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Putin’s potential headache: The anti-mobilization protests in North Caucasus
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Putin’s potential headache: The anti-mobilization protests in North Caucasus

After Vladimir Putin’s announcement of the partial mobilization of the war in Ukraine in September, people, and in particular women, took to the s...

  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Humanitarian issues
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Humanitarian issues
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
Camille  Vern
Researchers

Camille Vern

Visiting Research Fellow

Camille is a visiting research fellow at NUPI for two months and will take part in the work of the Research Group Peace, Conflict and Development....

  • Diplomacy
  • Conflict
  • International organizations
  • AU
  • Diplomacy
  • Conflict
  • International organizations
  • AU
Russian youth, war, and independent journalists in exile
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Russian youth, war, and independent journalists in exile

The Russian online magazine DOXA is this year's winner of the Norwegian Student Peace Prize. The committee highlights their work exposing corrupti...

  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Humanitarian issues
  • Conflict
  • Human rights
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Humanitarian issues
  • Conflict
  • Human rights
Publications
Publications
Scientific article
John Karlsrud, Malte Brosig

How Ad Hoc Coalitions Deinstitutionalize International Institutions

As ad hoc coalitions (AHCs) proliferate, particularly on the African continent, two questions crystallize. First, what consequences do they bring about for the existing institutional security landscape? And second, how can the trend of AHCs operating alongside instead of inside regional organizations be captured and explored conceptually? To answer these questions, we closely examine the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) fighting Boko Haram and its changing relationship to the African Union (AU). Through the case study and a review of policy and academic literatures, the article launches the concept of deinstitutionalization and how it can be characterized. We identify three features of deinstitutionalization – AHCs can bypass standard procedures for decision-making processes; whittle down established institutional scripts, and shift resource allocations. We detail how the AHCs contribute to changing practices of financing international peace and security operations, with an examination of EU and UN policies and practices. In sum, the paper unwraps the processes of deinstitutionalization and identifies three forms of rationales for this process – lack of problem-solving capacity, limited adaptability and path dependency.

  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Humanitarian issues
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
  • Migration
  • Nation-building
  • Insurgencies
  • United Nations
  • AU
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  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Humanitarian issues
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
  • Migration
  • Nation-building
  • Insurgencies
  • United Nations
  • AU
NUPIpodden#3: Afrikas opprørere - hvem er de?
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NUPIpodden#3: Afrikas opprørere - hvem er de?

NUPI-forsker Morten Bøås snakker om sin nye bok "Africa's Insurgents: Navigating an Evolving Landscape. Hvem er disse opprørerne? Og hva kjenneteg...

  • Africa
  • Fragile states
  • Insurgencies
  • Africa
  • Fragile states
  • Insurgencies
NUPIpodden #6: Truer presidentvalget freden i Colombia?
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NUPIpodden #6: Truer presidentvalget freden i Colombia?

Søndag 17. juni avgjør Colombianerne hvem de vil ha som sin neste president. Blir det vinneren av første valgomgang, Høyresidens kandidat Ivan Duq...

  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Fragile states
  • Nation-building
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Fragile states
  • Nation-building
NUPIpodden #7: Vennskapene som beveger verden
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NUPIpodden #7: Vennskapene som beveger verden

Gomlende på hver sin pølse i brød så de ut som to bestevenner på basketkamp, USAs daværende president Barack Obama og Storbritannias daværende sta...

  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Nation-building
  • Governance
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Nation-building
  • Governance
NUPIpodden #10: Hva skjer med EUs forsvar?
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NUPIpodden #10: Hva skjer med EUs forsvar?

Vi ser nærmere på det europeiske forsvarssamarbeidet – og hva Brexit kan ha å si for forsvar og sikkerhet i Europa. NUPI-forsker Øyvind Svendsen s...

  • Security policy
  • Foreign policy
  • Fragile states
  • Security policy
  • Foreign policy
  • Fragile states
NUPIpodden #12: Kan du forvente hjelp fra Norge hvis du kommer i trøbbel i utlandet?
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NUPIpodden #12: Kan du forvente hjelp fra Norge hvis du kommer i trøbbel i utlandet?

Skal vi hente hjem fremmedkrigere som har reist til Syria for å slutte seg til IS? Brukte norske myndigheter for mye penger på å få hjem to drapsd...

  • Security policy
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • The Nordic countries
  • Humanitarian issues
  • Governance
  • Security policy
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • The Nordic countries
  • Humanitarian issues
  • Governance
NUPIpodden #13: Trusselen fra teknologien – slik kan demokratiet hackes
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NUPIpodden #13: Trusselen fra teknologien – slik kan demokratiet hackes

Hvor lett er det egentlig å hacke demokratier? Hva kan hackerne faktisk gjøre? Og hvor sannsynlig er det at noen prøver å hacke norske valg? I epi...

  • Security policy
  • Cyber
  • Humanitarian issues
  • Security policy
  • Cyber
  • Humanitarian issues
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