Theme

International organizations

Nation-states, the most powerful countries in particular, dominate wold politics. How do states work to promote their interests on the international arena?

The study of international organizations and global management examine the myriad actors involved in debating and implementing steering mechanisms with transnational implications. A central question here is which actors can speak and act with authority on behalf of larger groups, and undertake actions aimed at dealing with problems that extend across national borders. Although the nation-state remains the primary actor in world politics, both history and current trends show that non-state actors are important for understanding what states do and how they go abut do it.

Research question within this field may include:

What is the role of international organizations like the World Bank in shaping the domestic policies of nation-states?
When and how can expert groups and networks of interest groups succeed in influencing the content of international relations?

News about international organizations

Tax and fragile states: Challenges for Norwegian development assistance
10 Sep 2019
- - Frida Kvamme
States need revenue to function and an efficient tax system plays an important role. Can Norwegian development assistance contribute to this?

Economic growth Development policy International economics South and Central America Africa Sårbare stater Nasjonsbygging International organizations
Top marks for NUPI’s EU project
10 Sep 2019
- - Henriette Ullavik Erstad
Reviewers find NUPI-led research on the EU’s crisis response "exceptional"!

Conflict resolution Europe The Middle East and North Africa Africa Asia Security policy International organizations
EUNPACK Final Conference: synthesising three years of research on the EU’s crisis response
26 Mar 2019
- - Bård Drange
- - Henriette Ullavik Erstad
Conflict sensitivity in focus as the three-year NUPI-led research project on the EU’s crisis response (EUNPACK) organised a final conference in Brussels in March.

The EU Humanitarian issues International organizations Conflict resolution Migrasjon Security policy The Middle East and North Africa Europe

All news about international organizations (total 59)

Publications about international organizations

Publication : LEDER
Cybersikkerhet
2019
- - Niels Nagelhus Schia
(In Norwegian only) Den teknologiske utviklingen og framveksten av digitale nettverk har ført til noen av de mest dramatiske endringene vi har sett på flere generasjoner. Dette gjelder både endringer i sosial samhandling, men også endringer i den mer generelle samfunnsmessige utviklingen. Disse framskrittene...
International organizations Cyber
Publication : ARTIKKEL
"Contracting development: managerialism and consultants in intergovernmental organizations"
2019
- - Ole Jacob Sending
Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) are now managed with an eye to managerial trends associated with transnational professionals, a view that has ramifications for how IGOs govern their policies and processes. Drawing on interviews and focus groups with staff in IGOs, we trace how managerialism in...
Utenrikspolitikk International organizations
Publication : ARTIKKEL
United Nations Stabilization Operations: Chapter Seven and a Half
2019
- - John Karlsrud
The UN Security Council has in recent years included the term ‘stabilization’ in the name of the operations deployed to Haiti, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali and Central African Republic. But, are they stabilization operations? Although the concept has become increasingly popular in the UN context,...
Security policy United Nations