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Stina Torjesen
E-mail:
stSPAMFILTER@nupi.no
Direct:
(+47) 22 99 40 24
Mobile:
(+47)408 27 406
Post address:
Pb 8159 Dep, 0033 Oslo
Visiting address:
C.J. Hambros plass 2 D
News
[2010-08-15]
Leave of absence.
Current research
Defended her doctoral thesis 11 January, 20008 at University of Oxford. Title: Understanding regional co-operation in Central Asia 1991-2004. Also participating in the project The Caspian Sea Petroleum Region.
Formal education
[2008-]
PhD, International Relations, University of Oxford
[2003]
Master of Pilosophy, International Relations, University of Oxford
Professional experience
[2003-2004]
Small Arms Survey - fieldwork and report: Tajikistan og Kyrgyzstan
[2003-]
Research fellow at NUPI
[2000-2001]
UNV Gender Specialist, UNDP Kazakhstan
Publications
Articles (in books and journals)
- 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 , 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. - Torjesen, Stina (2009). New avenues for research in the study of DDR,
in Conflict, Security and Development, Volume 9, Number 4, December 2009
. London,Routledge.p. 411-424. Introduction to a special journal issue on disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR). - Flikke, Geir , Stina Torjesen (2009). EU og NATO: Utvidelse og naboskapspolitikk som sikkerhetspolitisk instrument,
i Rieker, Pernille og Walter Emanuel Carlsnæs [red.] Nye utfordringer for europeisk sikkerhetspolitikk. Aktører, instrumenter og operasjoner
. Oslo, Universitetsforlaget.p. 109-122. Dette kapittelet ser på nedslagsfeltet for EUs og NATOs virkemidler i landene mellom EU og Russland, med særlig vekt på Ukraina og de sydkaukasiske landene. - Torjesen, Stina , S. Neil MacFarlane (2009). R before D: the Case of Post Conflict Reintegration in Tajikistan,
in Mats Berdal and David Ucko [eds.] Reintegrating Armed Groups After Conflict. Politics, Violence and Transition
. London,Routledge.p. 62-81. This chapter provides a detailed account of the DDR process in Tajikistan and outlines the incentives that it created for the warring parties. It also assesses the emergence of spoilers and the government’s counter strategies. The chapter concludes by highlighting the consolidation of President Rakhmonov’s power since 2001, but also raises some questions regarding the viability of Tajikistan’s long-term political and economic development. - Torjesen, Stina (2009). Russia and Kazakhstan: A Special Relationship ,
In Russian Analytical Digest, no 56 (Special Issue: Russia's Energy Relations to Its Caspian Neighbors )
. p. 6-8. - Torjesen, Stina , Robert Muggah, Mats Berdal (2009). Conclusions: enter an evidence-based security promotion agenda,
in Robert Muggah [ed] Security and Post-Conflict Reconstruction. Dealing with Fighters in the Aftermath of War
. London,Routledge.p. 269-284. This conclusion engages with some of the broader questions raised by the contributions and highlights the volume’s insights on how, in spite of its growing appeal to western donors, the effectiveness of security promotion in low and medium-income countries remains largely untested. In laying out the evidence of what works and what does not, the contributors to this volume aimed to close a number of gaps in relation to the (under) conceptualization of DDR and (in some cases falsely) attributed dividends of such activities. - Wilson Rowe, Elana , Stina Torjesen (2008). Key features of Russian multilateralism,
in Wilson Rowe, Elana , Stina Torjesen [eds.] The Multilateral Dimension in Russian Foreign Policy
. Abingdon,Routledge.p. 1-20. - Torjesen, Stina (2008). Russia, the CIS and the EEC: finally getting it right?,
in Wilson Rowe, Elana , Stina Torjesen [eds.] The Multilateral Dimension in Russian Foreign Policy
. Abingdon,Routledge.p. 153-162. - Torjesen, Stina (2008). Russia as a Military Great Power: The Uses of the CSTO and the SCO in Central Asia ,
in Wilson Rowe, Elana , Stina Torjesen [eds.] The Multilateral Dimension in Russian Foreign Policy
. Abingdon,Routledge.p. 181-192. - Torjesen, Stina (2008). Hva med Russland?,
i Neumann, Iver B., red., Norge og alliansene – gamle tradisjoner, nytt spillerom
. Oslo,NUPI.p. 45-52. - Kjærnet, Heidi , Stina Torjesen, Dosym Satpaev (2008). Big Business and High-level Politics in Kazakhstan: An Everlasting Symbiosis?,
in China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1
. Bosten/Hong Kong,Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program.p. 95-107. This article argues that there is a symbiosis between elite business groups and top politicians in Kazakhstan. It suggests a typology for the different kinds of symbiotic relationships that exist and highlights the activities of a number ofprominent figures in Kazakhstani politics and economy. - Torjesen, Stina , S. Neil MacFarlane (2007). R before D: the case of post conflict reintegration in Tajikistan,
in Conflict, Security and Development, vol. 7, no. 2, June 2007
. Routledge.p. 311-332. The article assesses Tajikistan’s post-war demobilisation and reintegration process and highlights how stakes in the peace were created for the warring factions.
