Jon Harald Sande Lie
Jon Harald Sande Lie holds a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Bergen (2011), Research Professor and Head of the Research group on...
Jakub M. Godzimirski
Jakub M. Godzimirski has been working on Russian foreign and security policy issues at NUPI for more than 20 years, paying special attention to th...
Kristin Haugevik
Kristin Haugevik is Research Professor and Research Director at NUPI. She holds a PhD in political science from the University of Oslo (2014). An...
Morten Skumsrud Andersen
Morten S. Andersen is a Senior Research Fellow in the Research group on Global order and Diplomacy. In addition to a focus on theoretical and meth...
Morten Skumsrud Andersen
Morten S. Andersen is a Senior Research Fellow in the Research group on Global order and Diplomacy. In addition to a focus on theoretical and meth...
Francesca R. Jensenius
Francesca R. Jensenius was a Research Professor (part time) at NUPI.
Ulf Sverdrup
Ulf Sverdrup was the Director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) from 2011 to 2023. Sverdrup led a government appointed co...
Roman Vakulchuk
Roman Vakulchuk is head of the Research Group for Climate and Energy and a Research Professor at NUPI. He holds a PhD degree in economics obtained...
US mainland, EU archipelago? Convergence and Divergence on Transnational Organized Crime
The fight against organized crime has become a top security priority for the European Union (EU). While a new policy area is emerging, it is difficult to understand who is in lead and how the process develops. This article delves into the post-Lisbon EU security model, exploring how Washington and Brussels collaborate in combating organized crime in a context of changing definitions, actors and policies. It argues that US definitions, operational models and policies influence EU institutional thinking and policies, shifting the emphasis from prevention and rule of law to execution and intelligence. The dynamics of policy convergence and divergence on criminal matters in the transatlantic community reflect tectonic shifts in the deepest levels of thinking security in the West, affecting the moulding of a European security identity.