http://www.nupi.nohttp://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/Police-corruption-and-economic-development <p>Extensive corruption in a country’s police force has an overall negative impact on the development process writes Jens Chr. Andvig and Gbewopo Attila. </p> http://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/Internasjonal-Politikk-med-fokus-paa-norsk-utenrikspolitikk <p>Årets første utgave av tidsskriftet<i> Internasjonal Politikk</i> fokuserer på norsk utenrikspolitikk og utenriksministerens rolle før og nå. Utenriksministrenes spillerom, deres norske &quot;konkurrenter&quot; og Norges forhold til USA er tema som blir belyst. </p> http://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/NUPI-researchers-to-analyse-EU-s-performance-in-NATO <p>Researchers at NUPI's Department of International Politics will participate in a four-year international research project, &quot;Measuring the Performance of the European Union in International Institutions&quot; (EUPERFORM), funded by the European Science Foundation (ESF). </p> http://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/AErefulle-verv-til-Jan-Egeland <p>NUPIs direktør Jan Egeland er utnemnd av universitetet i Oxford til Honorary Associate ved instituttet for internasjonal utvikling (ODID) ved det samfunnsvitskapelege fakultetet. </p> http://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/de-Coning-participated-at-seminar-on-NATO-s-Strategic-Concept <p>Research Fellow Cedric de Coning participated at NATO's seminar on the new Strategic Concept, &quot;“NATO’s New Strategic Concept – Comprehensive Approach to Crisis Management”, in Helsinki 4 March 2010. </p> http://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/NUPI-Researchers-at-Seminar-on-Poverty-and-Peace-Research <p>NUPI researchers Jens Chr. Andvig, Arne Melchior and Stina Torjesen will participate on panels with project titles at the Research Council of Norway's NORGLOBAL Dissemination Seminar on Poverty and Peace Research Tuesday 9 March 2010 at Voksenåsen. </p> http://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/Egeland-to-chair-international-climate-group <p>NUPI director Jan Egeland has been chosen to chair an international group to collect and disseminate climate information. Egeland was appointed at a meeting in World Meteorological Organization (WMO). </p> http://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/Kronikk-om-Afghanistan-strategi <p>ISAF-styrkene har gjort for få forsøk på å forstå det afghanske samfunnet, fastslår Avdelingsleder Ståle Ulriksen i Avdeling for sikkerhet og konflikthåndtering i en kronikk i Bergens Tidende i dag. </p> http://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/New-Researchers-in-International-Economics <p>Researchers Karl Rich and Jo Thori Lind have joined the Department of International Economics at NUPI from 1 February 2010. </p> http://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/NUPI-Researchers-to-ISA-s-Annual-Convention2 <p>A delegation of NUPI Researchers participates at the ISA Annual Convention in New Orleans 17 - 20 February. </p> http://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/Stina-Torjesen-guest-editor <p>Senior Research Fellow Stina Torjesen is guest editor of a special issue of the journal<i> Conflict, Security and Development</i> on disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR). </p> http://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/UN-peacebuilding-architecture <p>Project examining the future role of the UN peacebuilding architecture emphasizes the need for more ambitious targets over the next five years. </p> http://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/Blacklisted-in-Baghdad <p>The recent ban of more than 500 candidates from Iraq's upcoming elections is designed to cement the power of the country's Shiite Islamists aligned with Iran. Will this latest sectarian rupture sink any hopes for a stable Iraq, asks Reidar Visser in <i>Foreign Affairs</i>. </p> http://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/Liberal-Peacebuilding <p>Stein Sundstøl Eriksen will give a presentation at the concluding Seminar of the Liberal Peace and the Ethics of Peacebuilding Project at PRIO Wednesday 3 February. NUPI director Jan Egeland will participate in the panel discussion. </p> http://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/Nettmoete-om-kriger-og-konflikter <p>I dag kl. 13.00 - 14.00 svarer NUPI-direktør Jan Egeland og redaktør Ivar Windheim på spørsmål om pågående kriger og konflikter. </p> http://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/Build-up-of-Afghan-security-forces-ill-advised <p>A well-functioning government is a prerequisite for any successful counter-insurgency strategy and good governance is unlikely to be established in Afghanistan any time soon. As a consequence, the plans for the build-up of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) must be adjusted, writes Helge Lurås. </p> http://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/Seminar-with-Strobe-Talbott <p>Strobe Talbott, President of the Brookings Institution and former Deputy Secretary of State in the Clinton administration will give an introduction at the seminar <i>The Reset Button was Pushed - but will US-Russian Cooperation Restart?</i> on Thursday 4 February at NUPI. </p> http://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/Lecture-by-Minister-of-Foreign-Affairs-of-Armenia <p>Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia H. E. Mr. Eduard Nalbandyan gives a lecture at NUPI on Friday 29 January at 10.00-11.00 hrs. </p> http://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/Boken-Politisk-kommunikasjon-utgis-i-Bulgaria <p>Boken <i>Politisk kommunikasjon: introduksjon til semiotikk og retorikk</i> av professorene Daniel Heradstveit og Tore Bjørgo er nå oversatt til bulgarsk. </p> http://www.nupi.no/Activities/News/Caspian-energy-policy <p>Indra Øverland and Heidi Kjærnet have edited a new book on Caspian energy policy. </p>