NUPI’s Balkan Programme was established in 2006 as an applied programme within the research field of security sector reform. The Balkan Programme consists of four autonomous projects: Security Sector Reform in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Belgrade School of Security Studies (BSSS), The Long-term Impact of the International Sanctions Against Yugoslavia, and The Peace Support Operations Training Centre (PSOTC) in Sarajevo.
Balkanseminaret 2012
Siktemålet med seminaret er at unge politiske ledere og forskere skal kunne stifte bekjentskap med Vest-Balkan og knytte nye kontakter i regionen. Balkanseminaret arrangeres annet hvert år av NUPI i samarbeid med Telenor og med praktisk støtte fra Utenriksdepartementet. More
Security Transitions in the Western Balkans - From Conflict Zone to Security Community
The project, organised as a consortium, will examine the strategic priorities of the Western Balkans. More
International state-building in Kosovo – security, self-determination, and privatisation
This project is a pilot and preparatory study to an upcoming 3-4 year research project on dominating conceptualisations of the right to self-determination and implications of international state building in Kosovo. The pilot will also look into one central part of Kosovo’s international state building project – privatisation – and include interviews with a few relevant actors, observers and experts. More
- Hansen, Vegard Valther, Trine Nikolaisen, Helge Lurås (2012). Etter beste evne . Oslo, NUPI-rapport . 19 pages. Security in Practice. Denne rapporten gir en kort oversikt over Forsvarets innsats innen Operational Mentoring and Liaison Teams (OMLT) i Afghanistan. Forsvarets arbeid har vært rettet inn mot Afghan National Army (ANA). Hensikten er å gi anbefalinger om fortsettelsen av dette arbeidet i Afghanistan, men også å skape et erfaringsgrunnlag for eventuelt liknende oppdrag i fremtiden.
- 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 , 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 (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 , 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 , 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] - Osland, Kari M., Magnus Eriksson [ed.] (2008). Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century. Old Players, New Game - New Players, Old Game. Oslo, Norwegian Defence Command & Staff College and Norwegian Institute of International Affairs [NUPI]. 136 pages. Conference Proceedings from the Military Power Seminar 2007 on Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century.
- 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.
- Hansen, Vegard Valther
(2007). Bosnia: Time to Re-calibrate,
Transitions Online
.Bosnia’s international managers are learning to take a softer line with intransigent politicians. But old habits will be hard to banish. [Full-text version] [url]