completed, the first two months since the US elections in November 2016 have already generated ... -
A Place in the Sun? IRENA’s Position in the Global Energy Governance Landscape
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018) -
A Polanyi Perspective on Post-Communist Corruption
(NUPI Working Paper;648, Working paper, 2003)The paper seeks to explain the present high levels of corruption in the post-communist countries, i.e. the centrally planned economies where the communist party lost power as the outcome of a specific historical process ... -
A Political Economy of Slum Spaces: Mathare Valley
(NUPI-notat;838, Working Paper, 2014) -
A stocktaking of Norwegian engagement in security sector reform
(3-2011;NUPI Policy Report, Research report, 2011) -
A Stocktaking of Norwegian Engagement in Security Sector Reform
(Security in Practice;11 - 2011, Research report, 2011)The report reviews the main institutional actors involved, modes by which assistance has been provided, and patterns of assistance in selected countries. It concludes with recommendations for strengthening Norway’s SSR ... -
A Stocktaking of Norwegian Engagement in Security Sector Reform
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A Study of Civil Society in Nicaragua
(NUPI Working Paper;699, Working paper, 2006)NORAD has commissioned this study as an input to analyzing governance issues in Nicaragua. The report analyzes current civil society in Nicaragua as the product of the developments over the last decades. The sphere is ...