Små brikker i det store spelet – Moldova
Moldovas utanriksminister Andrei Galbur besøkjer NUPI 16. juni for å snakke om dei utanrikspolitiske målsetjingane i landet i ei verd som står overfor talrike gamle og nye utfordringar.
EUs framtid sett med greske auge
Med ei endra verd vil vi også få eit endra EU. Som eit av medlemslanda i unionen, har Hellas hatt eit anstrengt forhold til Brussel lenge. Korleis ser Hellas på EUs framtid?
Plug and Play: Multinational Rotation Contributions for UN Peacekeeping Operations
In 2016, Norway spearheaded the provision of multinational rotation contribution (MRC) of a C-130 transport plane, together with Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, and Sweden, lasting from January 2016 to December 2018. According to Hervé Ladsous, then Under Secretary-General (USG) for UN peacekeeping operations, speaking at the UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial in London on 8 September 2016, MRCs can be seen as a new and innovative partnership aimed at providing a predictable supply of niche capabilities to UN peace operations. This report studies early lessons from the C-130 MRC and argues that for some key capabilities, MRCs can complement traditional force generation for UN peacekeeping operations. For member states, the ‘plug-and-play’ characteristic can lower the threshold and increase the incentives for contribution; for the UN, they can enable predictable and cost-effective supply of niche capabilities in key areas. However, MRCs are not applicable to all capabilities, and require flexibility and the ability to reform among all concerned parties.