NUPI Working Paper = NUPI Notat
NUPI Working Paper aim to give a short presentation of a research topic, findings, etc. in a quick and easily accessible way to the public, to stimulate discussion and critical comment. The working papers are registered with an individual ISBN to enable citation and library referencing.
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Unity in Goals, Diversity in Means - and the discourse on female peacekeepers in UN peace operations.
(NUPI Working Paper;893, Research report, 2020)Gender parity at all levels in the UN, as a means towards gender equality, is a two-decades old commitment, reflecting core values as old as the UN itself. Despite this, progress on increasing the number of female peacekeepers ... -
Putin’s Ancien Régime
(NUPI Working Paper;892, Research report, 2020)After 20 years with Vladimir Putin in power, Putin’s Russia is becoming an ancien régime. The gap between Russia’s aspirations for a significant global role, and its ability and capacity to sustain such a role (always a ... -
Russia and Europe in memory wars
(NUPI Working Paper;887, Research report, 2020)Russia and Europe are in a state of memory war. How did this come about? Is there a way out of this situation? In order to answer these questions, this report enquires into the dynamics of memory politics in Europe, and ... -
Telecommunications: the underlying transport means for services exports
(NUPI Working Paper;888, Research report, 2020)This paper analyses the role of telecommunications as the means of transport for services exports with a focus on computer and other business services from India. Telecommunications are typically dominated by major suppliers ... -
Generation Putin.Values, orientations and political participation
(NUPI Working Paper;886, Research report, 2019)In spring 2017, many young Russians took to the streets of major cities like Moscow and St Petersburg in protest against the authorities. Since then, the generation that has grown up after the fall of the Soviet Union has ... -
Internet use, intermediaries and international trade
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Russian Public Opinion and the Confrontation with the West
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Islamic Insurgents in the MENA Region. Global Threat or Regional Menace?
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The Russian political system in transition: Scenarios for power transfer
(NUPI Working Paper; 883, Research report, 2018)In the aftermath of the March 2018 presidential elections, the Russian political system is preparing for – indeed, already entering – the next phase of its development: the transition of power. This inevitable, but still ... -
Managing a Digital Revolution - Cyber Security Capacity Building in Myanmar
(NUPI Working Paper;884, Research report, 2018)Digitalization is exposing developing countries to a growing number of risks, as well as opportunities associated with connecting to the Internet. Myanmar stands out as a critical case of both the pitfalls and the benefits ... -
Globalization of intellectual property rights
(NUPI Working Paper;882, Research report, 2018)Recent decades have witnessed a strong globalization process. This has been so for international trade and international capital markets, but also in the field of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). IPRs were formerly in ... -
Customs-brokers as facilitators in international trade
(NUPI Working Paper;880, Research report, 2017)Recent studies suggest that firms can reduce fixed trade costs by hiring intermediaries like trading companies. I argue that customs brokers – a type of intermediary rarely studied in economics before – can play a similar ... -
Handelspolitikken under Trump
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ICT, growth and happiness
(NUPI Working Paper;876, Research report, 2017)This paper reviews two strands of literature. The first is on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and growth. The increasing role of ICTs came together with stagnating growth rates in many countries. This has ... -
Public opinion in Putin’s Russia. The public sphere, opinion climate and ‘authoritarian bias’
(NUPI Working Paper;878, Working paper, 2017)Russian public opinion polls regularly report approval ratings of 84% to 86% for President Vladimir Putin – but can we trust those figures? This question has come to the fore after the events of 2014. Although Putin’s ... -
Challenges in deploying effective police to international peace operations
(NUPI Working Paper;877, Research report, 2017)This paper examines the challenges of deploying and using adequately prepared and appropriate skilled police personnel in UN peace operations. It approaches this issue primarily, although not exclusively, through the prism ... -
Us Russians versus we Russians: Patriotic discourse and electoral support in Krasnodar Kray
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The Geopolitics of Renewable Energy
(Working paper;June 2017, Research report, 2017)For a century, the geopolitics of energy has been synonymous with the geopolitics of oil and gas. However, geopolitics and the global energy economy are both changing. The international order predominant since the end of ... -
Radicalization and foreign fighters in the Kosovo context: An analysis of international media coverage of the phenomena
(NUPI Working Paper;875, Working paper, 2017)This working paper takes a critical look at the written coverage of issues of jihadi radicalization and foreign fighters from Kosovo, identifying key themes, assumptions, and areas where the press seems to have missed ... -
Iceland’s Relations with its Regional Powers: Alignment with the EU-US sanctions on Russia
(NUPI Working Paper;874, Research report, 2017)The paper examines the Icelandic government’s consideration to withdraw its support for the sanctions against Russia over Ukraine in 2015. The consideration came as a surprise to many since Iceland in the past has habitually ...
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