Tryggingspolitikk i Sør-Kaukasus
Korleis navigerer landa i Sør-Kaukasus mellom stormaktsnaboane sine? Kva moglegheiter og avgrensingar har EU for å øve innverknad i regionen? Og kva interesser har Russland?
The Nordic Balance Revisited: Differentiation and the Foreign Policy Repertoires of the Nordic States
Presentasjon på forskerseminar i internasjonal politikk, Institutt for politikk, Gøteborgs universitet.
Fixers and friends: local and international researchers
While we live in a highly unequal world where your position and place will determine what you have access to. However, based on years of fieldwork in the Sahel, this chapter turns this question around, exploring if it is possible to make inequaity work for mutual benefit. The answer is a modestly yes, and the chapter suggest if not a code of conduct, at least some personal principles of fieldwork that have come to guide my way of doing fieldwork, of making inequality work for mutual benefit.
Lao PDR: How to Attract More Investment in Small-Scale Renewable Energy?
Lao PDR adopted the Renewable Energy Development Strategy in 2011 and set a target of 30% small-scale renewables in the energy mix by 2025. The country relies heavily on large hydropower in electricity production and is an attractive investment destination for hydropower. At the same time, Lao PDR has also significant small-scale hydro and solar power potential. We propose five actions that can improve the investment climate in Lao PDR for small-scale hydropower, solar and wind energy: establish an autonomous government agency for renewables; join IRENA and build capacity for renewable energy governance; adopt a feed-in tariff and build a robust regulatory framework; develop a roadmap for small-scale renewable energy; facilitate market entry for investors.
Comments on Norwegian-Russian relations in the context of information on Russia's role in hacking of the Stortinget
Intervju i TV2 Nyhetskanalen om norsk-russiske relasjoner etter informasjon om Russlands påståtte rolle i cyberangrepet rettet mot Stortinget 24. august 2020.