The World Stage

Is the BRICS a geopolitical competitor to the West? In this episode of the NUPI podcast The World Stage, Thor Olav Iversen (NUPI), Cedric de Coning (NUPI) and Benedicte Bull (UiO) reflect on the driver and consequences of the expansion of the BRICS group of countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) to also include Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentine and the UAE.

What is the core project of the BRICS? Does this extremely diverse group of countries really have anything in common? Are we seeing a global resurgence of the Cold War non-alignment movement? These questions and more are discussed by the researchers who together cover a vast geopolitical space and some of the most pertinent questions of our time.

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What issues are likely to be covered in the Agenda for Peace? Why is it important? 

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has called for a ‘New Agenda for Peace’ that can help the United Nations and international community address the many complex challenges the world faces today.  

In this edition of the World Stage podcast, NUPI’s Cedric de Coning is in conversation with Asif Khan, the Director of the Policy and Mediation Division of the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs of the United Nations.

The ‘old’ Agenda for Peace refers to a policy document that was first released by UN Secretary-General Boutrous Boutrous Ghali in 1992. It was a landmark policy document that framed the UN’s peace and security’s theory of change around preventive diplomacy, peacekeeping and peacebuilding.

This podcast considers the main issues that the New Agenda for Peace needs is likely to address, including new issues like the climate-peace nexus, and the risks and opportunities that new technologies like Artificial Intelligence may pose for international peace and security.

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Visiting prisoners, assisting lost travellers and distressed expats. Consular work is often considered the ugly duckling of the foreign services, far away from the negotiating tables and corridors of power. Still, the duties of the consuls also include dramatic crises evacuations, such as the recent dramatic extractions of diplomats and foreign nationals from Sudan.

Ian Kemish has a rich career in the the Australian Foreign Service, including as head of the consular service. His experiences from the diplomatic frontline have resulted in the book ‘The Consul’.

In this episode of The World Stage, Ian Kemish and NUPI’s Halvard Leira unpack the many-faceted and increasingly important role of consular work.

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UN peace operations are overwhelmingly deployed within societies fractured by civil war. To understand why the UN has encountered difficulties, operational and political, in these settings, one must understand the political economy of civil war.

These informal networks of power and their consequences for efforts to end wars and build lasting peace, are examined this episode of The World Stage.

Professors Mats Berdal (King’s College London), Jana Krause (University of Oslo), and Cedric de Coning (NUPI) discuss how the power structures and conflict dynamics generated by these political economies interact with the UN missions themselves.

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What are the reasons behind the limited impact of violent extremism and the Islamic State in the Kurdistan region of Iraq?

In this episode of the NUPI podcast The World Stage, Dlawer Ala’Aldeen (Middle East Research Institute), Juline Beaujouan (University of Edinbrugh & Open Think Tank) and Morten Bøås (NUPI) are standing at the top of the citadel of Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq to discuss this topic.

This podcast is part of the PREVEX project. The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 870724.

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How do you find missing persons in the midst of war?

Kathryne Bomberger, Director-General of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), explains how her organisation investigate cases, search for, and identify missing persons in wartime Ukraine. The conversation is hosted by NUPI researcher Tora Berge Naterstad and produced as part of the RUSSNETT project.

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Climate security was one of Norway’s priority areas during its period as an elected member of the UN Security Council (2021–2022). What did Norway achieve?

Hans Olav Ibrekk, Norway’s Special Envoy for Climate, Peace and Security, and Florian Krampe, director of the Climate Change and Risk Programme at SIPRI, take stock on Norway’s effort and lessons learned for others that will be working on this agenda in the future. Cedric de Coning, Research Professor at NUPI, is hosting the conversation.

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Was there ever a deal to be had with Putin before the war? Is Russia mainly motivated by domestic or foreign policy considerations? And is there anything Western leaders can do to win hearts and minds in Russia?

In this episode of The World Stage, Kadri Liik, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, and Julie Wilhelmsen, research professor at NUPI, discuss Russia-West relations before, in and after the war in Ukraine. The episode was produced as part of the RUSSNETT project.

