«Møte med NATOs generalsekretær Jens Stoltenberg og utenriksminister Anniken Huitfeldt»
Den norske Atlanterhavskomité og Utenriksdepartementet inviterte til foredrag og samtale med NATOs generalsekretær Jens Stoltenberg og utenriksminister Anniken Huitfeldt i Gamle Logen. Anledningen var NATOs uformelle utenriksministermøte som fant sted i Oslo den samme uken. Invitasjonsteksten reiste følgende overordnede spørsmål: Hva står på spill for transatlantisk og norsk sikkerhet i en verden preget av stormaktsrivalisering og krig? Hvilken virkning vil Finlands og Sveriges NATO-medlemskap ha for Norges nærområder og for NATO som helhet? Hvordan skal vi verne om vestlige, demokratiske verdier i møte med stadig flere autoritære krefter som finner sammen i et tettere og mer forpliktende samarbeid? Arrangementet startet med korte innledninger fra Huitfeldt og Stoltenberg, etterfulgt av panelsamtale ledet av Kate Hansen Bundt. Til sist fikk Halvor Tjønn (frilansjournalist), Robin Allers (IFS) og Karsten Friis (NUPI) stille forberedte spørsmål fra salen.
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A Comparative Study Of Older One-Dimensional UN Peace Operations: Is the Future of UN Peacekeeping its Past?
Over the last few decades, the focus has been on the UN’s large multidimensional peacekeeping missions in Africa. However, half of the UN’s current peacekeeping missions are small observation-type operations that were first established during the Cold War in places like Cyprus, the Golan and Lebanon. This report asks if this type of smaller and less intrusive mission will become more prominent again as we enter a new period of great power rivalry and turbulence. These observation-type operations have been useful for preventing escalation by monitoring ceasefire lines or buffer-zones, but they are not suited for peacemaking and need to be complimented with envoys and diplomats that work to resolve the larger political issues along with members of the Security Council and host nations. The report recommends that peace operations (consisting of a variety of options for a diversity of needs and contexts) should be at the core of the “New Agenda for Peace”, envisaged by António Guterres to be presented at the General Assembly by September 2023. If a new era of great power rivalry requires the UN to once again adapt UN peacekeeping, then its experience through observation and monitoring operations, will provide it with a rich resource of options and models to choose from.
Theory Seminar: “Futures in German” with Maja Zehfuss
Maja Zehfuss will discuss her ongoing work on issues of immigration and citizenship in the context of language policy and the invention of the future.
Mother of the Oceans: Elisabeth Mann Borgese and Ocean Governance
Join us when Lucian M. Ashworth visits NUPI on 21 May.
Arctic Climate Science: A Way Forward for Cooperation through the Arctic Council and Beyond
This brief is inspired and informed by a two-day workshop in Cambridge, Massachusetts entitled “The Future of Arctic Council Innovation: Charting A Course for Working-Level Cooperation” hosted by the Belfer Center’s Arctic Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School in collaboration with the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, the Center for Ocean Governance at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, and the Polar Institute at the Wilson Center. Participants included diverse representatives from civil society, academia, Indigenous Peoples’ organizations, and governments with deep knowledge of and experience with both the Arctic Council and other regional governance mechanisms.
All Quiet on the Northern Front? Russian Media Coverage of Russia-China Arctic Cooperation
This research paper explores the extent and focus of China’s engagement in the Russian Arctic from one key Russian official media outlet, Rossiiskaya gazeta, and highlights how the daily’s coverage provides further context for understanding Russia’s approach to China in the Arctic.
The US election and the global security order
Join us when leading experts will explore the current state of democracy in the USA and its profound implications for global security policies in the next coming years.
Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Myanmar
Myanmar is home to one of the highest concentrations of people vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, with 40 per cent of the population residing in low-lying and coastal regions. Following a military takeover in 2021, the establishment of the State Administration Council (SAC) was met with broad popular resistance, retriggering confrontations with ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) and local antijunta militias. Conflict has exacerbated the country’s vulnerability to climate change and environmental degradation.