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    Chinese Anger Diplomacy (ANGER)

    2021 - 2024 (Ongoing)

    Do liberal-democratic states yield to public criticism by China? ANGER approaches this question by focusing on China's use of "anger diplomacy" - public, vehement displays at the state level in response to a perceived offense.

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    Common Fear Factors in Foreign Policy (COMFEAR)

    2019 - 2020 (Completed)

    COMFEAR aims to identify key issues of common concern and shared threats as perceived by publics and policymakers in Czechia and Norway.

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    A Conceptual History of International Relations (CHOIR)

    2019 - 2023 (Ongoing)

    The purpose of CHOIR is to investigate taken-for-granted concepts of international relations.

  • Members of far-right nationalist party National Movement (RN) during a rally in front of the US embassy in Warsaw Poland 25 April 2018 Research project

    World of the Right: Alternative visions of global order (WoR)

    2018 - 2021 (Ongoing)

    The project looks deeper into the conservative New Right in Russia, the US, and Europe, examining in particular the alternative visions of Western civilisational order that these movements harbour, and their relationship to liberal (international) ideology in its post-1989 and post-1945 forms.

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    Empires, Privateering and the sea (EMPRISE)

    2017 - 2021 (Ongoing)

    EMPRISE studies the role of the importance of power at sea for the formation of empires and states from 1500-1856.

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    Instruments of State Power: History and Theory (ISPO)

    2017 - 2018 (Completed)

    The ISPO Workshop Series will develop new and innovative analytical tools and vocabularies to help understand current developments in global politics.

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    Duty of Care: Protection of Citizens Abroad (DoC:PRO)

    2014 - 2018 (Completed)

    How can Norwegian society best be protected, when increasing numbers of citizens are found outside the borders of the state?