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Karsten Friis
E-mail:
kfSPAMFILTER@nupi.no
Direct:
(+47) 22 99 40 24
Mobile:
(+47) 95 29 34 16
Post address:
Pb 8159 Dep, 0033 Oslo
Visiting address:
C.J. Hambros plass 2 D
Current research
Karsten Friis' main area of expertise is security and defense policies, international military operations and civilian-military relations.
He also follows political developments in the western Balkans and has worked as political adviser at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo. He has also worked as an adviser at the Norwegian Armed Forces in Oslo and in Kosovo. He has published on European security, Western Balkans, international operations and on peacekeeping and counter-insurgency.
Heads NUPI's MNE7 programme which concentrates on the development of civil-military relations in international operations.
Formal education
[1998]
Cand Polit, Political Science, University of Oslo
[1995]
Master, International Relations, London School of Economics
Professional experience
[2007-]
Senior Advisor/Advisor, NUPI
[2004 - 2007]
Political advisor for OSCE, Serbia/Montenegro
[2001-2004]
Advisor, the Norwegian Armed Forces
[2000-2001]
Political advisor, OSCE, Montenegro
[1999-2000]
Analyst/E-off, NATO/KFOR HQ, Kosovo
[1999]
OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission
Publications
Articles (in books and journals)
- de Coning, Cedric H., Karsten Friis
(2011). Coherence and Coordination. The Limits of the Comprehensive Approach,
Journal of International Peacekeeping, vol. 15
.Brill.p. 243-272.This article explores why international actors assign such high importance to coherence. It argues that the assumptions on which the principle of coherence is based are flawed, and that the empirical and theoretical evidence indicates that there is much less room for coherence than generally acknowledged in the policy debate. [Full-text version] [url] - Friis , Karsten
(2010). Peacekeeping and Counter-insurgency – Two of a Kind?,
International Peacekeeping, vol.17, no.1.
.London,Taylor & Francis.p. 49-66. [url] - Friis , Karsten , Jakub M. Godzimirski
(2009). Hva skjer med OSSE? ,
i Rieker, Pernille og Walter Emanuel Carlsnæs [red.] Nye utfordringer for europeisk sikkerhetspolitikk. Aktører, instrumenter og operasjoner
. Oslo, Universitetsforlaget.p. 51-62.Forfatterne ser nærmere på OSSEs evolusjon gjennom årene og på dens aktuelle rolle i europeisk sikkerhetspolitikk. [url] - Friis , Karsten , Kari M. Osland, Helge Lurås
(2009). Balkan,
i Rieker, Pernille og Walter Emanuel Carlsnæs [red.] Nye utfordringer for europeisk sikkerhetspolitikk. Aktører, instrumenter og operasjoner
. Oslo, Universitetsforlaget.p. 167-180. [url] - Friis , Karsten
(2007). Konstruktivisme og nasjonale interesser,
Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 65, nr. 3
.Oslo,NUPI.p. 85-96.Artikkelen søker å bidra med et konstruktivistisk perspektiv på studiet av "nasjonale interesser" og "norske interesser" i utenrikspolitikken. [url] - Friis , Karsten
(2007). The referendum in Montenegro: the EU's "postmodern diplomacy",
in European Foreign Affairs Review, vol. 12
.London,Kluwer Law International.p. 67-88.The article analyses the referendum on independence in Montenegro 21 May 2006, its pretext and the successful engagement of the international mediators, particularly the EU. [url] - Friis , Karsten
(2006). The Power of the Draft: A Century of Changing Legitimacy of Norway's Armed Forces ,
in Pertti Joenniemi, The changing face of European Conscription
.Aldershot,Ashgate.p. 99-118. [url]
Books and reports
- Friis , Karsten , Sanaa Rehman [ed.] (2010). Nordic Approaches to Whole-of-Government . Oslo, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs . 41 pages. Security in Practice. The Report describes the national Comprehensive Approach (CA) strategies developed in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark.
- Friis , Karsten , Pia Jarmyr (2008). Comprehensive Approach. Challenges and opportunities in complex crisis management. Oslo, NUPI. 22 pages. Security in Practice. This report discusses challenges related to the comprehensive approach in complex crisis management today.
Working Papers
- Friis , Karsten (2010). The Politics of the Comprehensive Approach: The Military, Humanitarian and State-building Discourses in Afghanistan. NUPI Working Paper: 773. 30 pages. This article seeks to analyse the difficulties the international actors in Afghanistan face when attempting to increase their collaboration or achieve a so-called comprehensive approach.
- Friis , Karsten (2005). The State, the People and the Armed Forces – a Genealogical Outline of the Legitimacy of the Armed Forces in Norway. NUPI Working Paper: 694. 35 pages. Discusses the relationship between the Norwegian public and the armed forces, and how this relationship has developed through the years.
Popular publishing
- Friis , Karsten , Vegard Valther Hansen (2011). Norsk etterretning etter 22/7. Dagbladet, 11. August
- Friis , Karsten (2011). Krig uten formål. VG, 11. May
- Friis , Karsten , Ståle Ulriksen (2011). På tide med bakkestyrker. Dagbladet, 26. April
- Friis , Karsten (2011). Feilslått åpenhet. Dagbladet, 22. February
- Friis , Karsten (2010). Hensikten tydeligere. VG, 18. July
- Friis , Karsten (2010). Hva kommer etter Afghanistan?. Dagbladet, 29. June
- Friis , Karsten , Harald Håvoll (2008). Nye militære tanker. Dagbladet, 3. December
- Friis , Karsten (2008). Nødhjelp i kriser er også politisk. Aftenposten, 29. October
- Friis , Karsten (2008). Legitim uavhengighet. VG, 26. February
- Friis , Karsten (2007). Kosovo - mot ny krise?. Dagbladet, 4. July