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Stina Torjesen

 
 
nupi.no Activities Department of Russian and Eurasian Studies Stina Torjesen

Stina Torjesen [Senior Research Fellow]

Stina Torjesen
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News
[2009-02-15]
Presenting paper at the annual ISA Conference, 15-18 February, New York [link]
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 [vis kronologisk]

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 , 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.
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