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In this episode of The World stage, Rana Mitter, Professor at the University of Oxford, and Bjørnar Sverdrup-Thygeson, Senior Research Fellow at NUPI, will first give an overview of China’s key domestic issues, before analysing Beijing’s foreign policy goals.

Norway has a lot of experience dealing with The Soviet Union, and later, Russia, but China is a very different kind of actor. How should we politically position ourselves with a state that combines authoritarian governance with a historically unique economic success?

Rana Mitter has co-written a report on resetting UK-China relations. What are his key points for reconceptualising Norway’s relationship with the authoritarian superpower?

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In this episode of the World Stage podcast, NUPI’s Cedric de Coning is in conversation with Amitav Acharya and Stein Tønnesson on the emergence of non-Western and Global International Relations.

The discipline came into being as an academic field during the past half-century when the US and its Western allies were the driving force behind globalization and the establishment of the global governance architecture. As a result, IR scholarship was mostly pre-occupied with international relations from a western perspective, and western – especially American – scholars, universities and research institutes dominated the field. Global IR is a movement to open up the field to non-western or Global IR theorizing and research.

Amitav Acharya is a distinguished Professor of international relations at American University in Washington D.C. and one of the leading proponents of a movement in International Relations scholarship to globalize the theory and focus of IR research.

Stein Tønnesson is a former Director of the Peace Research Institute of Oslo. His research has focused on the dynamics of peace and conflict in Asia.

Cedric de Coning is a Research Professor with NUPI’s Center for United Nations and Global Governance, and the coordinator of the Effectiveness of Peace Operations Network (EPON).

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The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has set a process in motion to re-think the UN’s role in peace and security in the current global context. A team in the UN Secretariat is currently drafting a policy think piece called the New Agenda for Peace, which will be one of several thematic areas that will be considered at the 2024 Summit of the Future.

The ‘old’ Agenda for Peace was a major policy document that was produced under UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali in 1992. It framed the way the UN understood and approached preventive diplomacy, peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding for the following two decades.

The New Agenda for Peace is perhaps less ambitious, but the process provides us with an opportunity to reflect on how the UN’s concepts and capabilities need to be adapted to remain relevant in today’s rapidly changing global landscape.

We have invited Ian Martin to help us talk through these questions. Ian has led the UN’s human rights work in Rwanda and the process to organise a popular consultation in Timor-Leste. He was the deputy head of the UN peacekeeping operation in Ethiopia and Eritrea, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal. Following the 2011 international intervention, he was the UN’s Special Representative in Libya.

From 2014 to 2015, Ian was a member of the Independent High-Level Panel on United Nations Peace Operations, which is why we are looking in this episode at what the findings of this Panel has to offer for the New Agenda of Peace.

In this episode Ian is in conversation with Cedric de Coning, a research professor with NUPI’s Center for United Nations and Global Governance, and the coordinator of the Effectiveness of Peace Operations Network (EPON).

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Russia’s re-invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has had immediate and ongoing effects for Arctic security and cooperative governance at both a regional and international level. The region is impacted by the increased sanctions, the withdrawal of Western companies from Russia, the Western disconnect from energy dependencies, and has also witnessed an increase in hybrid security incidents. In addition, climate change continues at to change the environment at a staggering pace in the north.

In a new report from NUPI and the Wilson Center, researchers argue that leaders must continue to address Arctic governance challenges and take concrete steps to mitigate and manage risks, regardless of the cessation of cooperation with Russia and the radical uncertainty shaping the broader political environment.

This episode is with Mike Sfraga and Elana Wilson Rowe.

The report can be downloaded for free here: http://ow.ly/4s5n50MV2uf

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The Russian online magazine DOXA is this year's winner of the Norwegian Student Peace Prize. The committee highlights their work exposing corruption and sexual harassment at universities, documenting state persecution, and fighting government disinformation, as well as their uncompromising reporting on Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Because of the development in the political situation in Russia over the last years, the magazine now works through a network of editors who live in exile, local informants, and anonymous journalists.

In this episode of The World Stage, DOXA editors Ekaterina Martynova, Nikita Kuchinskii and Aleksandra Guliaeva speaks to Tora Berge Naterstad about their work, their generation of young Russians, and how this generation is reacting to Russia’s war on Ukraine. How do these three make sense of the turbulent journey that has taken them from joining a student newspaper at their university, to being part of a network of Russian independent journalist in exile across Europe? 

