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The latest news on NUPI's research.
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Five paradoxes EU must address to effectively respond to crises beyond its borders
4 Mar 2019Engaging in ongoing conflicts brings with it a set of extraordinary challenges.
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Norway’s cooperation with the EU – 4 ways ahead
28 Feb 2019Can Norway benefit from closer collaboration with the EU on foreign and security policy?
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ANALYSIS: Resolving Brexit
19 Dec 2018- Nick Sitter
Brexit is in crisis. The options are limited, and they have not changed much since 2016. Now, time is running out. Exiting the EU without an agreement, widely recognized as the worst option, is the default. Moreover, this is no longer simply a question about how to deal...
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PODCAST: Is the EU ready to handle the major challenges it is facing?
30 Nov 2018Ivan Krastev reflects on the crises that has shaped the EU for the past decades.
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The EU in the Middle East - how to prevent terrorism and violent extremism?
13 Nov 2018That was the topic for the project EUNPACK's contribution to the MERI Forum 2018.
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PODCAST: What will Europe look like after Brexit?
7 May 2018This was the key question for EU expert Caroline de Gruyter’s NUPI talk.
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China: New Silk Road stir mixed reactions in Europe
6 Apr 2018Europeans are growing more wary of China, but still welcome many of its contributions.
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Asia is booming – what are the implications?
6 Mar 2018Connectivity has become a buzzword today. It topped the agenda at the joint conference on trade, infrastructure and Europe–Asia relations, organized by NUPI and the MFA to mark ASEM day.
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PODCAST: Brexit and implications for the EU, EEA and Norway
31 Oct 201730 October marked the end of the three yearlong EUNOR project. Podcasts are now available on all the topics that were discussed during the conference.
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NEW BOOK: What does France want with its foreign policy?
28 Sep 2017Hear the podcast from the book launch of Senior Research Fellow Pernille Rieker's new book.
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Global tax justice at crossroads
8 Aug 2017In a world of Trump and Brexit – who makes international tax policy?
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New era for French exceptionalism?
16 Jun 2017France still has a deep desire to play a major international role. Will President Macron succeed? In her new book, Senior Research Fellow Pernille Rieker takes a closer look at French foreign policy.
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Your weekly NUPI recap – week 18
5 May 2017A week dedicated to American foreign and security policy has come to an end.
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The Bear and the Triangle
25 Apr 2017What shapes EU policy towards China? This is the topic for NUPI Research Fellow Bjørnar Sverdrup-Thygeson's new article.
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Norway: Small state in big energy politics
2 Mar 2017Should energy policies serve the nation, or the European community?
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VIDEO: Research for a safer Europe
2 Dec 2016‘Europe needs a more consistent security policy’, explains senior research fellow Nina Græger (NUPI). Through an exchange programme for Nordic researchers she has been working with that issue in close collaboration with Swedish colleagues.
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Considerable gain with TTIP
2 Nov 2016If Norway chooses to join the potential trade agreement between USA and the EU (TTIP), this will gain Norwegian economy considerably, according to a report on TTIP that was published on Wednesday.
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Good neighbours – the end of the affair?
29 Jun 2016The EU’s relationship with several neighbouring countries has shifted from harmony to tension. But might the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) have served to make security political bonds stronger? A new book edited by NUPI senior researcher Pernille Rieker looks into...
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Work together, govern better
26 May 2016What lessons can Norway and Poland learn from each other in the fields of energy, security and migration? Quite a few, according to the final conference of the joint NUPI-PISM project GoodGov.
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A different kind of peacebuilding?
9 May 2016NUPI has, together with five partners, investigated the rising powers’ approach to peacebuilding.
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Building Bridges with the EU
25 Apr 2016The activities that NATO has undertaken to address the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean focus on intelligence and surveillance, and are designed to complement the efforts of the EU and Turkey, writes Nina Græger for European Futures.
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NUPI to lead project on TTIP
22 Feb 2016NUPI will, jointly with other research groups in Norway and abroad, analyze the consequences for Norway of a free trade agreement between the EU and the USA.
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EU-Russia gas relations: Back to «business as usual»?
8 Feb 2016Commercial interests in the European Union (EU) and Russia (Gazprom) have agreed to double the capacity in the Nord Stream pipeline transporting gas from Russia to Germany. The project has become one of the most controversial issues in EU gas-related debates today, above...
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What's next for Europe?
4 Feb 2016How should the EU respond to the American ‘pivot’ – the strategic shift towards the Asia-Pacific?
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In the wake of the crisis
14 Jan 2016After the Ukraine crisis, the EU’s approach towards Russia has changed, according to results from a NUPI research project.
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The power of energy
13 Nov 2015Today, Russia delivers one third of the EU’s energy imports – but after the Ukraine crisis, relations have become tense. Are energy imports from the USA or Brazil the answer?
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Unpacking EU crisis response
9 Nov 2015How does the EU respond to crises? This is the key question posed by a group of NUPI researchers who have succeeded in the competition for funding within the world’s largest research programme.
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Does dialogue resolve conflicts?
21 Oct 2015Dialogue has become a buzzword in international politics. But can it really carry the burden of conflict resolution?
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David versus Goliath? Small states in the EU
9 Oct 2015What direction will Europe take, and what does this move mean for small states like Norway? This was key question when EU minister Vidar Helgesen, opened NUPI’s EUNOR workshop October 8.
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The next big European project
22 Sep 2015How will the EU handle the vital challenge of the Mediterranean migration crisis?
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Winners and losers of the refugee crisis
15 Sep 2015Emotions run strong in the global migration debate. NUPI’s Morten Bøås calls for a more sober debate in order to achieve better policy.
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Refugees across the Mediterranean: causes and consequences
27 Aug 2015Libya has recently become the most important transit country. Considering the transport of refugees through Libya and across the Mediterranean, a new growth industry has developed in a country without a functioning state.
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Counter-terrorism in Europe
1 Jun 2015Which questions should we ask ourselves after the terrorist acts in Europe the last few months?
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Europe's energy future
11 Mar 2015Ukraine is one of the most important external markets for Russian gas and the most important transit country for Russian gas supplies to Europe. However, gas relations between Russia and Ukraine have not been easy.
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Limited effect of halting gas export
23 Jun 2014Russia recently stopped the export of natural gas to Ukraine. But energy as a foreign policy tool has limited effects, conclude the authors behind the most cited article ever in the Journal of Eurasian Studies.
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Q and A - The conflict on the Crimean Peninsula
27 Feb 2014The conflict that is now unfolding on the Crimean peninsula in the Black Sea is currently dominating the news, and the situation is very tense. But what is actually happening on the Crimean peninsula now?
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Saudi Arabia’s role in the nuclear talks
16 Dec 2013“Saudi Arabia vs. Iran and the Role of the USA” is the second issue in NUPI’s new series of articles under the heading "The Iranian Nuclear Controversy: Regional Aspects".