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Indra Overland

 
 
nupi.no Activities Department of Russian and Eurasian Studies Indra Overland

Indra Overland [Head of Department]

Indra Overland
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News
[December 2009]
New book: Caspian Energy Politics, Routledge [link]
Current research

Head of project  “Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) and implications for post-conflict economic recovery” and involved in the projects: “The Caspian Sea Petroleum Region”, “Regional Confidence Building for Think Tanks in the South Caucasus and Central Asia” and “Finish-Norwegian Energy Dialogue”. Member of reference group for Norwegian Shipowners’ Association: Geopolitics in the High North

Formal education
[2000]
PhD, Scott Polar Research Institute, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Geography, University of Cambridge
Professional experience
[2006-]
Senior Research Fellow/Director, Energy Programme, NUPI
[2005-2006]
Senior Advisor, Nordic Research Board (NordForsk) on Russia, the Baltic States and EU
[2005]
External Expert for World Bank in evaluation of Low-Income Countries Under Stress (LICUS)
 

Publications [vis kronologisk]

Articles (in books and journals)
  • Overland, Indra , Heidi Kjærnet, Andrea Kendall-Taylor (2010). The Resource Curse and Authoritarianism in the Caspian Petro-States ,

    in Overland, Indra , Heidi Kjærnet, Andrea Kendall-Taylor [eds.] Caspian Energy Politics: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan

    . Abingdon,Routledge.p. 1-12.
  • Torjesen, Stina , Indra Overland, Heidi Kjærnet (2010). China and Russia: Partners or Firewalls for the Caspian Petro-States?,

    in Overland, Indra , Heidi Kjærnet, Andrea Kendall-Taylor [eds.] Caspian Energy Politics: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan

    . Abingdon,Routledge.p. 93-100.
  • Overland, Indra , Heidi Kjærnet, Andrea Kendall-Taylor (2010). The Logic of Authoritarianism in the Caspian Petro-States,

    in Overland, Indra , Heidi Kjærnet, Andrea Kendall-Taylor [eds.] Caspian Energy Politics: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.

    . Abingdon,Routledge.p. 178-184.
  • Overland, Indra , Stina Torjesen (2010). Just Good Friends: Kazakhstan’s and Turkmenistan’s Energy Relations with Russia,

    in Overland, Indra , Heidi Kjærnet, Andrea Kendall-Taylor [eds.] Caspian Energy Politics: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan

    . Abingdon,Routledge.p. 136-149.
  • Overland, Indra (2009). The closure of the Russian military base at Akhalkalaki: challenges for the local energy elite, the informal economy and stability,

    Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies, no. 10

    . p. 2-14. In 2007, the base of the Russian army’s 62nd Division at Akhalkalaki, Georgia was shut down. After outlining the historical role of the base in Russian–Armenian–Turkish relations, this article examines how it was the linchpin of informal economies and power relations among the Javakheti Armenians.
  • Overland, Indra (2009). Indigenous Rights in the Russian North,

    i Wilson Rowe, Elana [red], Russia and the North

    . Ottawa,University of Ottawa Press.p. 165-185. This chapter focus on the status of indigenous rights in the Russian North and to what extent Russia adhere to international standards on indigenous rights.
  • Overland, Indra (2009). Natural Gas and Russia-Turkmenistan Relations,

    In Russian Analytical Digest, no 56 (Special Issue: Russia's Energy Relations to Its Caspian Neighbors )

    . p. 9-13.
  • Overland, Indra , Kyrre Brækhus (2009). Chinese Perspectives on Russian Oil and Gas,

     In Jeronim Perovic, Robert Orttung and Andreas Wenger (eds), Russian Energy Power and Foreign Relations

    . London,Routledge.p. 201-221.
  • Overland, Indra (2008). International organisations, regional politics and the Meskhetian Turks,

    In Trier, Tom and Andrei Khanzhin, eds., Meskhetian Turks at a crossroads: integration, repatriation or resettlement?

    . p. 509-532.
  • Overland, Indra (2008). Natural gas projects in the Russian north: Implications for nothern European cooperation,

    in Blakkisrud, Helge , Pami Aalto, Hanna Smith [eds.] The New Northern Dimension of the European Neighbourhood

    . Brussels, Centre for European Policy Studies.p. 131-144.
  • Kjærnet, Heidi , Indra Overland (2008). Doing business in Uzbekistan,

    OGEL – Oil, Gas and Energy Law, vol. 6, no. 3.

    . Voorburg,OGEL - Global Energy Law & Regulation Portal . This paper provides a short but comprehensive survey of different aspects of doing business in Uzbekistan.
  • Kjærnet, Heidi , Indra Overland (2008). The Trajectory of Reform in Turkmenistan: Implications for Foreign Oil Companies,

    OGEL – Oil, Gas and Energy Law, vol. 6, no. 3

    . Voorburg,OGEL - Global Energy Law & Regulation Portal.p. .
  • Overland, Indra (2008). Shtokman and Russia's Arctic Petroleum Frontier,

    in Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines and Hans-Henning Schröder (eds) Russia's Energy Sector between Politics and Business

    . Bremen,Forschungsstelle Osteuropa an der Universität Bremen.p. 45-49. This paper discuss the development of the Shtokman project and it's implications for Russian–Norwegian relations in the north.
  • Overland, Indra (2007). Regime Dynamics in Georgia,

    in The Caspian Sea Region Towards 2020, ECON Report 2007-008

    . Oslo,ECON.p. 49-56. This publication analyses the Saakashvili regime in Georgia after the Rose Revolution, detailing its development and stabilitet. It is part of a scenario-building project on the Caspian region.
  • Overland, Indra , Kyrre Brækhus (2007). A Match Made in Heaven? Strategic Convergence between China and Russia,

    in China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly , Vol. 5, No 2

     

    . p. 41-61. This article examines the strategic convergence between Russia and China.
  • Wilson Rowe, Elana , Indra Overland (2007). Indigenous Issues,

    In Olav Schram Stokke and Geir Hønneland, eds. International Cooperation and Arctic Governance: Regime Effectiveness and Northern Region Building.

    . London,Routledge.p. 27-49. Examines the impact of Arctic regimes on indigenous issues
  • Overland, Indra (2006). Poverty and International Aid among Russia’s Indigenous Peoples,

    in Robyn Eversole, John-Andrew McNeish and Alberto Cimadamore, eds., Indigenous Peoples and Poverty: An International Perspective

    . London,Zed Books.p. 108-125.
  • Blakkisrud, Helge , Indra Overland (2005). The Evolution of Federal Indigenous Policy in the Post-Soviet North,

    in Helge Blakkisrud and Geir Hønneland, ed., T ackling Space. Federal Politics and the Russian North . Lanham, University Press of America .

    . Lanham,University Press of America.p. 163-192.
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