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Helge Blakkisrud
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Helge Blakkisrud forsker på utviklingen av russisk føderalisme og sentrum-periferi relasjoner med et særlig fokus på utviklingen av institusjonen med regionale guvernører.
Han jobber også med russisk nordområdepolitikk, minoritetspolitikk og russisk nasjonalisme. I tillegg er han interessert i stats- og nasjonsbyggingsprosesser i Eurasia med særlig vekt på utvikingen i ikke-anerkjente stater.
Han har vært gjesteforeleser ved OSSE-akademiet i Bisjkek, Kirgisistan, siden 2008. I 2009–2010 var han Fulbright Visiting Fellow ved UC Berkeley.
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1996 Doktorgradsprogrammet (statsvitenskap), Universitetet i Oslo
1995 Cand. polit. (statsvitenskap), Universitet i Oslo. Oppgave: De russiske minoritetene i Estland og Latvia.
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1995- Forsker/leder Forskningsgruppen for Russland, Asia og internasjonal handel
2018- Tilknyttet Det norske universitetssenter i St. Petersburg i en amanuensis II-stilling
2005-2009 Tilknyttet Det norske universitetssenter i St. Petersburg i en II-stilling
1995- Valgobservatør for OSSE på Balkan og i det postsovjetiske området
1994-2025 Ansvarlig redaktør, Nordisk Østforum
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Tøm alle filtreMuseums, memory and meaning-creation: (re)constructing the Tajik nation
To overcome the traumas of the 1992–1997 civil war, the Tajik authorities have turned to history to anchor their post‐independence nation‐building project. This article explores the role of the National Museum of Tajikistan, examining how the museum discursively contributes to ‘nationalising’ history and cultural heritage for the benefit of the current Tajik nation‐building project. Three main discursive strategies for such (re)construction of Tajik national identity are identified: (1) the representation of the Tajiks as a transhistorical community; (2) implicit claims of the site‐specificity of the historical events depicted in the museum, by representing these as having taken place within the territory of present‐day Tajikistan, thereby linking the nation to this territory; and (3) meaning‐creation, endowing museum objects with meanings that fit into and reinforce the grand narrative promulgated by the museum. We conclude that the National Museum of Tajikistan demonstrates a rich and promising, although so far largely unexplored, repertoire of representing Tajik nationness as reflected in historical artefacts and objects of culture: the museum is indeed an active participant in shaping discursive strategies for (re)constructing the nation.
The Arctic Council and US domestic policymaking
One widely recognized achievement of the Arctic Council and its various working groups has been the production of collectively generated assessments on Arctic problems. Assessment reports such as the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) provide an important baseline of shared knowledge for making collective circumpolar policy recommendations. But how does the knowledge produced through Arctic Council working groups figure into the policymaking of the Arctic states? This is an important question for understanding Arctic politics and the relationship between national decisionmaking and international relations more generally. Much of what the Arctic Council produces is in the form of recommendations, declarations of intent, and commitments to "best practices" in areas of shared interest and activity. While in recent years the Council has produced three binding agreements covering specific functional areas—search and rescue (2011), oil pollution preparedness and response (2013),and science cooperation (2017)—much ongoing Arctic collaborative work falls outside of these areas. This policy brief explores how science/policy outputs of and discussions at the Arctic Council fit into the Arctic political discourse of the USA, with an emphasis on key actors within the executive branch: the White House, the Department of the Interior, and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Competency through Cooperation: Advancing knowledge on Georgia's strategic path (GEOPATH)
GEOPATH er et fireårig samarbeidsprosjekt mellom NUPI og the Georgian Institute of Politics (GIP), som har som formål å fremme forskningssamarbeid gjennom å forske på sentrale spørsmål...
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Valdai Paper #92: Russia’s Far East Initiatives in Troubled Geopolitical Times
The China–Russia rapprochement forms the centrepiece of Russia’s much hyped policy of a ‘turn to the East’, a policy aimed at transforming the Russian Far East from a territorial backwater into a new gateway to China, North-East Asia and beyond. In 2013, President Vladimir Putin declared the development of the Far East a ‘national priority for the entire twenty-first century’. Historically, the Russian Far East was rather a garrison on the distant frontier. But today there is a new development model for the region that is expected to turn it into the gateway to the East, the region of growth and cooperation aimed to reap the benefits of rising Asia, particularly China. New institutions, projects, and financing have been provided for this purpose. What progress has been made so far in implementing the Eastern vector in Russian domestic and foreign policy? Have the ambitious plans indeed borne fruits, like President Xi declared? And what are the main drivers behind the ‘turn to the East’? Do worsened geopolitical relations with Western European actors intensify the turn? Or is it driven by the perceptions of opportunities and long-term objectives in the Asia-Pacific region? The Valdai Paper #92 presents a critical and independent view on Russia’s Turn to the East by the European authors.