Evolving Sino-Russia Relations
This seminar will discusses how Russia and China are finding a mid-way to align their interests without an alliance.
Opting Out of the EU: The UK and Denmark
In this timely seminar, Professor Rebecca Adler-Nissen from the University of Copenhagen will speak about how EU opt-out arrangements work in practice, with the hot cases of Britain and Denmark as examples.
Kampen om idemessigé forklaringer på japansk sikkerhetspolitikk: Kina i Japans identitetskonstruksjon
The relationship between the Nordic countries and China: What can we learn from our neighbors?
The launching of "Internasjonal Politikk" no. 3, focuses on the relationship between the Nordic countries and China.
Can cooperative Russian and Western Arctic policies survive the current crisis in Russian-Western relations? (CANARCT)
This project addresses Russia's Arctic policy provisions compared with other states. Can cooperative Russian and Western Arctic policies survive the current crisis in Russian-West...
Security and Development Challenges in Africa over the next Decade
Which steps need to be taken by African states to counter increasing development and security challenges?
NATO towards Warsaw - significance for Norway and the Nordic
This project will contribute with new perspectives and understandings in the official debate in Norway, linked to security, collective defense and NATO. The delivery is a series of thr...
Science and Business in Arctic Environmental Governance (POLGOV)
We know little about the role of science and business actors in contemporary Arctic governance. This project seeks to address this gap. ...
Lebanon on the brink
Gravely affected by the Syrian crisis, Lebanon has managed to remain relatively stable against all odds – despite the influx of some 1.5 million Syrian refugees and internal political crisis involving actors who support opposing Syrian factions. Lebanon’s resilience can be explained by the high opportunity cost of state breakdown for domestic, regional and international political actors. Moreover, international economic assistance, diaspora remittances and informal networks established by refugees help to prevent outright economic breakdown. Yet, stability remains extremely precarious. Important tipping points include (1) the IS strategy of spreading the conflict to Lebanon, and the consequent disintegration of the army along sectarian lines, (2) democratic decline and popular dissatisfaction, (3) Hizbullah’s domestic ambitions and Israeli fears over the group’s growing military power and (4) the potential for frustration between refugees and host communities turning into recurrent violence. However, (5) the slow economic decline and the worsening sanitary conditions stand out as the greatest challenges.