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What does resilience against radicalisation and violent extremism look like in Mali and the Sahel? And which drivers are present for the spread of extremism?

In this episode of the NUPI podcast The World Stage, Abdoul Wakhab Cissé (ARGA) and Morten Bøås (NUPI) are sitting at the bed of the river Niger. This mighty waterway floats from the high plains of Guinea through Mali and Niger before it makes its way to the Atlantic Ocean through Nigeria. They are discussing the manifestation of violent extremism in Mali and neighbouring Sahel countries like Niger and Burkina Faso.

This podcast episode is part of the EU-funded PREVEX project that aims to understand drivers of violent extremism and how local communities respond and resist through various ways of expressing resilience. PREVEX is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme under grant agreement No 870724. Read more about the project here: https://www.prevex-balkan-mena.eu/

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After Vladimir Putin’s announcement of the partial mobilization of the war in Ukraine in September, people, and in particular women, took to the streets in several of the republics in the North Caucasus. They protested this mobilization, saying that this war was one they couldn’t agree sending their sons into.

Even if these demonstrations on an international scale were quite small, and that they ended almost as quickly as they emerged, the protests can be seen as a sign of an increasing discontent with the center of power in Moscow.

In this episode of the NUPI Podcast The World Stage, Badri Belkania explains why the protests in Chechnya and Dagestan are important, what they are a sign of and what they could turn into. Host for this episode is Marie Furhovden.

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De facto states - states that have failed to win international recognition - have long been understudied 'blank spots,' overlooked in academic literature and on maps. However, they play critical and contentious roles in international politics: Since the end of the Cold War, de facto states have been involved in a disproportionately large number of violent conflicts, resulting in their establishment, change of status, or elimination.

In this episode of the NUPI podcast 'The World Stage', we turn our attention to Abkhazia, a de facto state in Southern Caucasus at the eastern coast of the Black Sea, and focus on its efforts to secure diplomatic ties in the post-Soviet space and beyond, as well as its relationship with its patron state, Russia. 

Episode host is Tamta Gelashvili (NUPI and University of Oslo). Guests are Donnacha Ó Beacháin (Professor at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University) and Pål Kolstø (Professor at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages at the University of Oslo).

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In this podcast episode we take a closer look on how the EU will handle a new migration crisis.

A new wave of mass migration to Europe might be building up according to several indicators. Is the EU better prepared now than during the refugee crisis in 2015? Or could this looming crisis be a new threat to the EU that will come on top of the war in Europe? How will that affect the European unity that we have been witnessing faced with the war in Ukraine?

Listen in as Research Professor Pernille Rieker from NUPI interviews Professor Christian Kaunert from Dublin City University and University of South Wales.

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In this podcast episode we’ll take a closer look at the relationship between the different ethnic groups in Mostar after the Balkan wars.

What influences the resilience of different population groups to radicalization and violent extremism?

One of the case study areas in the EU-funded PREVEX project is the Balkans. In this episode of the NUPI podcast The World Stage, we are zooming in on Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The famous bridge in Mostar represents a symbolic background for the social fabric that has suffered from the war in the 1990’ies. In 1993 the bridge was destroyed in the civil war that raged in the former Yugoslavia. On one side of the bridge, the Bosniak community was predominant, on the other side, the majority were Croats.

The bridge was later rebuilt, but how are the relations between people in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Mostar today, nearly three decades after the war ended? Do people from the different ethnic groups mix, socially, at school or at work? How is this different from before the war? What are the lessons to be learnt and what are the main challenges today? And with the recent general elections in the country, is there any hope for change?

Listen in as Senior Research Fellow at NUPI, Kari Osland, discusses this with Professor Edina Becirevic (Security Studies at UNSA and co-founder of Atlantic Initiative) and politician Lana Prlic (Representative in the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Vice President for SDP BiH).

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How important are traditional values for Putin’s support? How are they related to the war in Ukraine? And what does the future look like for the Putin regime?

