NUPI researchers to analyse EU's performance in NATO
Researchers at NUPI's Department of International Politics will participate in a four-year international research project, "Measuring the Performance of the European Union in International Institutions" (EUPERFORM), funded by the European Science Foundation (ESF).
MoreVisser on the Iraqi elections in Foreign Affairs
Iraq holds parliamentary elections on 7 March 2010. Senior Research Fellow Reidar Visser answers questions on the Iraqi elections in Foreign Affairs.
MoreNew Researchers in International Politics
Einar Wigen and Leonard Seabrooke have joined the Department of International Politics at NUPI.
MoreNUPI's Department of International Politics gathers the institute's research on several spheres of international affairs – including international relations, international law, international and internal conflicts, conflict prevention, crisis management and peacebuilding, multilateral organisations, institutions and regimes, integration processes, globalisation, international governance, as well as the foreign policy of individual countries.
The Department are responsible for research programmes:
The Shifting Geopolitics of the Black Sea Region: Actors, Drivers and Challenges
The Black Sea Region stands out as a region where realpolitik once more has come to the fore. This project maps drivers that currently affect the shifting geopolitics of the Black Sea region. More
Towards NATO á la carte? NATOs Adaption to New Tasks and Changing Relations in a Multipolar World
Prosjektet starter i august 2010. More
Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan: Resolving Frozen Conflict in South Caucasus
The project deals with the diplomatic efforts that led to the protocols between Turkey and Armenia being signed in October 2009, and the prospects for further reconciliation between the two countries. More
Doables in the Field of Nuclear Disarmament
The project focuses on the possibilities of achieving nuclear disarmament. More
Nordic Security Competence
Dette prosjektet har som mål å kartlegge spesifikk kompetanse på nordiske utenriks- og sikkerhetspolitiske spørsmål. More
Sports and Reconciliation
The objective of the project is to establish knowledge on how and to what extent sports can serve as a tool for reconciliation between people and states previously in conflict. More
- Wigen, Einar (2010). Turkey and the Concept of Europe: A Conceptual History . Saarbrücken, VDM Dr. Müller. 132 pages. Turkey has changed from an Islamic Empire antagonistic to Christian states to a secular nation state, a member of NATO and a candidate for EU membership. This involves not only a significant shift in foreign policy towards Europe, but also a reshaping of Ottoman and Turkish identity. This book traces how the concept Europe has been shaped in this process over a period of about 200 years.
- Græger, Nina (2010). Utenriksministerens norske "konkurrenter", Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 68, nr. 1 . Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 131-137. Globaliseringen og internasjonaliseringen av politikken har i praksis visket ut skillet mellom utenriks- og innenrikspolitikk. Disse endringene har styrket fagstatsrådenes rolle og makt, til dels på bekostning av utenriksministerens.
- Neumann, Iver B. (2010). Utenriksministerens spillerom, 1972-2010, Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 68, nr. 1 . Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 115-130.
- Thune, Henrik (2009). Beyond the CNN effect. Towards a constitutive understanding of media power in international politics. . Oslo, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo. 239 pages. Dissertation for the Degree of PhD.
- Skogan, John K. (2009). Krisehåndtering: Opprinnelse, utvidelse og norsk forsvarsplanlegging. Oslo, NUPI. 64 pages. NUPI-rapport. The report looks at the gradual expansion of the meaning and the use, today far beyond the original, of the term “crisis management” since its coining in the early 1960s.
- Neumann, Iver B. (2009). Hvorfor er ikke Norge med i Den europeiske union?, i Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 67, nr 3 . Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 413-425.
- Græger, Nina , Halvard Leira, Tuomas Forsberg, Andreas Løvold, Jon Rahbek-Clemmensen, Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen, Maria Strömvik (2009). Nordic Security Competence: Bibliography on the Foreign and Security Policy of the Nordic Countries. Oslo, NUPI. 100 pages. Nordisk utenriks- og sikkerhetspolitisk bibliografi
- Stamnes, Eli , Jon Harald Sande Lie, Kristin M. Haugevik, Ståle Ulriksen, Nicholas J. Wheeler, Dorota Gierycz , Turid Lægreid (2009). The Principle and Practice of R2P: Whose Responsibility, What Kind of Action?. Oslo, NUPI. 17 pages. Summary of Project.
- Sending, Ole Jacob (2009). Why Peacebuilders Fail to Secure Ownership and be Sensitive to Context. NUPI Working Paper: 755. 31 pages.
- Græger, Nina (2009). Hva betyr NATO for norsk sikkerhets- og forsvarspolitikk i dag?, in Edström, Håkan (ed.) NATO at 60: Challenges Ahead – Implications for Norway, Conference Proceedings from the 10th Military Seminar . Oslo,Norwegian Defence University College/Norwegian Institute for Foreign Affairs.p. 37-46. Artikkelen fokusere på hvordan NATOs politiske og militære omstilling og dagens sikkerhetsutfordringer spiller inn i norsk sikkerhets- og forsvarspolitikk.