2018
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Fragility, conflict and climate change in Mali and Sahel
EventWed 12 Dec 2018Time: 09:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPIThe combined effects of fragile states, conflict, and climate change pose severe challenges to development and governance. What does this mean for Mali and the larger Sahel region?
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Theory Seminar: Lacanian psychoanalysis and the fascination with ISIS in Euro-US security discourse’
EventTue 27 Nov 2018Time: 12:30 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPICharlotte Heath-Kelly will present her work on how Lacanian psychoanalysis can inform our understanding of the Western need for enmity, and its obsession with enemy entities such the Islamic State.
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Preventing terrorism through risk assessments – a UK perspective
EventTue 11 Dec 2018Time: 12:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPIHow does the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy play out in in real-life, and what's the (potential) role of risk assessments in the prevention of terrorism? Marek Hubert, former academic and a current Police Officer, visits NUPI to talk about these issues.
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How effective have the peace operations in Somalia, DR Congo and Mali been?
EventSun 25 Nov 2018Time: 10:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPIExperts from around the world will take a closer look at how effective UN Peace Operations actually are.
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Putin’s Russia: Vanguard or rearguard of populism?
EventSun 2 Dec 2018Time: 09:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPIWhat are the similarities, differences and linkages between Putin’s Russia and Orban’s Hungary, Trump’s USA and Bolsonaro’s Brazil?
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Theory Seminar: Protest Diffusion During the 1919 Egyptian Revolution
EventThu 6 Dec 2018Time: 13:15 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPINeil Ketchley will discuss his latest article on the diffusion of protest in a population.
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State-owned enterprises and the trade war
EventWed 21 Nov 2018Time: 09:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPIAre state-owned enterprises a culprit or a scapegoat in the new protectionism?
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Is the EU ready to handle the major challenges it is facing?
EventTue 20 Nov 2018Time: 14:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPIIvan Krastev reflects on the future of the EU, and whether the union is ready to handle major challenges such as migration, the spread of right-wing populism, and instability in the east.
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Critical approaches in terrorism research: Power, pre-emption and preventing violent extremism
EventTue 27 Nov 2018Time: 10:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPIWhat is a critical methodology? How and when are critical methodologies useful in terrorism research?
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The temptations of terrorist watchlists: How the U.S. No Fly List is changing the meaning of citizenship
EventWed 21 Nov 2018Time: 14:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPIOn what basis should watchlisting decisions be made and by whom? And have watchlists begun to proliferate beyond their original purposes and beyond the liberal democracies that invented them?