• AUKUS and its implications for Asia, US-European relations and non-proliferation 

      Tertrais, Bruno (NUPI Policy Brief;2021-11, Research report, 2021)
      The political, strategic and technological aspects of the AUKUS deal may be more important than the provision of nuclear-powered submarines. The deal is a clear sign of the US tilt towards Asia and will have important ...
    • The European Maritime Security and Defence Policy Architecture: Implications for Norway 

      Bosilca, Ruxandra-Laura; Riddervold, Marianne (NUPI Policy Brief;2021-12, Research report, 2021)
      Maritime security is high on the international and European security agenda, hence a number of new initiatives and actions have developed within the EU, NATO and through bilateral/minilateral agreements. To increase the ...
    • Explaining Russian reactions to increased NATO military presence 

      Godzimirski, Jakub M. (NUPI Policy Brief;2019-16, Research report, 2019)
      Ever since NATO’s enlargement process began, Russia has voiced concerns for the impact of a greater NATO military presence near the Russian border for its national security. While the signing of the 1997 NATO–Russia Founding ...
    • 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 ...
    • Sikkerhetspolitiske rammebetingelser i bevegelse 

      Torgeir, Larsen (NUPI Policy Brief;2018-04, Research report, 2018)
      Verden preges av mer kompleksitet og usikkerhet enn på flere tiår. Kanskje har vi har allerede vent oss til hyppigere omveltninger. Mennesker er tilpasningsdyktige. Kanskje har vi ikke fullt ut tatt inn rekkevidden – også ...
    • The risks of being an ally 

      Godzimirski, Jakub M. (NUPI Policy Brief;2018-12, Research report, 2018)
      States join security alliances to increase their level of security vis-à-vis neighbours that may pose a threat. The deterrence logic that was the main rationale for joining NATO in 1949 still represents the cornerstone of ...
    • US-Norway Bilateral Defense Agreements: a partnership that strengthens NATO 

      Cullen, Patrick; Stormoen, Ole Martin (NUPI Policy Brief;2020-6, Research report, 2020)
      The defense partnership between the United States and Norway plays a crucial role for both American and Norwegian national defense. Less understood is the important and positive role that these US-Norwegian bilateral defense ...
    • Why Franco-German leadership on European defense is not in sight 

      Kunz, Barbara (NUPI Policy Brief;2019-10, Research report, 2019)