All content about Defence and security

• Walls and other boundaries to irregular migration: is the US approach that different from the European one?

  Event

  Tue 4 Jun 2019

  Time: 18:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Kværneland, The House of Literature in Oslo

  At this seminar 5 June, we will take a closer look at the policies implemented in areas bordering Europe and ask how this affects the neighboring countries and migration flows.

  

• What does Trump’s Space Force mean for Europe?

  Event

  Mon 3 Jun 2019

  Time: 13:30 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

  The American President wants his own Space Force, and this could contribute to a shift in the dynamics of space that until now has been characterized by cooperation.

  

• Turkey’s Syria policy and the refugee question

  Event

  Tue 25 Jun 2019

  Time: 10:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

  How is Turkey’s foreign policy shaped in the new presidential system? And how is Turkey’s Syria policy influenced by and influencing the refugee crisis?

  

• Breakfast seminar: The EU in the Sahel – from good intentions to Europe first?

  Event

  Wed 28 Aug 2019

  Time: 09:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

  Researchers from some of the world's leading institutes have in a three-year project looked into which local impacts the EU crisis response has had in the areas where they have taken place, and how the EU can improve its response mechanisms.

  

• The evolving political dynamics in Ethiopia and its implications for the Horn of Africa

  Event

  Mon 2 Sept 2019

  Time: 10:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

  In this seminar, Dr. Abdeta Beyene of the Centre for Dialogue, Research and Cooperation in Ethiopia will talk about the evolving political dynamics in Ethiopia and its implications for the greater Horn of Africa.

  

• Islamic Insurgents in the MENA Region - Global Threat or Regional Menace?

  Event

  Tue 9 Jan 2018

  Time: 10:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

  Three researchers affiliated with NUPI presents the main findings in their recent study on insurgents in the Middle East and North Africa region.

  

• Theory Seminar: “War in International Thought”

  Event

  Mon 29 Jan 2018

  Time: 13:15 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

  Professor Jens Bartelson will talk about his latest book on how we have perceived war throughout centuries.

  

• Myanmar – challenges and opportunities

  Event

  Thu 22 Mar 2018

  Time: 09:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

  UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP representative in Myanmar, Knut Østby and researchers Roman Vakulchuk and Kristian Stokke will take a closer look at Myanmar, and the political and economic challenges the country is facing.

  

• What challenges lie ahead for NATO?

  Event

  Wed 13 Jun 2018

  Time: 10:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: The House of Literature, Oslo

  As a run-up to the NATO Summit in Brussels in July, NUPI invites you to this seminar on the challenges NATO is facing.

  

• The anglophone crisis in Cameroon: uncovering a neglected conflict

  Event

  Mon 4 Jun 2018

  Time: 14:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

  Guillaume Nseke discusses a conflict that – despite hundreds of casualties, and thousands internally displaced – has failed to gain international attention.