Research project
Dealing with the challenge of political warfare in the COVID-19 and Ukraine war context (FLANKS 2)
Events
The project aims to develop and further consolidate the understanding and knowledge of how societies and institutions in the Nordic and Black Sea Region must be prepared to meet and deal with the challenges posed by political warfare and the use of various instruments of power which fall short of kinetic warfare.
By examining the use of various instruments of national power by actors challenging the existing liberal-democratic order and international law, the project aims to map what instruments of national power short of military one are at the disposal of revanchist states operating in the two regions.
The project aims to provide policy relevant advice for citizens and institutions dealing with the challenge of political warfare in the regions in question. In addition, the project will conduct public opinion surveys in Romania and Norway to map how the ongoing war in Ukraine has changed perceptions of security in both countries and how these changes should be factored in in the process of policy making in Romania and Norway and in international organisations these two countries are members of or are affiliated with.
EEA Norway Grants, Romanian-Norwegian Bilateral Fund
Project Manager
Participants
External
George Scutaru, the New Strategy Cenetr, Romania
Alina Bârgăoanu, the New Strategy Center
Ileana Rotaru, the New Strategy Center
New publications
Norway and Romania: Navigating Information Warfare
The study "Norway and Romania: Navigating Information Warfare" explores the use of disinformation, propaganda, and interference to manipulate public discourse amid the Ukraine war. It discusses how these tactics exploit historical and border sensitivities to delegitimize Ukraine and distract from the global economic impacts of Russian aggression. The research highlights how such strategies shift blame and reshape international perceptions favorably towards Russia. The study analyzes how Russian political warfare manifests itself in both Norway and Romania, dwelling on the particularities of each country. This study is one of deliverables of the FLANKS II project conducted jointly by New Strategy Center in Romania and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) in Oslo.
Addressing the Challenge of Russian Hybrid Warfare the NATO Way:The Case of Norway and Romania
The main objective of this report is to present how NATO has understood and been dealing with the challenge of the Russian political and hybrid warfare. In addition this study examines how two NATO member states, Norway and Romania, have been approaching these questions.
A year of War–National Attitudes in Romania and Norway
This text presents a comparative examination of the results of the two public opinion polls conducted in Romania and Norway in Spring 2023 with focus on national perceptions of various aspects of security in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine.
How to make NATO better prepared to meet the challenge of the Russian political warfare? Lessons from Norway and Romania
This Policy Brief provides some policy recommendations on how to deal with the challenge of hybrid warfare in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine based on the findings of the FLANKS 2 project invoving the New Strategy Center in Romania and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs NUPi in Norway.
Project Manager
Events
Participants
External
George Scutaru, the New Strategy Cenetr, Romania
Alina Bârgăoanu, the New Strategy Center
Ileana Rotaru, the New Strategy Center