Can trade preferences stimulate sectoral development? The case of Namibian and Botswanan beef exports to Norway
- De tollfrie kvotene har gitt høy fortjeneste for handelsbedriftene og eksportørene i Botswana, Namibia, Norge og mellomledd i Storbritannia, men utviklingseffektene er uklare og vanskelig å få øye på. - Konsolideringen av handel mellom små leverandører (Namibia, Botswana) og små markeder (Norge) gir noen unike fordeler til begge parter; gitt eksportørenes skala-ulemper i internasjonal handel og importlandets behov for regulering av importen. - Men en slik strategi kan ikke nødvendigvis kopieres andre steder, på grunn av de høye kostnadene for å komme inn i markedet, spektret av utfordringer i forhold til dyresykdommer, og faren for for sterk avhengighet av bestemte markeder.
Assessing the Effectiveness of the United Nations Mission in Mali
Until 2016 MINUSMA managed to strengthen stability in northern Mali, decreasing the number of civilians killed in the conflict, and allowing large numbers of displaced persons to return home. MINUSMA also assisted the peace process, culminating in the 2015 Algiers Agreement. Many of these achievements are still standing. However, since 2016 MINUSMA’s effectiveness in terms of stabilisation and the protection of civilians has decreased. In the North, the signatory parties have been making slow progress in the implementation of the Algiers Agreement and the 2018 Pact for Peace. In addition, central Mali has destabilised significantly, as Jihadist activities have stoked a vicious cycle of inter-communal violence that has reached unprecedented levels. MINUSMA has only been mandated to help the Malian government address the situation since June 2018. As one of the largest multidimensional peacekeeping operations – currently including nearly 13,000 soldiers and 1,800 police officers from 57 contributing countries, and almost 750 civilians – MINUSMA has been provided with significant resources and an extraordinarily ambitious mandate. However, the Mission finds itself at a crossroads. It needs time to succeed, but this is valuable time Mali does not have. Civilians have come under increasing attack, and the US, in particular, is losing interest in supporting a costly UN peace operation that is not able to deliver quick results. This report considers the degree to which there is an alignment between the mission’s resources and its mandate. It also makes an assessment of the options available to the Mission to increase its effectiveness in the face of extremely challenging circumstances.
AVLYST: Visualisering av internasjonale relasjonar
På grunn av uventa hendingar er dette seminaret er dessverre avlyst.
Teoriseminar: Crafting Payoffs: Strategies and Effectiveness of Economic Statecraft
Når er det effektivt å bruke økonomiske verkemiddel i internasjonal politikk?
Teori og Teknologi. Nye rammer for norsk sikkerhets- og forsvarspolitikk (TEOTEK)
Dette prosjektet vil ta i bruk ulike teoretiske vinklinger for å forstå teknologiens utvikling samt konsekvenser og spesifikke implikasjoner for norsk forsvars- og sikkerhetspolitikk. ...
Japan and Arctic Security
This chapter focuses on what Arctic security means to Japan and how Japan handles the security dimension in its three-spoke approach to the Arctic, involving economic, political, and scientific factors. The chapter begins by addressing the changing understandings of what Arctic security entails. What are the historic and contemporary understandings of Arctic security? It then embarks on a discussion of Japan’s approach to the Arctic demonstrating how security fits in at traditional and nontraditional and national and international levels. How does Japan convey its position as a non-Arctic state concerned about security developments in the Arctic? Analysis is based on recent statements and activities stemming from Japan’s official Arctic Policy (2015), as well as developments in the political, research, and business sectors since 2008. The chapter concludes that, while traditional security issues in the Arctic are not the explicit framing of Japan’s Arctic policy and engagement, they do play an implicit role both on paper and in practice.
Etter brexit: Storbritannia, Europa - og Norge
Gjesteforelesning for Arendal Senioruniversitet om hvordan brexit vil påvirke Storbritannias rolle i verden, europeisk samhandling og norsk utenrikspolitikk.