Sverre Lodgaard

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Sverre Lodgaard’s expert fields are geopolitics, the Middle East, Iranian foreign policy, nuclear arms control and disarmament, the nuclear programmes of Iran and North Korea.
Lodgaard was the director of NUPI from 1997 to 2007.
Education
1971 Magister degree in political science, University of Oslo. Thesis: Interaction Trends and Integration Loads in the East-West System
Work Experience
2007- Senior Research Fellow, NUPI
1997-2007 Director, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo
1992-1996 Director, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), United Nations Office at Geneva
1987-1992 Director, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)
1980-1986 Research Fellow, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Publications All publications
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Major Powers in a Shifting Global Order
Publication : Policy Brief | 2023How to measure power in international affairs is an eternal matter of debate, especially among political scientists. Many generic approaches have bee1
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The Geopolitics of the Middle East
Publication : Policy Brief | 2023US retrenchment from the Middle East—long in waiting—has caused Arab states to seek new partnerships in order to reduce their vulnerabilities in a tu1
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The Nuclear Umbrella Revisited
Publication : Report | 2020The NPT is in miserable shape, betrayed on the disarmament dimension, stuck in the Middle East and mostly irrelevant to the Asian nuclear armed state1
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Conventional arms control on the Korean Peninsula: The current state and prospects
Publication : Report | 2020At the end of 2017, the Korean Peninsula reached the brink of a nuclear war, as the US president Donald Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un1
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Kims store gjennombrudd
Publication : KRONIKK | 2017(Available in Norwegian only): Nord-Korea er farlig nær en amerikansk smertegrense – en troverdig evne til å ramme det amerikanske kontinentet, skriv1
Projects All projects
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Strategic stability, new technologies and the future of nuclear disarmament in Asia
Research project | 2018 - 2021 (Completed)This project examines the main obstacles to nuclear arms control and disarmament, focusing on Asia....
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Regional dimensions of the nuclear diplomacy with Iran
Research project | 2013 - 2015 (Completed)The project discusses the relationship between the P5+1/Iran talks and regional Middle Eastern affairs....
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Understanding the conflicts in the MENA region
Research project | 2013 - 2017 (Completed)The purpose of the activity is to systematically explore and better understand the reconfiguration of violence in the MENA region....
Events All events
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A transparency regime for European missiles
EventThu 29 Sep 2022Time: 10:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPIJoin us when Nikolai Sokov will talk about how such a regime would have made it more difficult for Russia to concentrate long-range conventional weapons vis-à-vis Ukraine before the invasion.
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China-US nuclear rivalry and the discovery of China’s missile silos
EventThu 2 Jun 2022Time: 16:30 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI/Livestream to Facebook and YoutubeLast summer, researchers discovered that China is building several nuclear missile silo fields. Featuring one of the researchers behind the silo discovery, this seminar explores how Beijing’s unprecedented nuclear buildup will affect China-US rivalry and strategic stability.
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The ban on nuclear weapons: Next Stop Vienna
EventTue 29 Mar 2022Time: 15:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPIThe Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is more relevant than ever. What could be expected of the First Meeting of States Parties to the treaty?
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AUKUS and its implications for Asia, US-European relations and non-proliferation
EventTue 12 Oct 2021Time: 12:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: C.J. Hambrosplass 2 D / Livestream to Facebook and YoutubeWhat does the AUKUS security partnership between Australia, the US and UK mean for security in Asia, for the US-China rivalry, and for US-Europe relations?
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China and the nuclear crises in Iran and North Korea
EventTue 29 Jan 2019Time: 14:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPIThe nuclear deal with Iran is in crisis, and talks on the North Korean nuclear program has made little progress. At the same time, China is well on its way to become one of the world’s most powerful states. How important is it for China to prevent any further proliferation of nuclear weapons?
Articles All articles
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Peace, Conflict and Development
3 Jan 2022What can we do to prevent war? How can countries emerging from conflict avoid relapse? How well do international peace operations actually work?