In the last decade, Russian authorities have adopted a strongly antiliberal rhetoric with attacks on Western secularism, multiculturalism, and alleged moral decay. This rhetoric has been followed up with new laws against blasphemy and “propaganda of non-traditional sexual orientations among minors”, decriminalization of wife battery, etc.

In this episode of The World Stage, Tora Berge Naterstad discusses findings from the project “Value-based regime legitimation in Russia” (LegitRuss) with Professor Henry Hale.

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Why are some communities more likely to experience violent extremism than others? And why do most people living in enabling environments stay clear of radicalization?

These are two of the core questions of the NUPI led EU project PREVEX that is now in its third year of research. In this episode of The World Stage, Marie Furhovden has invited three of the researchers involved in this project; Diana Mishkova, Luca Raineri and Stéphane Lacroix to give a run through of the findings in the project so far. Towards the end, Steven Blockmans is giving his view on what the research from this project can be utilized in the EU.

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Has Russia's invation of Ukraine pushed the UN Security Council to the brink of existential crisis?

As one of the veto powers, Russia is blocking all resolutions on Ukraine. And from the looks of it, the Security Council is paralyzed on an international crisis of historical dimentions. But is this really the case?

Therese Leine, senior communications advisor, and Dr. Niels Nagelhus Schia, senior research fellow and social antropoligist, from The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, visited the UN to find out.

The guest in this episode of The World Stage is Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine's ambassador to the UN.

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On the 21 of March 2022, the Council of the EU adopted a Strategic Compass, a roadmap for the EU to become a stronger security and defense actor. But what does this really mean, and does it change the EUs role as a security actor in any significant way?

Guest in this episode of The World Stage is Steven Blockmans, Research Director at CEPS and Professor at Amsterdam University. Host for this episode is Pernille Rieker, Research Professor and coordinator for the NUPI Center for European studies.

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The eyes of the world are now pointed towards the horrible war in Ukraine. But right on the other side of the border, a concerning trend has been taking place for some time already. The Russian governments’ grip on freedom of speech is tightening, day by day, restricting the everyday activities and professional life of Russian citizens. What does this mean for Russian academics? And is the latest development essentially the end of academic freedom in Russia?

This episode was recorded on 6 April 2022. Participants are Julie Wilhelmsen (NUPI), Aude Merlin (l'Université libre de Bruxelles) and Mark Youngman (University of Portsmouth). Host is Marie Furhovden (NUPI).

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After the invasion of Ukraine, Europeans are now rethinking its relationship with Russia, and its dependence on Russian gas. There is a strong desire by EU and European countries to reduce its dependence on Russian energy. 

Can Europe reduce its dependence on Russian gas? Is there a realistic roadmap? What are the steps that are necessary? And what would it take, in terms of investments, finance and political willingness?

What can Norway do in order for Europe to ease this transition? Can Norway produce more gas?

If Europe succeeds, what will this mean for Russia? And what are the Russians thinking about the current European strategy?

In this episode, Jarand Rystad (CEO, Rystad Energy), discuss these questions together with Jakub Godzimirski (Research professor, NUPI) and Ulf Sverdrup (Director, NUPI).

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On March 24, all Heads of State and Government in NATO met in Brussels for an Extraordinary NATO Summit to discuss NATO's response to the ongoing war in Ukraine. A few days before this, we had the chance to talk with NATO General Jörg Vollmer, Commander of Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum, and Lieutenant General Yngve Odlo, Commander of the Norwegian Joint headquarters in the Norwegian Defence about the challenges that Russia represents in the Baltic and High North Regions, and how NATO and Norway can best respond.

Host for this episode is Senior Research Fellow and Head of Research Group on Security and Defense at NUPI, Karsten Friis.

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How does the war in Ukraine affect security, trade, economy, and migration in Europe and in Norway?

With Mark Leonard (Director, ECFR) and Ulf Sverdrup (Director, NUPI).

The conversation is moderated by Tore Myhre (International Director, The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise - NHO).

This is a recording of a NUPI seminar held on 16 March 2022.

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A discussion with the Head of NATO's Policy Planning Unit, Dr Benedetta Berti, about the new security situation in Europe and NATOs new Strategic Concept.

Host for this episode is Senior Research Fellow and Head of Research Group on Security and Defense at NUPI, Karsten Friis.

