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Norway meets Europe

2015 - 2022 (Completed) Project number: NOR-15/0046
Seminar series
Europe is constantly changing. Norway has close links to the EU and Europe, and economic and political transitions on the continent will have considerable consequences for the country. Photo: NTB Scanpix.

With our seminar series on Europe, NUPI wishes to shed light on current European issues. Our objective is to give our contribution to a continued academic-based Norwegian debate on Europe. The seminar series receives funding from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Previous events:

2022

2021

2020

Funders

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Funding program

Information about European cooperation

Articles

News

Norwegians adapting to a changing world

June 17, 2020

The world as we have come to know it is changing. How do Norwegians respond to these changes? What are their views of Norwegian foreign policy? 

News

Common fears, common opportunities?

March 5, 2020

How do Czechia and Norway assess and respond to a changing international political context?

News
Bildet viser NUPI-forskerne som har fått innvilget H2020-prosjektet PREVEX fotografert utendørs

Drivers of violent extremism: NUPI to coordinate EU-funded project

December 19, 2019

PREVEX will shed light on how the various drivers of violent extremism operate.

News

EUNPACK Final Conference: synthesising three years of research on the EU’s crisis response

March 26, 2019

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.

Publications

Publication : Academic article

FOKUS: 25 år med EØS

2019
Special edition of Internasjonal Politikk with focus on the 25 year anniversary of the EEA agreement.
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief

Tre trender som utfordrer norsk utenrikspolitikk

2019
(Available in Norwegian only): Denne policy briefen tar utgangspunkt i tre globale trender, og gir en analyse og vurderinger av hva trendene innebærer ...
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief

Why Franco-German leadership on European defense is not in sight

2019
Emmanuel Macron, already as a presidential candidate, bet heavily on Europe and the Franco-German tandem. This choice, which required a certain ...
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief

Finding a European response to Huawei’s 5G ambitions

2019
This policy brief suggests that European countries should institute national reviewing boards overseen by intelligence agencies to vet Huawei equipment. ...
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief

50 Years After the Moon Landing: Why Europe Should Lead the Next 50

2019
50 years since the first astronauts stepped foot on the moon, it would be easy to be complacent about human space exploration today. After all, humans ...
Publication : MONOGRAFI

French Foreign Policy in a Changing World. Practising Grandeur

2017
This book investigates how modern French foreign policy is practiced. France finds its traditional power status challenged by internal as well as external ...
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief

New Momentum for European Defence Cooperation

2016
For better or for worse, the politics of Brexit, in combination with the implementation of the new EU Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy, ...
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief

Non-allied states in a changing Europe: Sweden and its bilateral relationship with Finland in a new security context

2016
Swedish security policy has experienced dramatic developments in recent decades. With the end of the Cold War, Swedish security policy could not identify ...
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief

European Integration Reset: Lessons from Brexit, Norway, and Eastern Europe

2016
Given the severity and length of the Great Recession, whether or not Europe needs more or less integration is a much less consequential discussion than ...
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief

EU referendum: the beginning, not the end, of Brexiteers’ problems

2016
On 23 June 2016, Britain voted to leave the European Union. The referendum outcome triggered resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron and his replacement ...
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief

Reform, Renegotiation and Referendum

2016
The UK stands on the brink of a momentous decision: whether to leave or remain in the European Union. Unlike all the other states that have sought late ...
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief

Nord Stream 2: policy dilemmas and the future of EU gas market

2016
The Nord Stream 2 (NS2) gas pipeline project is one of the most controversial issues in EU gas-related debates today. Its proponents hold that the project ...
Publication

Towards Multi-level Security Community Building: The EU’s and Norway’s External Governance in Ukraine

2015
initial objective of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) was to expand the European zone of peace beyond the EU’s borders through processes of external ...
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief

The next big European project? The migration and asylum crisis: a vital challenge for the EU

2015
The summer of 2015 may well be remembered as a turning point in the history of both migration to Europe and European integration. There was a further ...
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief

How Do Little Frogs Fly? Small States in the European Union

2015
Small EU member states need to exploit the special characteristics of their small public administrations in order to secure their interests and have influence ...
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief

France and the European Union: a story of reason rather than love

2015
In France, the push for the European integration process has come historically for a large part from the political and administrative elite. Over the ...
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief

Reality check for the EU: The stand-off with Russia challenges the European Union in its fundaments

2015
Russia’s military attacks in Ukraine are not only an assault on the territorial integrity and sovereignty of one of the European Union’s largest neighbours. ...
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief

TTIP - Economic Consequences and Possibilities for Third Countries: the Case of Norway

2014
The possible realisation of a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the USA may have significant impacts, also for ...
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief

Whither the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership?

2013
Failures in the World Trade Organisation’s Doha Round have prompted countries to turn to preferential trade agreements. Every country with a stake in ...
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief

The rise of Euroscepticism and how to deal with it in the EU

2014
It used to be seen as a British disease, but Euroscepticism has spread like a virus across the continent – infecting creditors, debtors, would-be euro-members ...
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief

Project Manager

Themes
The EU  Foreign policy  Europe  International organizations
Events
Wed 3 Mar 2021
Event
Time: 10:00 Europe/Oslo
Location: Microsoft teams

What’s in the new EU-UK relationship?

The EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement was reached on 24 December 2020, after more that four years of negotiation. Join this webinar to learn more on what the deal holds for the future, both in terms of EU-UK relations and their wider context.

Thu 18 Mar 2021
Event
Time: 09:00 Europe/Oslo
Location: Microsoft teams

EU's strategic compass

The EU is currently developing a ‘Strategic Compass’ for its security and defense policy. Join this webinar to learn more about the background, the progress, and the challenges the process is facing.

Tue 27 Oct 2020
Event
Time: 14:00 Europe/Oslo
Location: Webinar

A Europe in crisis or a Europe on the rise?

Europe’s quiet and patient style of foreign policy is often interpreted as a sign of weakness, but it could also be its strength.

Wed 7 Oct 2020
Event
Time: 14:00 Europe/Oslo
Location: Webinar

Britain and Norway: Partnership in a changing world

Which areas of cooperation are being prioritised as the UK leaves the European Union, and how can the relationship be expected to develop in the coming years?

Sun 23 Feb 2020
Event
Time: 10:00 Europe/Oslo
Location: NUPI

Brexit and the future European foreign policy coordination

The UK's withdrawal from the EU has created great uncertainty about European foreign policy cooperation. Does the E3 format have a future after Brexit?

Wed 5 Feb 2020
Event
Time: 08:30 Europe/Oslo
Location: NUPI

The EU’s role in a more instable world – towards a shared Grand Strategy?

The opinions on which role the EU should play in international politics differ. How will 2020 turn out for the Union, and what role will it pursue in the future?

Wed 25 Nov 2020
Event
Time: 12:30 Europe/Oslo
Location: Microsoft teams

Small states facing the EU: The case of Swiss-EU relations

Will the Swiss-EU relation continue in harmony, or will the EU evoke the “guillotine” clause and terminate current agreements? NUPI invites you to join our seminar on the Swiss-EU relations.

Wed 25 Nov 2020
Event
Time: 09:30 Europe/Oslo
Location: Microsoft Teams

Political violence and polarization in France: the threat, the discourse and the response

Since 2015, more than 250 civilians have been killed in jihadist attacks in France. Is France particularly prone to jihadist violence, and how does terrorism affect French society and French politics?