Russia and Eurasia
‘Eurasia’ is a term that covers the former Soviet republics. This is a conflict-ridden area of major importance, not least as regards energy supplies.
The Russian Federation is the dominant country in this region, which includes the Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as the trans-Caucasian republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. After the break-up of the Soviet Union, many conflicts have erupted in this area: Abkhazia and South Ossetia battling for independence from Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan seeking control over Nagorno-Karabakh – and Russia and Ukraine in conflict over the Crimean peninsula.
Russia’s foreign policy is a central theme in NUPI’s research on Russia and Eurasia. Also important are energy and economic issues, given Russia’s standing as a major producer of oil and gas. Other priority research fields are ethnicity, nation-building, nationalism and national identity, as well as democracy and human rights.
Source: Store Norske Leksikon and NUPI.
News about Russia and Eurasia
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Transnational Ecosystems Cooperation is Taking off
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NUPI awarded funding for five research projects by the Research Council of Norway
16 Dec 2020The Research Council of Norway awarded NUPI funding for five new research projects.
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NUPI replaces NRK P2's 'Ekko' this week
7 Dec 2020NUPI has produced ten hours of high quality radio about foreign policy and international relations. The programs will air on NRK P2 during week 50, Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 11.00. Tune in!
Publications about Russia and Eurasia
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Russlands Kabul
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Talk Africa: Return of the Taliban
2021The dramatic return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan has sent geopolitical shock waves felt in many parts, including on the African continent. How are events currently unfolding on the refugees and humanitarian front and are there lessons to be drawn from this experience by African countries? -
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Georgia’s Europeanization challenged from within: Domestic foreign policy discourses and increasing polarization
2021Georgia`s foreign policy, especially the implementation of international agreements, is best understood in the context of domestic contestation among alternative foreign policy views. • Nativist views exert increasing influence on the Georgian public. Georgia’s European partners should engage the...
Research projects about Russia and Eurasia
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Research project
Russian Repertoires of Power in the MENA region (RUSMENA)
2021 - 2024 (Ongoing)The main objective of the RUSMENA project is to examine Russian power practices in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region between 2011 and 2021.
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Research project
Norway as an in-between for Russia: Ambivalent space, hybrid measures
2021 - 2023 (Ongoing)This three-year project addresses the acutely relevant question of whether Norway is acquiring the precarious status of an ‘in-between’ state in the Kremlin’s eye after the watershed events of 2014 (Annexation...
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When every act is war: Post-Crimea conflict dynamics and Russian foreign policy (WARU)
2020 - 2023 (Ongoing)Tension between great powers in world politics is escalating rapidly. What are the driving forces behind deteriorating relations? Can we explain them solely by the ‘aggressiveness’ of the other (be they...