• How the New Cold War travelled North (Part I) Norwegian and Russian narratives 

      Wilhelmsen, Julie Maria; Gjerde, Kristian Lundby (NUPI Policy Brief;2018-14, Research report, 2018)
      The standoff between Russia and the West over Ukraine has already obstructed cooperation across a range of issues. Could it also affect state interaction between Norway and Russia in the Arctic—an area and a relationship ...
    • How the New Cold War travelled North (Part II) Interaction between Norway and Russia 

      Wilhelmsen, Julie Maria; Gjerde, Kristian Lundby (NUPI Policy Brief;2018-15, Research report, 2018)
      This policy brief examines changing Russian and Norwegian approaches to each other in the period 2012–2016, and discusses how the “New Cold War” spread to the North. This is an intriguing question, since both parties had ...
    • Russian reframing: Norway as an outpost for NATO offensives 

      Hjermann, Anni Roth; Wilhelmsen, Julie Maria (NUPI Policy Brief;2021-05, Research report, 2021)
      Moscow increasingly views the ‘Collective West’ as an offensive actor and the High North as terrain for NATO ‘expansion’. Norway figures as an active partner in this endeavour. For Norway, this situation is precarious: to ...
    • Russia’s view of Georgia: a NATO proxy yet again? 

      Wilhelmsen, Julie Maria (NUPI Policy Brief;2020-15, Research report, 2020)
      After the crises in Ukraine, and despite the Georgian government’s allegedly more pragmatic attitude towards Russia, official statements from Moscow increasingly project Georgia as hostile. This may be the result of the ...
    • Strategic cooperation against terrorism 2.0? Collaborating with adversaries. 2:2 

      Haugevik, Kristin M.; Wilhelmsen, Julie Maria (NUPI Policy Brief;2016-38, Research report, 2016)
      In October 2016, international media reported that the Russia– US diplomatic dialogue over Syria had collapsed, with both sides holding the other party to blame. While the US State Department observed that ‘everybody’s ...
    • Strategic cooperation against terrorism 2.0? Russia's initial positions on Syria. 1:2 

      Wilhelmsen, Julie Maria; Haugevik, Kristin M. (NUPI Policy Brief;2016-37, Research report, 2016)
      This project examines the prospects for Russia-Western practical cooperation against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and, more broadly, for a rapprochement between Russia, NATO and key NATO member states post-Crimea. The ...