China-US nuclear rivalry and the discovery of China’s missile silos
Last summer, researchers discovered that China is building several nuclear missile silo fields. Featuring one of the researchers behind the silo discovery, this seminar explores how Beijing’s unprecedented nuclear buildup will affect China-US rivalry and strategic stability.
Per Erik Solli
Per Erik Solli is Senior Defence Analyst in NUPIs Research group on security and defence. Solli also holds positions at Nord University and the No...
WEBINAR: Renewed Threats from the High North to the Black Sea. Main FLANKS Conclusions and Findings
On Thursday, May 5th 2022, New Strategy Center, in partnership with the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI), will organize the online conference ”Renewed Threats from the High North to the Black Sea. Main FLANKS Conclusions and Findings”.
WEBINAR: The secrets of al-Qaeda: “The Bin Laden Papers”
Nelly Lahoud has taken a deep dive into Osama Bin Ladens files and looked at his plans for future attacks in her new book on “The Bin Laden Papers”.
Kina balanserer på en tynn line
Kronikk om Kinas balansegang knyttet til krigen i Ukraina.
Self-defence Militias and State Sponsorship in Burkina Faso
Summary: Since 2015-16, Burkina Faso has been engulfed in an ongoing conflict with jihadist insurgent groups active across the Sahel in West Africa. As the conflict escalated, the use of armed militias in Burkina Faso became widespread and was actively sponsored by the State which led to concerns over the militias’ potential to perpetuate conflict. The main reasons are that self-defence militias in Burkina Faso are exacerbating mutual distrust, tension and violence among different communities, while the use and State sponsorship of militias are exposing the civilian population to reprisals from the insurgents who perceive them as a threat. The result is that the previous President, Roch Marc Kaboré, might have done more harm than good by creating self-defence militias under the legal framework of the Volunteers for the Defence of the Homeland (VDPs) adopted unanimously by Burkina Faso’s Parliament in January 2020.