2013

  • Positive Peace and the Post-2015 Development Agenda
    Arrangement
    ons. 9 okt. 2013
    Time: 13:30 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

    This seminar will introduce the Pillars of Peace framework and methodology and critically examine its implications for the evolving discussions around the post-2015 Development Agenda.

  • Prospects for EU-Asia Relations
    Arrangement
    tor. 10 okt. 2013
    Time: 11:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

    In this seminar, Dr. Fraser Cameron from the EU-Asia Center will talk about EU-Asia relations through the perspective of the ASEM process, ASEAN as well as bilateral relations. He will also touch on Norway's potential contribution.

  • Africa- the way ahead?
    Arrangement
    ons. 25 sep. 2013
    Time: 11:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

    This seminar will address both the challenges and the opportunities for the African continent and look at the way ahead.

  • Islam Without Extremes – A Muslim Case for Liberty
    Arrangement
    fre. 11 okt. 2013
    Time: 12:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

    In this seminar, Mustafa Akyol, a Turkish political commentator and author, will present his new book “Islam Without Extremes – a Muslim Case for Liberty”. In this book Akoyl asks why a dominantly conservative brand of Islam nowadays is present in many governments or societies.He points to one exce1

  • In the Wake of the Arab Spring. Conflict and Cooperation in the Middle East
    Arrangement
    tor. 19 sep. 2013
    Time: 10:30 Europe/Oslo | Location: Hotel Continental

    Etter den arabiske våren – hva nå? Hvilke muligheter og hindringer ligger til grunn for økt regionalt samarbeid i regionen? Boken In the Wake of the Arab Spring: Conflict and Cooperation in the Middle East tar for seg forholdet mellom de fire største landene i regionen – Egypt, Tyrkia, Iran og Saud1

  • Challenges in Science and innovation for development: The Cuban Experience
    Arrangement
    tir. 24 sep. 2013
    Time: 10:30 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

    Scientific and technological development represents one major priority in Cuba's development model. Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, son of Fidel Castro and Scientific Advisor of the State Council in Cuba, will discuss the country's achievements and challenges ahead in this area.

  • The Russia Conference 2013: What happened to Russia’s modernization?
    Arrangement
    tir. 27 aug. 2013
    Time: 09:30 Europe/Oslo | Location: Litteraturhuset

    NUPI's annual Russia conference/MODNORTH capstone conference will this year be about modernization in Russia.

  • Volden i Nordkaukasus og OL i Sochi 2014
    Arrangement
    man. 26 aug. 2013
    Time: 11:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Litteraturhuset

    På dette seminaret får du høre Russlands fremste eksperter på Nordkaukasus snakke om utfordringene i denne regionen frem mot OL i Sochi 2014.

  • Russian ultra-nationalism and the new ‘others’
    Arrangement
    tir. 3 sep. 2013
    Time: 14:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Amalie Skram, Litteraturhuset

    This seminar will discuss the development of Russian ultra-nationalism, with two of Russia’s most well-known experts in the field.

  • Humanitarian challenges in Syria
    Arrangement
    ons. 21 aug. 2013
    Time: 10:30 Europe/Oslo | Location: Håndverkeren, Sangerhallen, 5. etasje.

    Dette seminaret tar sikte på å gi et overblikk over den humanitære situasjonen i Syria, og å innlede til en kritisk diskusjon om de viktigste utfordringene for de humanitære organisasjonene og borgerkrigens ofre.