Books and reports
- Stankovic, Tatjana , Stina Torjesen (2010). Fresh Insights on Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration. Oslo, NUPI/CPS/IDDRS. 24 pages. This publication presents key academic findings on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR).
- Torjesen, Stina , Indra Overland, Morten Anker, Pavel K. Baev, Bjørn Brunstad (2010). The Caspian Sea Region towards 2025. , Eburon. 156 pages. In three scenarios for the Caspian Sea region in 2025 this book tries to suggest possible futures for the countries around the Caspian Sea.
- de Coning, Cedric H., Walter Lotze, Stina Torjesen, Johanna Jansson (2010). Conference Proceedings: Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Peacebuilding:Towards Change in Concepts and Approachess. Oslo, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. 36 pages. Nupi Report. The report focuses on identifying key issues of concern and highlighting potentially promising foci of innovation and reform in peacebuilding approaches.
- Andersen, Morten Skumsrud, Stina Torjesen (2009). From Coherent Policy to Coordinated Practice: Are We Delivering Coherently in Afghanistan?. Oslo, NUPI. 16 pages. This report is based on comments and discussions from the conference ‘From Coherent Policy to Coordinated Practice: Are We Delivering Coherently in Afghanistan?’ held at the Grand Hotel in Oslo, on 18 November 2008, and highlights the specific recommendations made.
- Wilson Rowe, Elana , Stina Torjesen [ed.] (2008). The Multilateral Dimension in Russian Foreign Policy. Abingdon, Routledge. 240 pages. This book examines the place of multilateralism in Russia’s foreign policy and Russia’s engagement with multilateral institutions.
- Kjærnet, Heidi , Stina Torjesen (2008). Afghanistan and regional instability: A risk assessment. Oslo, NUPI. 35 pages. The report assesses Afghanistan’s regional context. It highlights how geopolitical rivalry, instability in Pakistan and Uzbekistan and other issues challenges Afghanistan’s stabilisation process.
- Torjesen, Stina (2008). Understanding regional co-operation in Central Asia 1991-2004.. Oxford, University of Oxford, Department of Politics and International Relations. 396 pages. DPhil thesis assesses regional co-operation in the spheres of trade, water and security and looks at the relevance of state weakness for foreign policy making.
- Torjesen, Stina , Indra Overland [ed.] (2007). International Election Observers in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan. Geopolitical Pawns or Agents of Change?. Stuttgart, ibidem-Verlag. 230 pages. This book highlights the role of international observers in the election process in the 2005 parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, and presents indepth assessments of the pre- and post-election situation in the country.
- Torjesen, Stina , Katarina Ammitzbøll (2007). Maximum or minimum? Policy options for democratisation initiatives in UN Peace Operations. Oslo, NUPI. 63 pages. This report outlines the different policy options facing the UN in relation to democratisation efforts in UN peace operations.
- Torjesen, Stina , S. Neil MacFarlane [ed.] (2007). Small Arms in Kyrgyzstan: Post-revolutionary Proliferation. Geneva, Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute of International Studies. 119 pages. Small Arms Survey Occasional Paper Series no. 12.
Working Papers
- Lurås, Helge , Niels Nagelhus Schia, Stina Torjesen, Ståle Ulriksen (2008). From Coherent Policy to Coordinated Practice: Are We Delivering Coherently in Afghanistan?. NUPI Working Paper: . 12 pages.
- Torjesen, Stina (2006). The political economy of Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR). NUPI Working Paper: 709. 18 pages. Discusses the dilemma between the need to engage former combatants and the danger of giving them too important a role in and thereby endangering reconstruction.
- Torjesen, Stina , Indra Overland (2006). The battle for Azerbaijan: Azeri perspectives on the international election observation of the 2005 parliamentary elections and the post-election period. NUPI Working Paper: 697. 150 pages. Six articles on the international observation mission to Azerbaijan for the election on 9. November 2005.
- Torjesen, Stina , Indra Overland (2006). Observing or participating in regime change?: Kyrgyz perspectives on the role of international election observation missions in 2005. NUPI Working Paper: 696. 61 pages. An analysis of the role played by international election observation mission in Kyrgyzstan in 2005, and the events that lead to the toppling of Askar Akaev.
Popular publishing
- Torjesen, Stina (2010). Fixing Afghanistan: what role for China?. Noref Policy Brief No. 7 June 2010, 30. June
- Torjesen, Stina (2010). Mens vi venter på Kandahar. Dagsavisen, 14. June
- Torjesen, Stina , Ylva Lindberg (2010). Ikke nok med u-hjelp. Aftenposten, 4. May
- Torjesen, Stina (2010). Ukritisk fredsnasjon. VG, 25. March
- Torjesen, Stina (2009). Kost/nytte i Afghanistan. Dagens Næringsliv, 17. August
- Torjesen, Stina , Halvor Andreas Hartz, Ståle Ulriksen (2009). Visjon eller illusjon i Faryab?. Dagbladet, 26. June
- Torjesen, Stina (2008). Splittet venstreside. Dagbladet, 30. May
- Kjærnet, Heidi , Stina Torjesen (2008). Det vanskelige naboskapet. Dagbladet, 18. April
- Torjesen, Stina (2007). The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation & The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: Powerhouse or Paper Tiger?. Nordisk Østforum, vol. 21, nr. 4, s. 520-521, bokomtale, 31. December
