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    • BRI in Central Asia: People-to-People Projects 

      Vakulchuk, Roman; Øverland, Indra; Aminjonov, Farkhod; Abylkasymova, Alina; Eshchanov, Bahtiyor; Moldokanov, Daniyar (Central Asia Data-Gathering and Analysis Team (CADGAT);27, Research report, 2019)
      Along with financing hard infrastructure projects, Beijing also promotes soft power projects in the form of people-to-people initiatives. However, such projects are low priority within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)in ...
    • BRI in Central Asia: Rail and Road Connectivity Projects 

      Vakulchuk, Roman; Øverland, Indra; Aminjonov, Farkhod; Abylkasymova, Alina; Eshchanov, Bahtiyor; Moldokanov, Daniyar (Central Asia Data-Gathering and Analysis Team (CADGAT);21, Research report, 2019)
      This data article shows that most of the rail and road projects in which the Chinese are involved in Central Asia are implemented within the territories of individual countries and thus are still poorly linked with each ...
    • Brothers in Arms and Faith? The Emerging US-Central and Eastern Europe ‘Special Relationship’ 

      Holm, Minda; Tjalve, Vibeke (NUPI Policy Note;2020-1, Research report, 2020)
      In this policy note, we explore the nature, strength and tensions of the contemporary US-Central Eastern Europe relationship. We describe the expanding US-CEE ‘brotherhood in arms’: growing trade relations, intensified ...
    • Changing or frozen narratives? The Arctic in Russian media and expert commentary, 2021–2022 

      Moen-Larsen, Natalia; Gjerde, Kristian Lundby (NUPI Research Paper;2023-03, Research report, 2023)
    • China and South Asia Crisis Management in the Era of Great Power Competition 

      Sun, yun (NUPI Research Paper;4/2020, Research report, 2020)
      Until very recently, China had been seen as an important and constructive force in the crisis management in South Asia in the event of an India-Pakistan military crisis. Part of the perception originated from historical ...
    • China, India and the political economy of medical supplies 

      Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl (NUPI Covid-19 Brief;4/2020, Research report, 2020)
      • The pandemic and lockdowns threaten the supply of medicines, especially from India • Poor countries relying on supplies of cheap Indian medicines are especially vulnerable • New medicines and vaccines are likely to be ...
    • Civilian Capacities Network Annual Meeting 2013 

      De Coning, Cedric; Vermeij, Lotte; Troost, Paul (Research report, 2013)
    • Climate Change and Security in the Arctic 

      Sending, Ole Jacob; Hansen, Vegard Valther; Winther, Iselin Németh; Goodman, Sherri; Guy, Kate; Maddox, Marisol (Research report, 2021)
      Across the world, climate change already poses severe threats to the natural and human systems on which security depends. These changes are of acute concern in the High North, the geography of land, sea, and ice that lies ...
    • Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Afghanistan 

      Rosvold, Elisabeth Lio; Funnemark, Anne; Grand, Anab Ovidie; Tarif, Kheira; Smith, Elizabeth (Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet;February 2022, Research report, 2021)
      Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change: rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns and increasingly frequent extreme weather events. Currently, Afghanistan is experiencing its worst ...
    • Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Somalia 

      De Coning, Cedric; Grand, Anab Ovidie; Karlsrud, John; Nortvedt, Jenny; Tchie, Andrew E. Yaw; Krampe, Florian; Tarif, Kheira (Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet;2021, Research report, 2021)
      Somalia is highly susceptible to the effects of climate change and extreme weather. Without anticipatory preventive approaches, these factors are likely to exacerbate existing vulnerabilities and reduce the people’s ...
    • Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: South Sudan 

      De Coning, Cedric; Tchie, Andrew E. Yaw; Grand, Anab Ovidie; Krampe, Florian; Tarif, Kheira (Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet;, Research report, 2021)
      Flooding and droughts significantly disrupt livelihood patterns and food-security and may result in temporary displacement or longer-term migration. Such shocks exacerbate vulnerabilities and weaken the resilience and ...
    • Common Fears, Common Opportunities? Czechia and Norway in the changing international context 

      Haugevik, Kristin M.; Tallis, Benjamin; Andersen, Morten Skumsrud; Galeotti, Mark; Godzimirski, Jakub M.; Mazac, Jan; Svendsen, Øyvind; Zhirukina, Elena (Research report, 2020)
      With long-dominant structures in flux, European states – and perhaps smaller ones in particular – are now forced to rethink their foreign policy approaches and practices. This policy briefs outlines how one small Northern ...
    • Complexities of Achieving Strategic Stability in Southern Asia: An Indian Perspective 

      Sethi, Manpreet (NUPI Research Paper;2020-05, Research report, 2020)
      The concept of strategic stability provides a framework for strengthening security in the nuclear age. This report explores the possibilities and constraints for achieving strategic stability in South Asia. The strained ...
    • Conventional arms control on the Korean Peninsula: The current state and prospects 

      Han, Yong-Sup (NUPI Research Paper;2/2020, Research report, 2020)
      At the end of 2017, the Korean Peninsula reached the brink of a nuclear war, as the US president Donald Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un exchanged words of nuclear threats each other. A tug of war as to whose ...
    • Cooperation in an Era of Strategic Competition EU-NATO Relations in the Context of War and Rivalry 

      Fiott, Daniel (NUPI Policy Brief;2023-07, Research report, 2023)
      This Policy Brief looks at the growing relations and cooperation between the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). It does so in the context of a return to war in Europe and growing strategic ...
    • COVID-19 in Latin America: Challenges, responses, and consequences 

      Østebø, Peder; Bye, Vegard (NUPI Covid-19 Brief;9/2020, Research report, 2020)
      While containment efforts were quickly implemented in many countries, COVID-19 may still prove to have a long-lasting effect in Latin America, a region already marked by economic disarray and political instability. Economic ...
    • Covid-19 og globalisering: Et fattigdomsperspektiv på turisme og inntektsoverføring fra migranter 

      Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik (NUPI Covid-19 Brief;5/2020, Research report, 2020)
      • Reduserte inntektsoverføringer og fall i turisme vil ha effekter for de norske hovedsamarbeidslandene. • Effektene er store og vil trolig vare en tid (flere år). • Bortfall av turisme kan i disse landene ramme 9 millioner ...
    • COVID-19 will change the way the UN conducts peacekeeping operations in the future 

      De Coning, Cedric (NUPI Covid-19 Brief;7/2019, Research report, 2020)
      The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted UN peacekeeping operations. In the short-term, activities have been reduced to the most critical, rotations have been frozen, and most staff are working remotely. Most of ...
    • Cybersikkerhet 

      Schia, Niels Nagelhus (Others, 2019)
      Den teknologiske utviklingen og framveksten av digitale nettverk har ført til noen av de mest dramatiske endringene vi har sett på flere generasjoner. Dette gjelder både endringer i sosial samhandling, men også endringer ...
    • Czech and Norwegian perspectives on resilience in a post-invasion of Ukraine context 

      Rieker, Pernille; Jakobsen, Eskil; Daniel, Jan (Research report, 2023)