Q and A - The conflict on the Crimean Peninsula
The conflict that is now unfolding on the Crimean peninsula in the Black Sea is currently dominating the news, and the situation is very tense. But what is actually happening on the Crimean peninsula now?
European Energy Security in the Wake of the Russia–Ukraine Crisis, PISM Strategic File 27(63)
Russia’s confrontational approach towards Ukraine and the West has made energy security bells ring in many European capitals and in Brussels. This is perfectly understandable because Russia is the most important external supplier of energy to the EU, and Ukraine is the country through which more than 50 per cent of Russian gas destined for the EU is shipped. The EU learnt earlier, in 2006 and 2009, how tensions in gas relations between Russia and Ukraine may influence the situation on the European gas market. This time, however, the EU is on course to change its energy policy and relations with Russia, in order to enhance its security and limit the possibility of energy blackmail.
The French return to NATO: Reintegration in practice, not in principle
Germany in the New Europe. German–Russian Relations in European and Translatlantic Perspective
Norway, Asia and the Global Value Chains. Asia’s Growth and Norway’s Economic Links to Asia.
This report is written as part of a project funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2013. The core project team has included the authors of this report, Donghyun Park, Asian Development Bank, Manila and Innwon Park, Korea University, Seoul. This report focuses on the economic development of Asia and Norway’s economic links to Asia, and aims to provide a compact and up-to-data analysis in these fields.