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Novaya Gazeta is one of the few remaining independent media outlets in Russia - still able to provide critical, fact-oriented and objective information to the Russian population within an ever-shrinking media space.

The newspaper’s editor, Dmitry Muratov, has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, and Elena Milashina herself has been awarded several prizes for her courageous work as a journalist.

She is well-known for her investigative articles about human rights abuses in Chechnya, a small republic in the North Caucasus region of the Russian Federation which has sought independence and been subjected to all-out war two times since the fall of the Soviet Union.

In this podcast NUPI researcher Julie Wilhelmsen discuss with Elena Milashina what it takes to cover regions of conflict and heavy human rights abuses.

She will give an updated picture of the situation in the Chechen Republic and tell us why her work is important for the future.

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Vi ser nærmere på utviklingen de 20 årene som har gått etter 11. september 2001.

Dette er et opptak av et NUPI-seminar som ble holdt i regi av Konsortium for forskning på terrorisme og internasjonal kriminalitet den 15. september 2020.

Arrangementet var et lanseringsseminar av fokusnummeret "20 år etter 9/11" i tidsskriftet Internasjonal Politikk.

Deltakere er Ole Martin Stormoen, Julie Wilhelmsen, Anders Romarheim og Cecilie Hellestveit.

Ordstyrer er Rita Augestad Knudsen.

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We're taking a closer look at the Russian regime and the Covid-19 pandemic.

These last few weeks we've seen daily records of new cases of Covid-19 in Russia. Experts estimate that the pandcemic could lower the life expectancy with up to five years.

It is a very acute crisis for the Kremlin, but at the same time we know that these kinds of shocks also creates political opportunities.

Has Covid-19 changed Russian politics? And how do you deal with a pandemic when a large part of the population view the virus not as a natural disease but as a biological weapon?

Guest is Andrey Makarychev, Professor, Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, University of Tartu.

Host is Tora Berge Naterstad, NUPI.

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Recent events, such as the ill-prepared evacuation from Afghanistan and the secret negotiation over Australian submarines at the expense of France, have showed a United States that, at least occasionally, still puts “America first”.

This despite the enthusiasm that was present in most European capitals after Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in the US presidential elections last year. At the time it was thought that we could get back to “normal”. It was even argued that this was an opportunity to strengthen the transatlantic bonds.

Have these dreams turned out to be illusory?

This is a recording of a seminar held on 11 November 2021. Participants are Rachel Ellehuus from CSIS, François Heisbourg from IISS and Rolf Tamnes from NUPI. Moderator is NUPI Researcher Karsten Friis, and NUPI Director Ulf Sverdrup is opening the seminar.

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What does Islam look like in the North Caucasus, which is home to so many different cultures and religions? And what does the younger generation of Muslims in the North Caucusus want for their future?

In this episode of the NUPI podcast we are talking about the concept of Contemporary Islam in the North Caucasus together with Senior Researcher Akhmet Yarlykapov, Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

Host is Marie Furhovden, NUPI.

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Siden 2019 har antallet alvorlige digitale hendelser per år blitt tredoblet. Hvordan ser dette nye trusselbildet ut?

Dette er et opptak fra seminaret "Utviklingen i det digitale trusselbildet" som ble holdt den 4. november 2021.

Deltakere er Bente Hoff, avdelingsdirektør i Nasjonalt cybersikkerhetssenter, NSM og doktorgradsstipendiat på NUPI Lars Gjesvik.

Møteleder er seniorforsker og leder for NUPIs forskningsgruppe for sikkerhet og forsvar, Karsten Friis.

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What does the AUKUS security partnership between Australia, the US and UK mean for security in Asia, for the US-China rivalry, and for US-Europe relations?

In this episode of NUPI Podcast, you hear a talk by Deputy Director Bruno Tertrais of the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique. The talk was held on the NUPI seminar AUKUS and its implications for Asia, US-European relations and non-proliferation on 12 October 2021. 

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I alle land raser debatten om vaksiner mot Covid-19: Hvem har fått, hvem skal få og har strategien vært god nok? Men debatten er oftest nasjonal, og tar ikke nok hensyn til at pandemien er global: Vaksine er et internasjonalt spørsmål og et felles problem – det hjelper bare et stykke på vei at vi selv blir friske.

