Analyzing Frenemies: An Arctic repertoire of cooperation and rivalry
Mesteparten av samhandlingen mellom stater skjer et eller annet sted imellom robust, idyllisk og ubestridt fred og full krig. Arktis er ikke noe unntak. Her har intensivt transnasjonalt samarbeid og manifestasjoner av sikkerhetspolitisk rivalisering mellom NATO og Russland utspilt seg i over 30 år i kjølvannet av Den kalde krigen. I denne artikkelen utforsker Elana Wilson Rowe, Forsker 1 på NUPI, hvordan stater i Arktis har balansert måten de praktiserer samarbeid og rivalisering på i et spesielt krevende politisk landskap etter Krim-annekteringen for fem år siden.
Ukrainsk energisektor i eit nytt politisk landskap
President- og parlamentsvalet tidlegare i år har ført til store endringar i den politiske maktbalansen i Ukraina. Kva betyr dette for energisektoren i landet?
Reyting gotovnosti k peremenam: Sposobny li rossiyskiye neftyanye kompanii adaptirovatsya k novym realiyam mirovykh energeticheskikh rynkov
Er russiske oljeselskaper i stand til å tilpasse seg til den nye virkeligheten i internasjonale energimarkeder?
Addressing Butterfly Questions: The Planet, Plastic Pollution and Policy Pathways at Japan's G20
In its fifth year, the 2019 G20 Interfaith Forumgathered outside of Tokyo to discuss an ambitious agenda organized under the triple-P thematic of Peace, People and Planet: Pathways Forward. While each of these broad themes guided discussions both in panels and plenaries, from the Forum’s outset it became clear that a reoccurring focus would be the importance of protecting the planet in order to support its people and to promote peace. The data presented at the Forum’s inception plenary was too compelling to ignore: according to multiple speakers, planet degradation has costed approximately $US11 trillion to date. But beyond the financial aspect, the environmental and ethical considerations that go into evaluating why this is a reality were at the core of the discussions among the Forum’s interfaithleaders. This focus instigated a number of compelling “butterfly questions” where participants probed and reflected on the implicit human aspect of environmental degradation. In their discussion, speakers often referenced the postwar tale of former Japanese Emperor Hirohito’s lamentation of no longer seeing butterflies in his imperial garden due to environmental degradation. Taking this issue up with Japan’s political leadership at the time, Hirohito instigated the establishment of an environmental program to address pollution in Tokyo, leading to great results and the return of butterflies to his city garden. But in today’s multipolar system, responding to the magnitude and pace of the transnational issues of pollution and climate change on a global scale at a time when the multilateral system is perceived to be eroding seems simultaneously dire, daunting and difficult. And the likelihood of creating an environment where butterflies would like to return seems increasingly fleeting.
Is this Russia's Kodak moment? Russian perspectives on the energy transition (KODAK)
Dette prosjektet vil undersøke hvorvidt russiske energiaktører er oppmerksomme på muligheten for et raskt skifte bort fra karbondrevet energietterspørsel på det globale markedet, hvilk...