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Defusing a Ticking Bomb? : Disentangling International Organisations in Samtskhe-Javakheti
(NUPI Working Paper;646, Working paper, 2003)This article examines how various organisations divide and coordinate their conflict prevention and development aid in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of southern Georgia, and how that coordination might be improved. There ... -
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 ... -
Corruption and fast change: Shifting modes of micro-coordination
(NUPI Working Paper;650, Working paper, 2003)The paper studies the effects on corruption of having coexisting, contradictory norms for allocating different micro-coordination modes across society. One important reason for their coexistence is fast change, and links ... -
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 ... -
Norges sikkerhetspolitiske utfordringer i nordområdene
(NUPI Working Paper;642, Working paper, 2003)I foredraget som notatet er en gjengivelse av, stilles spørs-målet om en av de sikkerhetspolitiske utfordringene for oss i nord kanskje ligger på det mentale plan hos oss selv. Det pekes på tilvente tenkemåter fra den kalde ... -
How the Axis of Evil Metaphor Changes Iranian Images of the USA
(NUPI Working Paper;655, Working paper, 2003)The respondents feared an American attack, and regarded their membership in «the Axis of Evil» as a stab in the back after Iranian help in Afghanistan. This demonisation was seen overwhelmingly in terms of American ... -
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 ... -
Study of selected Fredskorpset exchange projects
(NUPI Working Paper;656, Working paper, 2003)The present study examines nine Fredskorpset exchange projects, in order to assess the degree to which the goals specified have been reached. The basis for the exchanges is the partnerships established between institutions ... -
Eksport av tjenester og potensialet for økt verdiskapning i Norge : En empirisk kartlegging
(NUPI Working Paper;651, Working paper, 2003)Dette notatet gir en empirisk gjennomgang av norske tjenestenæringsers eksport, og foretar en sammenligning med trekkene i andre land. Videre gjøres det rede for omfanget av handelsbarrierer hos sentrale handelspartnere. ... -
Nuclear Dimensions of the Iraqi Crisis
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The Rhetoric of Hegemony : How the extended definition of terrorism redefines international relations
(NUPI Working Paper;649, Working paper, 2003)This paper looks at the rhetorical extension of the word “terrorism” to cover what used to be called guerrilla war, separatism, civil war, armed resistance and all other forms of political violence, down to and including ... -
Norsk utenrikshandel, markedspotensial og handelshindre
(NUPI Working Paper;647, Working paper, 2003)Dette notatet drøfter norsk eksport og virkninger av toll som legges på norsk eksport til andre land. Notatet viser at uavhengig av toll er økonomisk størrelse og geografisk avstand viktige forklaringsvariable for norsk ... -
Evaluation of Fadcanic's teacher training program in Nicaragua's Southern autonomous region of the Atlantic Coast
(NUPI Working Paper;654, Working paper, 2003)Since 1997, FADCANIC has been implementing a training program for unqualified teachers working in primary schools of Nicaragua’s Southern autonomous region of the Atlantic Coast. SAIH, the Norwegian NGO that has been funding ... -
The Intangible Globalization : Explaining the Patterns of International Trade in Services
(NUPI Working Paper;657, Working paper, 2003)We identify the determinants of service trade and foreign affiliate sales in a gravity model, using recently collected bilateral data for the OECD countries and their trading partners, as well as new indicators for barriers ... -
Regionale og bilaterale handelsavtaler i Latin-Amerika. Konsekvenser for norsk eksport
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Norway's Fredskorpset Youth Program : Study of selected exchange projects
(NUPI Working Paper;670, Working paper, 2004)The Fredskorpset Youth program is a North-South exchange program facilitating the exchange of young people between partner organizations or institutions of Norway and countries of the South. The present study was ... -
Power, Principles and Procedures : Reinterpreting French foreign policy towards the USA (2001-2003)
(NUPI Working Paper;659, Working paper, 2004)French foreign policy towards the US is often understood as particularly confrontational and based on traditional power politics, or a wish to re-establish “la grandeur de la France”. This article aims at investigating ... -
EU Security Policy: Contrasting Rationalism and Social Constructivism
(NUPI Working Paper;659, Working paper, 2004)There are two very different stories that can be told about EU security policy during 2003. On the one hand, some argue that the deep division among important EU countries in relation to the Iraq war is a final confirmation ... -
EFTAs frihandelsavtaler: Betydning for Norge
(NUPI Working Paper;658, Working paper, 2004)Norges eksport er de siste ti år blitt «globalisert» ved at en klart lavere andel går til EU, og eksporten øker til en rekke nye markeder. Det handelspolitiske forhold til land utenfor EU blir derfor viktigere. Notatet ... -
Indigenous to Indigenous Cooperation : Review of the Saami Council Projects in Africa
(NUPI Working Paper;671, Working paper, 2004)The Norwegian section of the Saami Council has been cooperating with two indigenous organizations in Africa since 2002: the Organization of Indigenous Peoples of Africa, based in Tanzania, and the First People of the ...