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Biowar next? Security implications of the coronavirus
(LSE Ideas Strategic Update;, Research report, 2020)In this Strategic Update, Karsten Friis investigates the pandemic's potential consequences for the world, its armed forces, the integration of Europe, US-China relations, as well as the concept and practice of 'war' more ... -
Can Aid Solve the Root Causes of Migration? A Framework for Future Research on the Development-Migration Nexus
(PISM Policy Paper;, Research report, 2020)An important dimension of the European Union’s response to the 2015 refugee and migration management crisis has been to address the root causes of irregular migration. A major tool the EU has to mitigate push factors of ... -
Utenlandsinvesteringer i sjømatnæringen og norsk tilknytning til EU
(Chapter, 2020)I kapittelet drøfter vi utenlandsinvesteringer i sjømatnæringen og Norges forhold til EU. Mens eierskap i fangst hovedsakelig er nasjonalt, er oppdrettsnæringen preget av multinasjonale selskaper. Norge og mange EU-land ... -
Renewable energy and geopolitics: A review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article reviews the literature on the geopolitics of renewable energy. It finds that while the roots of this literature can be traced back to the 1970s and 1980s, most of it has been published from 2010 onwards. The ... -
Energy democracy as a process, an outcome and a goal: A conceptual review
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Principled Peacekeeping Works
(Journal article, 2020)Over the past few years, the performance of UN peacekeeping operations has come increasingly under the spotlight. It started with financial pressure, especially but not exclusively by the United States Government, to reduce ... -
As the AU tries to contain COVID-19, the virus constrains the AU
(Journal article, 2020)The AU cannot simply wait out the coronavirus pandemic: it must adapt and urgently develop new ways of working. -
Energy democracy as a process, an outcome and a goal: A conceptual review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)‘Energy democracy’ has evolved from a slogan used by activists demanding a greater say in energy-related decision-making to a term used in policy documents and scholarly literature on energy governance and energy transitions. ... -
Ad hoc coalitions and institutional exploitation in international security: towards a typology
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Sharing the Spoils: Winners and Losers in the Belt and Road Initiative in Myanmar
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article studies the impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on economic actors in Myanmar. It hypothesizes that the BRI has strong transformative potential, because Chinese projects are likely to transform ... -
Myanmar: How to Become an Attractive Destination for Renewable Energy Investment?
(ACE Policy Brief;09/2020, Research report, 2020)Myanmar is endowed with abundant renewable energy resources, and its solar potential is the greatest in the Greater Mekong Subregion – yet, this potential remains largely untapped. The country’s 50% electrification rate ... -
Lao PDR: How to Attract More Investment in Small-Scale Renewable Energy?
(ACE Policy Brief;7/2020, Research report, 2020)Lao PDR adopted the Renewable Energy Development Strategy in 2011 and set a target of 30% small-scale renewables in the energy mix by 2025. The country relies heavily on large hydropower in electricity production and is ... -
Regulatory barriers to trade in services: A new database and composite indices
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper presents new data on services trade regulation for 46 countries in 22 services sectors over 6 years (2014–2019). The data consist of qualitative information which is scored and weighted to produce composite ... -
Russian Renewable Energy: Regulations and outcomes
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Gender and Labour Market Adjustment to Trade: The Case of India
(IFN Working Paper;, Research report, 2020)Standing at 24% in 2018, India’s female labour force articipation is only half of the global average (48%). At the same time, India has one of the widest gender wage gaps in the world and women are less likely to be employed ... -
Navigating de facto statehood: trade, trust, and agency in Abkhazia’s external economic relations
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OPEC and Russia: A Happy Pro Forma Marriage
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Adaptive Peace Operations: Navigating the Complexity of Influencing Societal Change Without Causing Harm
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Debating terrorism in a political transition: Journalism and democracy in Tunisia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In March 2015, in the midst of a political transition, Tunisia was rocked by a terrorist attack at the Bardo Museum in downtown Tunis in which 21 people were killed. How did Tunisian journalists manage the tension between ... -
Explaining Violence in Tillabéri: Insurgent Appropriation of Local Grievances?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The Tillabéri region in Niger has quickly lapsed into a state of violence and come under the control of ‘violent trepreneurs’ – that is, non-state armed actors possessing ome kind of political agenda, which is implemented ...