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The transatlantic security cooperation is a main pillar in Norwegian security and defence policy.

At NUPI we study the consequences of the increasing great power rivalry between the US and China and how US foreign policy affects Norway and Europe.
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Burden-sharing in NATO. The Trump effect won’t last

The Trump Administration has adopted a more confrontational and transactional approach to burden-sharing in NATO. It has threatened to “moderate” its commitment to the Alliance unless the European members increase their defence spending (US Mission to NATO 2017), and contribute more to out-of-area operations. Since President Trump entered the office, European defence spending has risen at a quicker pace, and the nature of the defence debate in Europe has changed. The Europeans are no longer debating whether they need to increase their spending; the questions discussed are how fast and how much. Is this evidence of a “Trump effect”, and will it last? This is the question addressed in this policy brief. Because it is hard to predict the future, we adopt an historical perspective.

  • Security policy
  • North America
  • Security policy
  • North America
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Scientific article

Trump som trussel - USAs nye president er et betydelig usikkerhetsmoment i internasjonal politikk. Hvordan skal Norge håndtere det?

Trump som trussel - USAs nye president er et betydelig usikkerhetsmoment i internasjonal politikk. Hvordan skal Norge håndtere det? Ingen vet hvilken utenrikspolitikk president Donald Trump vil føre, men det finnes i alle fall to hovedperspektiver: Det første perspektivet er at Trump vil være en formidabel «disrupter». Allianser og historiske forhold synes å bety lite. Trump har vært kritisk til en verdibasert utenrikspolitikk og internasjonale institusjoner, og har vist liten respekt for internasjonale spilleregler. USAs snevre egeninteresser settes foran alt annet. Trump ønsker for eksempel forsoning med Russland, men har samtidig lagt seg ut med muslimer, kvinner, eliter, pressen og sin egen etterretningstjeneste. I utenrikspolitikken har han vært konfronterende med Kina, kritisk til EU, sådd tvil om Nato, ser på mulighetene for å stoppe finansieringen av FN, og han er uklar på klimaspørsmål. Mange tror også at Trump vil kunne endre utenrikspolitikkens form og fremgangsmåte. Snarere enn diplomatiske konsultasjoner med partnere, vil han foretrekke drama, overraskelser, tvetydigheter, støtte og avskrekking, og han vil tvitre kontroversielle synspunkter på nattetid. Det andre perspektivet gir mindre grunn til uro. Vi vet at historiebøkene er fulle av politikere med store reformambisjoner, men i møtet med realitetene vil ofte store bølger ende som små krusninger når politikken skal settes ut i livet. Innad i USA finnes det institusjoner og mekanismer som vil kunne utvanne og avslipte Trumps politikk. I høringen i kongressen kom det i tillegg frem at flere i hans kommende team har andre og mindre utradisjonelle syn på utenrikspolitikk enn Trump selv. ... forts

  • Foreign policy
  • North America
  • Foreign policy
  • North America
Research project
2017 - 2023 (Completed)

Empires, Privateering and the sea (EMPRISE)

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

  • Security policy
  • Trade
  • Diplomacy
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South and Central America
  • Conflict
  • Oceans
  • Governance
  • Historical IR
  • Security policy
  • Trade
  • Diplomacy
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South and Central America
  • Conflict
  • Oceans
  • Governance
  • Historical IR
Event
10:30 - 17:30
Ridehuset, Akershus Fortress
Engelsk
Event
10:30 - 17:30
Ridehuset, Akershus Fortress
Engelsk
21. Nov 2017
Event
10:30 - 17:30
Ridehuset, Akershus Fortress
Engelsk

Military Power Seminar 2017 - The Defence of Europe

With a Europe in great change and Russia as the neighbour in the East, Norway is up against some big defence questions in the years to come. This year's Military Power Seminar hosted by Norwegian Defence University College and NUPI, will take a close look at these challenges.

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14:30 - 16:00
NUPI
Engelsk
Event
14:30 - 16:00
NUPI
Engelsk
9. Oct 2017
Event
14:30 - 16:00
NUPI
Engelsk

Facing new threats: The US cyber security strategy

Cyber security and cyber defense are areas that are increasingly receiving more attention, but there are still major challenges for how a country will manage to deal with such threats. Victor Piotrowski and Ralph F. Wachter comes to NUPI to share his experiences about US cyber security and the strategy the country uses.

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Scientific article

Tøffe kår for samarbeid

I slutten av denne uka møter USAs president Donald Trump Russlands president Vladimir Putin for første gang. Møtet skal skje på sidelinjen av G20-møtet i Hamburg, hvor statsledere for verdens ledende økonomier skal diskutere blant annet klimaendringer, frihandel og kamp mot terrorisme. Både Trump og Putin ser på Syria, Nord-Korea, Iran og antiterror som felt for mulig konstruktivt samarbeid. Fra russisk side er det signalisert at de ønsker å snakke om Syria. Det hersker imidlertid stor usikkerhet i både Washington og Moskva rundt hva Trump vil velge å ta opp under møtet med Putin.

  • Security policy
  • Diplomacy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • North America
  • Security policy
  • Diplomacy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • North America
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Scientific article

The Rebalance to Asia Under Trump

Attempts to predict the future shape of President Donald Trump’s defence policy in the Asia-Pacific are a challenge, at best. Nevertheless, Patrick Cullen argues that, in contrast to early assumptions that he would initiate a more isolationist defence policy and break with the previous administration’s Rebalance to Asia policy, Trump is more likely to adopt a hawkish – if unpredictable – enforcement of the policy’s key defence objectives. Gauging whether the Trump administration will bring either change from, or continuity with, the military component of the Rebalance to Asia policy will require keeping an eye on each of the policy’s subcategories.

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Asia
  • North America
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Asia
  • North America
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Scientific article

Political change and historical analogies

This article deals with how scholars, policy analysts and activists, striving to make sense of current political change, have turned to history for analogies and ideas for action. While it is encouraging to see the Trump presidency and other instances of upheaval leading to a strengthened interest in history, in academe and public life more generally, there nevertheless is a need to caution against facile appropriations of the historical record and the use of superficial similarity to legitimize political action. I discuss ways of historicizing the present, through some examples of historical analogies applied to the first months of the Trump presidency and other relatively current instances of change. I start with a discussion of historical analogies and concepts, stressing how they can be understood as both first order and second order constructs. Then I discuss the current usage of historical analogies and concepts as both first order and second order constructs, before I conclude.

  • Foreign policy
  • North America
  • Governance
  • Historical IR
  • Foreign policy
  • North America
  • Governance
  • Historical IR
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News

Your weekly NUPI recap – week 18

A week dedicated to American foreign and security policy has come to an end.

  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Conflict
  • The EU
Bildet viser ambassadør Christopher R. Hill
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News

The Bear and the Triangle

What shapes EU policy towards China? This is the topic for NUPI Research Fellow Bjørnar Sverdrup-Thygeson's new article.

  • Trade
  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Asia
  • North America
  • The EU
Bildet viser Kinas president Xi Jinping og EU-kommisjonens president Jean-Claude Juncker
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