Hør Seniorrådgiver i Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet Eirik Rødseth Bakka, ambassadør for global helse i Utenriksdepartementet John-Arne Røttingen og Seniorforsker Arne Melchior i samtale om Norge og den internasjonale fordelingen av vaksiner, med NUPI-direktør Ulf Sverdrup.

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Once a region that rarely featured in debates about global security, the Sahel has become increasingly topical as it confronts the international community with intertwined challenges related to climate variability, poverty, food insecurity, population displacement, transnational crime, contested statehood and jihadist insurgencies. Sahel is in fact a political order in the making, where extra-legal governance influences the nature of political competition and multiple threats challenge international stakeholders.

Listen in on NUPI researcher Morten Bøås' and Adjunct research professor at SSSA, SAIS Europe and NUPI Francesco Strazzari's conversation related to the launch of a special issue of the "International Spectator" on this subject, that the two researchers have guest edited.

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The border conflict between China and India is heating up again. This spring, there were clashes between the two Asian giants, that resulted in casualties on both sides. After a period of relative calm and efforts to de-escalate there are now reports of new clashes.

What are these tensions about? And why are they flaring up again now? How can this conflict affect nuclear relations?

NUPI Researcher Henrik S. Hiim in conversation with Yun Sun, Director for the China Program at Stimson Center, Washington DC.

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The world is changing, fast. How do Norwegians react to these changes, and what do they think about Norway's foreign policy?

In this podcast we take a closer look at the results from an opinion poll on Norwegians' attitutes to foreign and security policy questions, and how they should be interpreted in light of the global changes we are faces.

With Øyvind Svendsen and Åsmund Weltzien (both NUPI).

This podcast and the survey it presents has been financed by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.

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Hvilken betydning har EØS-avtalen hatt for Norge etter 25 år? Hvilke utfordringer og muligheter ligger i avtalen?

22. november inviterte tidsskriftet Internasjonal Politikk til lansering av sitt nye nummer med EØS i fokus. Med Bjørn Tore Godal, Martine Tønnessen, Ulf Sverdrup, Åse Gornitzka og Pernille Rieker.

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Who are the new populists? And how did these movements emerge?

Rogers Brubaker, Professor of Sociology at UCLA and University of Oslo, talks about the concept of populism and the phenomenon to which it refers.

Moderator is Senior Research Fellow at NUPI, Stein Sundstøl Eriksen.

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As the apparently stalled talks over North Korea’s nuclear program attest to, international diplomacy can be a grueling business. Even under conditions of relative trust, diplomatic compromises can prove elusive. How do you negotiate when trust is low, while both the stakes and the tensions are high?

Ambassador Christopher R. Hill shares his insights and experiences with Senior Research Fellow Henrik S. Hiim in this episode of NUPI podcast.

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Verden kan stå overfor et nytt kjernevåpenkappløp etter at USA og Russland nylig trakk seg fra INF-avtalen.

I denne episoden av NUPI Podcast, som ble tatt opp på NUPI-seminaret Mot et nytt våpenkappløp i Europa og Asia? 11. mars, diskuterer fire eksperter på sikkerhetspolitikk dette sikkerhetspolitiske bildet.

Du hører Espen Barth Eide, tidligere utenriks- og forsvarsminister, i samtale med seniorforskerne Sverre Lodgaard, Henrik Stålhane Hiim og Pernille Rieker (NUPI).

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I begynnelsen av 2019 ble Huawei midtpunktet i en omfattende debatt om selskapet er til å stole på. NUPI og SimulaMet inviterte derfor til samtale på Litteraturhuset for å grave litt dypere i denne debatten 6. mars 2019.

Her hører du debatten, med ordstyrer Karsten Friis (NUPI), SimulaMet-direktør Olav Lysne og sikkerhetssjef Tore Larsen Orderløkken i Huawei Norge.

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Professional journalism is under pressure worldwide. Walid Al-Saqaf argues that the underlying technology for Bitcoin could be a solution to the problem.

This podcast is from a seminar at NUPI on 27 February 2019.

