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Books and reports


23.04.08
  • Neumann, Iver B. [ed.] (2008). Norge og alliansene – gamle tradisjoner, nytt spillerom. Oslo, NUPI. 57 pages. Rapport om Norges alliansetilknytning som inviterer til bred debatt om Norges spillerom i alliansepolitikken.

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    11.01.08
  • 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.

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    13.05.08
  • de Carvalho, Benjamin , Andreas Vogt, Petter Hojem, Marit Arntzen Glad (2008). The Protection of Civilians and the Post-Conflict Security Sector. A Conceptual and Historical Overview. Oslo, NUPI. 18 pages. Security in Practice. The report addresses the main challenges that must be met for the Protection of Civilians (PoC) in peacekeeping operations to be effective. Furthermore, it discusses the characteristics and problems of the security gap in post-conflict states, and possible ways of remedying to these. Finally, it addresses the relation between PoC and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P).

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    20.05.08
  • Bjørgo, Tore , Rogelio Alonso et al (2008). Radicalisation Processes Leading to Acts of Terrorism . Brussels, Submitted to the European Commission on 15 May 2008.. 20 pages. Report on the current state of academic research on violent radicalisation.

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    15.02.08
  • Blakkisrud, Helge [ed.] (2008). Utsyn Nord 2018. Oslo, NUPI. 48 pages. Et fremtidsbilde av verden og nordområdene i 2018.

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    07.06.08
  • Blakkisrud, Helge , Pami Aalto, Hanna Smith [ed.] (2008). Energising the New Northern Dimension. Helsinki/Oslo, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki and NUPI. 14 pages. Policy paper on the Northern Dimension (ND) programme of the EU and the possibility of an energy partnership.

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    07.01.09
  • Blakkisrud, Helge , Pami Aalto, Hanna Smith [ed.] (2008). The New Northern Dimension of the European Neighbourhood. Brussels, Centre for European Policy Studies . 237 pages. This book examines regional cooperation among countries in Europe's northern neighbourhood, with an emphasis on the pitfalls and sucsesses of engaging Russia.

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    22.07.08
  • Borchgrevink, Axel , Benedicte Bull,, Vibeke Øi , Kristi Anne Stølen (2008). Norway's Strategic Interests in Central America. Oslo, Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo. 56 pages. SUM Report No. 15. An analysis of Norway’s strategic interests in Central America based on an evaluation of the current political and economic situation in the region, and the state of development policy and politics.

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    30.10.08
  • Borchgrevink, Axel , Miriam Bolaños, Rubelci Alvarado (2008). Evaluation Report Save the Children Guatemala. Oslo, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). 96 pages. NUPI Report. This evaluation assesses the institutional capacity of Save the Children Guatemala.

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    03.07.08
  • Borchgrevink, Axel , Jon Harald Sande Lie (2008). End Review of the Norwegian People’s Aid Mine Action Programme in Ethiopia 2005–2007. Oslo, Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt. 36 pages. NUPI Report. Review of the Norwegian People’s Aid Mine Action Programme in Ethiopia 2005–2007. Assignment for the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)

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    29.05.08
  • Didriksen, Pål Jostein (2008). Integreringspolitikk i Russland. Karelen etter Kondopoga-hendelsene i 2006. Oslo, Institutt for litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk, Universitetet i Oslo. 110 pages. Masteroppgave i Russlandstudier.

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    10.03.09
  • Eggen, Øyvind , Laila Trønsdal Moen, Svein Erik Stave (2008). Conservation for Development. An organisational review of WWF-Norway. Oslo, Norad. 50 pages. Norad Report 18/2008 Review. This review of WWF-Norway examines the organisation’s ability to provide effective aid.

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    17.03.08
  • Flikke, Geir , Julie Wilhelmsen (2008). Central Asia: A Testing Ground for New Great-Power Relations. Oslo, NUPI. 56 pages. The report analyses the emerging strategic convergence between China and Russia in security and economic questions and argues that this has supplanted US influence in Central-Asia.

