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The latest news on NUPI's research.
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Free trade agreements increasingly important for Norway
29 Jan 2020The EEA Agreement is Norway’s most significant free trade agreement by far. However, free trade agreements with other countries are becoming increasingly important, notes NUPI Senior Research Fellow Hege Medin.
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What does China really want in the Middle East?
16 Dec 2019In a recent article, NUPI research fellow Henrik S. Hiim and Stig Stenslie aim to find an answer.
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The green transition: Who will be the geopolitical winners – and losers?
3 Dec 2019This is the main question behind a new index developed by an international research team led by NUPI’s Indra Øverland.
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Debunking renewable energy myths
11 Sep 2019Indra Øverland has examined four assumptions about renewable energy and geopolitics.
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NUPI Podcast: Iran can prevent ship attacks, but has no incentive to do so, says Iran FM
29 Aug 2019“Sending naval vessels to the Persian Gulf, with the clear aim of confronting Iran, will not bring security,” Mr. Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, told NUPI audience.
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The strategic importance of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Tokyo’s take
10 May 2019While the idea of the Indo-Pacific as more than just a geographic space is only recently taking root in the Nordics and broader Europe, it has already been hotly discussed as a strategically important arena in foreign and security policy circles in Asia for several years.
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New report on China and multilateral development banks
21 Jan 2019China is strengthening its position within international development finance and monetary cooperation.
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PODCAST: Democratic capitalism in crisis?
12 Sep 2018Wolfgang Streeck explains what he means when he says that that democratic capitalism is in crisis – and shares his take on how the crisis evolved.
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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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NEW BOOK: Is Russia turning its back on the West?
17 Jan 2018Has Russia strengthened its ties to East Asia – pulled back from the West?
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Timely report on Chinese investments
15 Dec 2017The volume of Chinese investments in Europe has increased significantly in recent years.
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China meets the Nordics at NUPI
6 Sep 2017How does the world appear seen from China and the Nordics?
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What you need to know about the elections in Iran
18 May 2017Iranian presidential and local elections will be held on 19 May. Senior Advisor Joachim Nahem (NUPI) clarifies some important questions.
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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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“Survival of the Richest”
21 Dec 2016New report evaluates Norway’s effort to curtail tax evasion: acceptable work in some areas, but completely fails in the field of tax treaties. – Norwegian tax treaties are directly harmful to developing countries, according to the report from Eurodad.
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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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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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China’s Modern Global Relations
6 Jan 2016How will China's current foreign relations be affected as the country becomes more comfortable with its great power status? This is one of the questions Senior Research Fellow at NUPI, Marc Lanteigne, asks in the book Chinese Foreign Policy: An Introduction, which was released...
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Myanmar elections – what is at stake?
27 Oct 2015The voting on November 8 takes place within three watershed political transitions. Watch Dr. Marc Lanteignes NUPI talk on the upcoming elections here.
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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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China’s Currency Devaluation: A Butterfly Effect?
20 Aug 2015The devaluation created many ripple effects in other markets, especially in Asia but also in the US and Europe, writes Dr. Marc Lanteigne.
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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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Norway benefits from the Asian miracle
26 May 2014Asia's economic growth in recent years has been exceptional. Norway has profited a lot from the Asian miracle, with rapid growth in exports and investments, a new NUPI Report shows.
