All content about Insurgencies

• The EU in the Middle East - how to prevent terrorism and violent extremism?

  13 Nov 2018

  • Henriette Ullavik Erstad

  That was the topic for the project EUNPACK's contribution to the MERI Forum 2018.

  The Middle East and North Africa  The EU  Terrorism and extremism  Conflict  Europe  Security policy  Insurgencies

  

• Hybrid paths to resistance in the Muslim world: Iraq, Lebanon, Libya and Mali (HYRES)

  Research project | 2017 - 2020 (Completed)

  HYRES studies the interaction between Islamist movements and the state in the cases of Iraq, Lebanon, Libya and Mali, and is designed to answer the following question: Why do some Islamist groups purs...

  Africa  The Middle East and North Africa  Peace operations  Terrorism and extremism  Conflict  Governance  Development policy

  

• Fragile states and violent entrepreneurs: conflict, climate, refugees (FRAGVENT)

  Research project | 2017 - 2021 (Completed)

  What forms of authority underpin, enable, and extend violent entrepreneurs in fragile states, and how do the combined effects of fragile states, conflict, and climate impact this?...

  Africa  The Middle East and North Africa  Conflict  Migration  Insurgencies  Fragile states  Terrorism and extremism  Climate

  

• How can the EU improve its response to crises?

  25 Mar 2019

  Researchers within and beyond Europe have been studying the EU's approach to conflict and crises. Here's what they found out.

  The EU  Conflict  International organizations  The Middle East and North Africa  Africa  Europe  Fragile states  Migration  Insurgencies  Terrorism and extremism

  

• The violence in Mali is getting bloodier, but religion is not necessarily at its root

  8 Apr 2019

  • Natasja Rupesinghe
  • Morten Bøås

  The massacre of Fulani in central Mali on 23 March marks a grave, new turn in the conflict. How did we get here? NUPI researchers Natasja Rupesinghe1

  Humanitarian issues  Insurgencies  Conflict  Governance  Africa  Migration  Fragile states

  

• Research prize to NUPI's Henriette Ullavik Erstad

  28 May 2019

  • Endre Stangeby

  Erstad is awarded the Ording Prize 2018 for her article on Iran's mobilization of Iraqi Shi'a militias.

  Defence and security  Conflict  Terrorism and extremism  The Middle East and North Africa  Governance  Insurgencies

  

• EPON at Stockholm Forum for Peace and Development 2019

  31 May 2019

  On 14-16 May 2019, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs co-hosted the 2019 Stockholm1

  Peace operations  Africa  Conflict  United Nations  Insurgencies

  

• How do Islamist movements relate to the modern state?

  28 Jun 2019

  • Tine Gade

  The first research notes from the HYRES project are out, analyzing several very timely questions related to Islamist movements in Mali, Iraq, Libya a1

  The Middle East and North Africa  Fragile states  Insurgencies  Terrorism and extremism  Africa  Conflict  Governance

  

• Drivers of violent extremism: NUPI to coordinate EU-funded project

  19 Dec 2019

  • Ane Teksum Isbrekken

  PREVEX will shed light on how the various drivers of violent extremism operate.

  The EU  Conflict  Terrorism and extremism  The Middle East and North Africa  Europe  Insurgencies  Fragile states  Comparative methods

  

• The PREVEX project officially launched in Brussels

  7 Feb 2020

  • Henriette Ullavik Erstad

  Why are some communities more likely to experience violent extremism than others? 

  Terrorism and extremism  Conflict  Insurgencies  The Middle East and North Africa  Africa  Comparative methods  The EU