New book: Governing the Global Polity
What does globalization mean for the principle of state sovereignty and for the power and functioning of states? Whereas realists assert the continued importance of states, constructivists contend that various political entities as well as the logic of globalization itself undermine state sovereignty.
MoreGoverning the Global Polity
NUPI will host a seminar and discussion on Friday 3 September based on the book Governing the Global Polity written by Research Director Iver B. Neumann and Senior Research Fellow Ole Jacob Sending.
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Obamas nye sikkerhetsstrategi preges av et omfattende engasjement for global sikkerhet, skriver seniorforsker ved NUPI, Geir Flikke, i en kronikk i Forsvarets forum.
MoreThe Department of International Politics was established in 2001 to unify NUPI’s long-standing research on international politics. Today, the department’s research is focused on international and global politics, and the implications of Norwegian foreign, security and defence policy. In addition, the department’s staff is engaged in more theoretical matters within the fields of security studies, IR theory, global governance and integration.
The thematic and geographical scope of the department is wide: the UN, NATO, the EU, the World Bank, international peace operations, security, globalisation, global governance, hegemony, transatlantic relations, peace building, diplomacy, Norwegian peace policy, radicalisation, international terrorism, piracy, disarmament/non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, military power, the Norwegian Armed Forces, the Middle East, Iran, Iraq, the USA, Great Britain, France, Turkey, the Nordic Countries and Norway.
The department aims at combining basic research and applied research through long-term programmes (e.g. Hegemony and World Order”, 2002–2008) and more policy-relevant research and investigation projects. International research dissemination and cooperation, i.a. through international research conferences, constitute central elements of the activities. Furthermore, the research seeks to provide practical relevance for the public debate on Norwegian foreign policy, for instance through seminars and participation in the media.
The department has developed a comprehensive network of international and national cooperation partners taking part in current projects, i.a. through AGORA, Consortium for Research on International Crime and Terror, as well as participation in the European research project EUPERFORM. The IP department’s projects involve researchers from several other departments and institutes, and vice versa; i.a. in order to promote cross-disciplinarity in the research.
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- Neumann, Iver B., Ole Jacob Sending (2010). Governing the Global Polity. , The University of Michigan Press. 0 pages. Drawing on the state formation literature and on social theory, particularly the works of Weber and Foucault, the authors of this book question the terms of the realist-constructionist debate.
- Andersen, Morten Skumsrud, Ole Jacob Sending (2010). Liberia og fredsbygging: en institusjonell forskningsagenda,
Internasjonal politikk, vol. 68, nr. 2
. Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 275-286. Artikkelen analyserer arbeidet til FNs fredsbyggingskommisjon gjennom Fredsbyggingsfondet i Liberia og illustrerer hvordan institusjonelle strukturer kan bestemme mye av innholdet i og implementeringen av fredsbygging. - Neumann, Iver B. (2010). Diplomacy and Diplomats,
in Denemark, Robert A. [ed.], The International Studies Encyclopedia, vol. II,
. Wiley-Blackwell.p. 1069-1074. - Wigen, Einar (2010). Turkey and the Concept of Europe: A Conceptual History . Saarbrücken, VDM Dr. Müller. 132 pages. Turkey has changed from an Islamic Empire antagonistic to Christian states to a secular nation state, a member of NATO and a candidate for EU membership. This involves not only a significant shift in foreign policy towards Europe, but also a reshaping of Ottoman and Turkish identity. This book traces how the concept Europe has been shaped in this process over a period of about 200 years.
- Græger, Nina (2010). Utenriksministerens norske "konkurrenter",
Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 68, nr. 1
. Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 131-137. Globaliseringen og internasjonaliseringen av politikken har i praksis visket ut skillet mellom utenriks- og innenrikspolitikk. Disse endringene har styrket fagstatsrådenes rolle og makt, til dels på bekostning av utenriksministerens. - Neumann, Iver B. (2010). Utenriksministerens spillerom, 1972-2010,
Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 68, nr. 1
. Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 115-130. - Thune, Henrik (2009). Beyond the CNN effect. Towards a constitutive understanding of media power in international politics. . Oslo, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo. 239 pages. Dissertation for the Degree of PhD.
- Skogan, John K. (2009). Krisehåndtering: Opprinnelse, utvidelse og norsk forsvarsplanlegging. Oslo, NUPI. 64 pages. NUPI-rapport. The report looks at the gradual expansion of the meaning and the use, today far beyond the original, of the term “crisis management” since its coining in the early 1960s.
- Flikke, Geir (2009). Balancing Acts. Oslo, NUPI. 52 pages. Report on Russian-Chinese Relations and Developments in the SCO and CSTO
- Græger, Nina , Halvard Leira, Tuomas Forsberg, Andreas Løvold, Jon Rahbek-Clemmensen, Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen, Maria Strömvik (2009). Nordic Security Competence: Bibliography on the Foreign and Security Policy of the Nordic Countries. Oslo, NUPI. 100 pages. Nordisk utenriks- og sikkerhetspolitisk bibliografi