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    10.06.08
  • 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.

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    05.05.08
  • Neumann, Iver B., Geir Pollen, Mette Lending, Vigdis Ystad (2008). Tolerance and Compassion. Henrik Wergeland and his Legacy. Oslo, Gyldendal. 169 pages. This book provides a short presentation of the diversity of Henrik Wergeland's work from a literary and political perspective.

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    28.12.08
  • Gierycz, Dorota (2008). The Responsibility to Protect. A Legal and Rights-based Perspective. Oslo, NUPI. 23 pages. Responsibility to Protect no. 5 . This report analyses the responsibility to protect from a legal and rights-based perspective.

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    18.05.08
  • Grønlien, Anne Grete (2008). The Legitimacy of the Bonn Powers in the OHR/EUSR. Oslo, University of Oslo. 0 pages. Master Thesis in Peace and Conflict Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo

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    28.12.08
  • Haugevik, Kristin M. (2008). Regionalising the Responsibility to Protect: Possibilities, Capabilities and Actualities. Oslo, NUPI. 23 pages. Responsibility to Protect no. 2 . This report discusses what part regional organizations can and should play in ensuring implementation of the international Responsibility to Protect (R2P).

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    10.12.08
  • Heradstveit, Daniel , Semih Vaner, Ali Kazancigil [ed.] (2008). Sécularisation et démocratisation dans les sociétés musulmanes. Bruxelles, Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien,, P.I.E. Peter Lang. 335 pages. Cet ouvrage explore le rapport des sociétés musulmanes à la modernité à travers l’analyse des processus de sécularisation et de démocratisation saisis dans leur pluralité et dans leur complexité ; processus parfois visibles, mais le plus souvent contradictoires et difficiles à appréhender.

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    04.08.08
  • Håvoll, Harald (2008). COIN Revisited. Lessons of the classical literature on counterinsurgery and its applicability to the Afghan hybrid insurgery. Oslo, NUPI. 46 pages. Security in Practice no 13. This report inquires into the origin of counterinsurgency (COIN) by studying some of the ‘classical literature’ (the literature on the insurgencies and the ‘revolutionary wars’ of the mid-20th century) and then analyses the current conflict in Afghanistan in light of these findings.

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    04.03.08
  • Jan Egeland (2008). A Billion Lives. An Eyewitness Report from the Frontlines of Humanity . New York, Simon & Schuster. 272 pages.

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    27.03.08
  • 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.

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    16.12.08
  • Knudsen, Rita Augestad (2008). The Comprehensive UN Sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia – Aims, Impact and Legacy. Oslo, Kolofon. 177 pages. An wide-ranging analysis of the comprehensive UN sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1992–95.

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    28.12.08
  • Laegreid, Turid (2008). Protecting Civilians from Harm. A Humanitarian Perspective. Oslo, NUPI. 18 pages. Responsibility to Protect no. 6 . This article looks at how the practices of humanitarian protection relate to the concepts of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and Protection of Civilians (PoC).

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    28.12.08
  • Lie, Jon Harald Sande (2008). Protection of Civilians, the Responsibility to Protect and Peace Operations . Oslo, NUPI. 32 pages. Responsibility to Protect no. 4 . This paper considers the conceptual challenges of operationalizing R2P, by examining it together with its conceptual protection sibling, the Protection of Civilians (PoC).

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    16.04.08
  • Lie, Jon Harald Sande, Benjamin de Carvalho (2008). A Culture of Protection? Perspectives of the Protection of Civilians from Sudan. Oslo, NUPI. 21 pages. The report discusses the Protection of Civilians concept as used and articulated among various actors in Sudan. It argues that although all actors embrace the theme as important, there exists no unifying and precise understanding of what the concept means, which has practical implications for the international community’s civilian protection efforts. Security in Practice no. 7.