Chair is Senior Research Fellow Kjetil Selvik.

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Chinese tech giants like Xiaomi, Huawei, ZTE, Baidu and WeChat have become well established names all over the world. Some of them are competing to build 5G networks in Europe. At the same time, some of these companies have been associated with state-sponsored espionage and accused of facilitating authoritarianism. How should European authorities understand and face this development?

This podcast is from a NUPI seminar 6 February 2019, and speaker is valentin Weber. Moderated by Karsten Friis.

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I 2019 er det 25 år siden EØS-avtalen trådte i kraft. Det betyr at de som er født på midten av nittitallet og senere ikke kan huske et liv uten denne avtalen. 14. januar inviterte NUPI til debatt på Kulturhuset i Oslo. Hit kom utenriksministeren og fire unge stemmer for å diskutere EØS og vår tilknytning til Europa.

Hvordan er det å skulle videreføre en avtale som du egentlig ikke vet så mye om, og som du ikke har fått være med på å bestemme? Er det på tide med en ny EØS-debatt?

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Ivan Krastev reflects on the future of the EU, and whether the union is ready to handle major challenges such as migration, the spread of right-wing populism, and instability in the east.

Krastev is the author of the rather provocative book "After Europe", that reflects on the future of the European Union - and its potential lack of a future.

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Over the last few years, and especially in the wake of Russian actions in Ukraine, hybrid warfare—sometimes referred to as hybrid threats—has gained a tremendous amount of attention both in Europe and worldwide.

There is a need for an improved public understanding of the challenges posed by hybrid warfare in Norway, as well as other western liberal democracies.

This is why Norwegian Atlantic Committee and NUPI organized this public event on the challenges hybrid warfare brings, and what we should do to combat them, on 31 October 2018. In the panel were Hanna Smith, Director of Strategic Planning and Responses for the NATO-EU Center of Excellence in Helsinki, Geir Hågen Karlsen, Lieutenant Colonel and Lecturer, the Norwegian Defence University College and Njord Wegge, Senior Research Fellow, NUPI.

T

he event was moderated by Kjell Dragnes, journalist and former Foreign Affairs Editor in Aftenposten.

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Two men watching a basketball game, chatting and eating hot dogs one day in 2012 in Ohio might not seem like geopolitics. But, as we learn in Senior research Fellow Kristin Haugevik’s new book, when the two guys are President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron such a friendly episode has significance in global politics.

So, what kind of significance do special friendships in international relations have? We're taking a closer look at this in this episode. Host is Research Professor Elana Wilson Rowe.

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Ine Eriksen Søreide, Espen Barth Eide og Ulf Sverdrup i samtale om en ny stortingsmelding om Norges rolle i det multilaterale systemet.

Fra Litteraturhuset 12. september 2018.

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Since his Munich Security conference speech in 2007 Vladimir Putin has identified the West as Public Enemy No 1. Since then he has employed a variety of instruments from cyber-attacks to information warfare to undermine the Western democratic order.

Less well-known is his reference since the Valdai conference in 2013 to Russia as a civilizational state with privileged civilizational interests in countries with significant Russian diasporas. The discourse is one in which the West is identified as an eternal and perpetual enemy of Russia’s cultural identity. It's becoming clear that Russia is on a collision course with the Western world.

In this episode of NUPI podcast, Christopher Coker, professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics, gives his take on the situation.

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What are the biggest global challenges to the stability of cyberspace today? To what extent can norms and policy development guide responsible state and non-state behavior in cyberspace? And what are the best arenas for producing such norms and guidance?

Marina Kaljurand, former minister of foreign affairs in Estonia and currently chair for the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace visited NUPI on 8 December 2017 to give a talk on these issues. Chair and introductory remarks: Niels Nagelhus Schia, Senior Research Fellow, NUPI.

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Dr. Nathalie Tocci talks about her book on EU's Global Strategy that give an unique insight to EU's internal processes.

Tocci is the Director of Insituto Affari Internazionali in Italy, and Special Adviser to the EU HRVP Federica Mogherini. Tocci played a central role in the drafting of the EU Global Strategy (European Union Strategy – EUGS).

She visited NUPI at an event on 24 October 2017.

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