NUPI Policy Brief: Recent submissions
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On digital media in Lebanon's political crisis
(NUPI Policy Brief;2021-08, Research report, 2021)The technology-driven transformation of the media environment is changing politics worldwide. Yet everywhere is not the same. The digital revolution yields different results in different political contexts. This policy ... -
Russian reframing: Norway as an outpost for NATO offensives
(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 ... -
The European Maritime Security and Defence Policy Architecture: Implications for Norway
(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 ... -
European defence beyond institutional boundaries: Improved European defence through flexibility, differentiation and coordination
(NUPI Policy Brief;2021-13, Report, 2021)As a response to the changing geopolitical situation, initiatives aimed to strengthen European defence have been taken in NATO, in the EU, but also bi- and multilaterally between EU member states and associated non-members, ... -
Nordic Airpower Cooperation and Finland’s F-35 decision: Towards a New Era?
(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 partnership choices in a fierier security environment: Towards more alignment
(NUPI Policy Brief;2021-09, Journal article, 2021)Nordic states’ partnership choices in security and defence are more aligned than they were a decade ago. When Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish government officials now identify key security challenges and partners, ... -
Georgia’s Europeanization challenged from within: Domestic foreign policy discourses and increasing polarization
(NUPI Policy Brief;2021-03, Research report, 2021)Georgia`s foreign policy, especially the implementation of international agreements, is best understood in the context of domestic contestation among alternative foreign policy views. • Nativist views exert increasing ... -
Bastionforsvaret og Russlands militærmakt. Et utdatert trusselbilde?
(NUPI Policy Brief;2021-2, Research report, 2021)Russlands potensielle etablering av Bastionforsvaret er forankret i inneværende langtidsplan (LTP) som Forsvarets dimensjonerende scenario for en eventuell stormaktskonflikt. Kombinasjonen av våpenteknologisk utvikling og ... -
Russia’s view of Georgia: a NATO proxy yet again?
(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 ... -
Intergovernmental checkmate on cyber? Processes on cyberspace in the United Nations
(NUPI Policy Brief;2020-14, Research report, 2020)Cyberspace is an increasingly controversial field on the international agenda. Despite the fact that processes on the thematic have been going on in the UN since 1998, a more significant international agreement is needed ... -
Russian energy and grand strategy
(NUPI Policy Brief;2020-16, Research report, 2020)This Policy Brief presents the most recent data on the performance of the Russian energy sector and discusses its strategic importance in the current setting. -
Trade and trust: the role of trade in de facto state conflict transformation
(NUPI Policy Brief;2021-1, Research report, 2021)De facto states – unrecognized secessionist entities that eke out a living on the margins of the international system – are often heavily dependent on external patron states for economic aid and investment. When the parent ... -
The European Defence Fund and Norway
(NUPI Policy Brief;2020-13, Research report, 2020)The establishment of the European Defence Fund (EDF) represents an important step towards a more coherent European security architecture. It is broadly recognised that Europe needs to reduce duplication between, as well ... -
China’s EU policy in the pandemic era: A new normal?
(NUPI Policy Brief;2020-12, Research report, 2020)During the pandemic era, media reports and leaks indicate a growing assertiveness from China towards the EU. Is this a sign of a new normal in China's EU policy of something else entirely? To devise an appropriate response, ... -
The Geopolitics of Fish in the Arctic
(NUPI Policy Brief;2020-11, Research report, 2020)Climate change and declining sea-ice in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO) has brought concerns that fish stocks may expand into the high Arctic. While the sub-Arctic seas of the North Pacific and the North Atlantic have ... -
Slow Stagnation, Sudden Revolution? Post-Covid-19 Prospects for Political Change in Russia and Belarus
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The spiralling effects of the Sino-American trade war
(NUPI Policy Brief;2020-09, Research report, 2020)Almost two years ago, China and the United States instigated a trade conflict which has had serious international effects, a situation since exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. What has truly made a solution to this ... -
Can trade preferences stimulate sectoral development? The case of Namibian and Botswanan beef exports to Norway
(NUPI Policy Brief;2020-1, Research report, 2020)• While market access quotas have generated high levels of rents for traders and exporters in Namibia, Botswana, Norway, and offshore entities in the UK, their developmental benefits are diffuse, unclear, and difficult to ... -
Russian approaches to military technology. The Northern dimension
(NUPI Policy Brief;2020-8, Research report, 2020)This policy brief presents the main findings of a project on Russian approaches to technological challenges, and the implications for security developments in the High North. It begins by examining the Russian debate on ... -
COVID-19 and the African Union. Challenges, prospects and side-effects Summary
(NUPI Policy Brief;2020-07, Research report, 2020)The African Union is coordinating the effort to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Africa, but the measures introduced are also significantly disrupting the reforms, programmes and operations of the AU.