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    28.04.08
  • Lie, Jon Harald Sande (2008). The World Bank and Conflicts. From Narrow Rules to Broader Principles.. Oslo, NUPI. 23 pages. Security in Practice no. 9. This paper focuses on the relevance of the World Bank to conflicts and multi-agency operations. It discusses new World Bank policy against its traditional scope and apolitical mandate.

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    28.03.08
  • Mærli, Morten Bremer, Alexander Nikitin [ed.] (2008). Tuning Priorities in Nuclear Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Amsterdam, IOS Press. 153 pages. The book focuses on American and European missile defence programmes, with emphasis on the political aspects of the programmes.

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    20.10.08
  • 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.

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    16.02.09
  • Sletteland, Anja (2008). The Geopolitics of 'Hearts and Minds': American Public Diplomacy in the War on Terrorism Era. Oslo, NUPI. 123 pages. While the world was waiting for an explanation, the US was still fighting a domestic battle to define the question.

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    20.06.08
  • Solhjell, Randi (2008). Sexual violence in war. Oslo, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. 100 pages. This report analyzes the way sexual violence has been used in the war in DR Congo (1998-2003) and possible solutions to the problem in a comparative perspective with Liberia.

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    18.06.08
  • Stamnes, Eli [ed.] (2008). Peace Support Operations. Nordic Perspectives. Abingdon/New York, Routledge. 130 pages. This book examines Nordic perspectives and approaches to peace support operations, from the infancy of UN peacekeeping to the present day.

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    28.12.08
  • Stamnes, Eli (2008). Operationalising the Preventive Aspects of the Responsibility to Protect. Oslo, NUPI. 27 pages. Responsibility to Protect no. 1 . Report on the preventive aspects of the responsibility to protect (R2P).

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    03.09.08
  • Thune, Henrik , Leiv Lunde, Eiler Fleischer m.fl. (2008). Norske interesser. Utenrikspolitikk for en globalisert verden. Oslo, Cappelen Damm . 219 pages. Den første helhetlige gjennomgangen av norske interesser og norsk utenrikspolitikk siden slutten av Den kalde krigen.

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    28.12.08
  • Ulriksen, Ståle (2008). Power to Protect? The Evolution of Military Structures and Doctrine in Relation to the Responsibility to Prevent and Protect. Oslo, NUPI. 32 pages. Responsibility to Protect no. 7 . This report investigates military thinking and force structures in relation to the requirements of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P).

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    28.12.08
  • Wheeler, Nicholas J. (2008). Operationalising the Responsibility to Protect. The Continuing Debate over where Authority should be Located for the Use of Force. Oslo, NUPI. 27 pages. Responsibility to Protect no. 3 . This report focuses on the question of where authority should be located for the use of force.

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    28.11.08
  • 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.

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    17.09.08
  • de Coning, Cedric H., Julian Detzel, Petter Hojem (2008). UN Peacekeeping Operations Capstone Doctrine. Report of the TfP Oslo Doctrine Seminar 14 & 15 May 2008, Oslo, Norway. Oslo, NUPI. 9 pages. Security in Practice. TfP Oslo Doctrine Seminar Report. The Peacekeeping Best Practises Section of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the Training for Peace Programme at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) organized a seminar on the new DPKO Capstone Doctrine that took place in Oslo on 14 & 15 May 2008.

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    30.11.08
  • de Coning, Cedric H. (2008). The United Nations and the Comprehensive Approach. Cophenhagen, Danish Institute for International Studies - DIIS. 40 pages. DIIS Report 2008:14. Report on the UN's integrated approach - peacekeeping operations, civil-military coordination and humanitarian civil-military coordination.

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    18.03.09
  • de Coning, Cedric H., Ian Henderson (2008). Conflict Management for Peacekeepers and Peacebuilders. Durban, ACCORD. 190 pages. This handbook has been designed as a practical guide, to assist in dealing with conflict in a peacekeeping environment.

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