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Pernille Rieker

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Summary

Pernille Rieker's research interests are European integration (EU) and European foreign and security policies. This includes the foreign and security policies of France and the Nordic countries. She has also worked with dialogue and conflict prevention more generally. Rieker obtained her PhD from the University of Oslo in 2004. At NUPI Rieker is part of the Security and Defence research group (SecDef). Furthermore, she is the coordinator of the NUPI Centre for European Studies (NCE) and co-editor of the journal Internasjonal Politikk.

Publications:

Books:  European Actorness in a Shifting Geopolitical Order. European Strategic Autonomy Through Differentiated Integration (Springer 2023);  French foreign policy in a changing world. Practicing grandeur (Palgrave 2017); External governance as security community building – the limits and potential of the European Neighbourhood Policy (Routledge 2016); Dialogue and Conflict resolution. Potential and limits (Routledge 2015); and Europeanization of National Security Identity. The EU and the changing security identities of the Nordic states (Routledge 2006).

Articles: Making Sense of the European Side of the Transatlantic Security Relations in Africa (Politics & Governance, 2022); 'Not so unique after all? Urgency and Norms in EU foreign and security policy' (Journal of European Integration, 2021); 'Differentiated integration and Europe's Global Role: A Conceptual Framework' (European Foreign Affairs Review, Special Issue, 2021); 'Differentiated Defence Integration Under French Leadership' (European Foreign Affairs Review, Special Issue, 2021); 'Plugging the capability-expectations gap: towards effective, comprehensive and conflict-sensitive EU crisis response?' (European Security nr. 1, 2019); 'EU-supported reforms in the EU neighbourhood as organized anarchies: the case of post-Maidan Ukraine' (Journal of European Integration nr. 4, 2018); 'Autonomy and Integration? Small-state responses to a changing European security landscape' (Global Affairs nr. 3, 2017); 'The EU, Russia and the potential for dialogue – Different readings of the crisis in Ukraine' (European Security nr. 3, 2016); and 'The EEA Grant. A source of Soft Power?' (Journal of European Integration nr. 4, 2015).

More information on her work is included in her CV. 

Current Research:

Pernille Rieker leads the RE-ENGAGE-project, which overarching ambition is to assist the EU in refining its foreign policy toolbox, including its enlargement and neighbourhood policies - to enhance the Union’s geopolitical leverage and provide better tools for democracy promotion in its neighbourhood.

Within the framework of Norway and the EU towards 2030 Rieker analyses the evolution of the EU as a security policy actor and the implications for Norway.

In JOINT, she works on how to understand the driving forces and mechanisms of the EU's foreign policy. 

As part of the ADHOCISM project, she analyses the role of France's military in Mali.

Expertise

  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Regional integration
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • The Nordic countries
  • Conflict
  • The EU

Education:

2004 PhD, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo

1998 Can. Polit. in Political Science, University of Oslo

Work experience:

2017- Research Professor, NUPI

2011-2017 Senior Researcher, NUPI

2009-2011 Senior adviser, NordForsk

1999-2009 PhD-candidate/Senior Researcher/Head of Departement, NUPI

Aktivitet

Publications
Publications
Scientific article

Frankrikes Europa-politikk gir muligheter for Norge

If one wants an EU that is able to protect the values ​​on which European cooperation is based, then the EU must be strengthened. This is the main message of the new French European policy. And Norway should support that, even if it is not an EU member.

  • Europe
  • The Nordic countries
  • Europe
  • The Nordic countries
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Publications
Chapter

Norway – optimising EU non-membership to maximise mutual European added value

Several countries outside the European Union have cooperation agreements with the EU that integrate them more or less into European projects of their choice. One of the ‘third’ countries most integrated into EU activities and EU regulations is Norway. What motivates the Norwegians - whose country would easily qualify for EU membership in all respects - to opt for very far-reaching cooperation, while choosing not to have a full say in all the rules and regulations that such cooperation involves? Pernille Rieker is Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, specialised in European integration and European foreign and security policy. In this article she explains how the search for European added value brings Norway very close to EU membership, and why the country chooses to go no further.

  • The Nordic countries
  • The EU
  • The Nordic countries
  • The EU
Event
12:00 - 13:30
Microsoft teams
Engelsk
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12:00 - 13:30
Microsoft teams
Engelsk
3. Mar 2021
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12:00 - 13:30
Microsoft teams
Engelsk

What’s in the new EU-UK relationship?

The EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement was reached on 24 December 2020, after more that four years of negotiation. Join this webinar to learn more on what the deal holds for the future, both in terms of EU-UK relations and their wider context.

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11:30 - 13:00
Microsoft Teams
Engelsk
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11:30 - 13:00
Microsoft Teams
Engelsk
25. Nov 2020
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11:30 - 13:00
Microsoft Teams
Engelsk

Political violence and polarization in France: the threat, the discourse and the response

Since 2015, more than 250 civilians have been killed in jihadist attacks in France. Is France particularly prone to jihadist violence, and how does terrorism affect French society and French politics?

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16:00 - 17:00
Webinar
Engelsk
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16:00 - 17:00
Webinar
Engelsk
27. Oct 2020
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16:00 - 17:00
Webinar
Engelsk

A Europe in crisis or a Europe on the rise?

Europe’s quiet and patient style of foreign policy is often interpreted as a sign of weakness, but it could also be its strength.

Publications
Publications
Scientific article

FOKUS: 25 år med EØS

Special edition of Internasjonal Politikk with focus on the 25 year anniversary of the EEA agreement.

  • Europe
  • The EU
  • Europe
  • The EU
Event
10:00 - 11:00
NUPI
Engelsk
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10:00 - 11:00
NUPI
Engelsk
12. Mar 2020
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10:00 - 11:00
NUPI
Engelsk

CANCELLED: Navigating the European landscape after Brexit: new alliances and European choices for the next decades

In light of the latest developments regarding the Covid-19 virus, we have decided to cancel this event.

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12:00 - 13:30
NUPI
Engelsk
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12:00 - 13:30
NUPI
Engelsk
23. Feb 2020
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12:00 - 13:30
NUPI
Engelsk

Brexit and the future European foreign policy coordination

The UK's withdrawal from the EU has created great uncertainty about European foreign policy cooperation. Does the E3 format have a future after Brexit?

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10:30 - 12:00
NUPI
Engelsk
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10:30 - 12:00
NUPI
Engelsk
5. Feb 2020
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10:30 - 12:00
NUPI
Engelsk

The EU’s role in a more instable world – towards a shared Grand Strategy?

The opinions on which role the EU should play in international politics differ. How will 2020 turn out for the Union, and what role will it pursue in the future?

Research project
2019 - 2023 (Completed)

Preventing Violent Extremism in the Balkans and the MENA: Strengthening Resilience in Enabling Environments (PREVEX)

The overarching objective of PREVEX is to put forward more fine-tuned and effective approaches to preventing violent extremism....

  • Terrorism and extremism
  • Europe
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Conflict
  • Governance
  • The EU
  • Comparative methods
  • Terrorism and extremism
  • Europe
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Conflict
  • Governance
  • The EU
  • Comparative methods
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