The Protection of Women and Children in Liberia

Between Boy Scouts and Paramilitary Storm Troops: The Young Communist League of Nepal

Conditions for Hospitality or Defence of Identity? Writers in Need of Refuge – a Case of Denmark’s ‘Muslim relations’

Fisheries Trade in India: Understanding Potentials and Barriers

Is corruption contagious? An econometric analysis

Police Corruption, Crime and Crime Reporting: A Simultaneous Equations Approach

Unfolding the international at late modernity: international society and the humanitarian space

It takes two to Tango. Danish concepts of dialogue as counterterrorism

‘Flipping the COIN’ Unity of Effort and Special Operations Forces

Who Buys Whom in International Oligopolies with FDI and Technology Transfer?

Under what conditions will a technology leader from a small country acquire a laggard from a large country, and vice versa? We answer this question with a two-firm two-country Cournot model, where firms enter new markets via greenfield FDI or acquisition. The model takes into account both technological...

Megaton nuclear underground tests and catastrophic events on Novaya Zemlya : A satellite study

During the first NUPI study of the Novaya Zemlya underground nuclear test site in 1991–92, much information was generated. This relates both to facilities and testing activities. One of the most important discoveries made was the enormous catastrophic rockslide caused by an underground test. In recent...

A Childhood Lost? The Challenges of Successful Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration of Child Soldiers: The Case of West Africa

[Abstract] After a conflict ends, there is a need to disarm, demobilise and reintegrate child soldiers into society. This report examines the challenges of achieving successful disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) of child soldiers, with reference to DDR processes in West Africa, and suggests...

Den stora segern fyller 60 : Segerdag, symbolåtervinning och ett förlorat fosterland

Uppsatsen handlar om firandet av 60-årsjubileet av andra världskrigets slut i Ryssland våren 2005. Den så kallade segerdagen som firas den 9 maj är en av landets största högtider. Uppsatsens huvudintresse är hur bilden av andra världskriget och den sovjetiska segern finns i offentligheten i dag och används...

Implementing Human Rights Norms : A Case Study of Russia's Partial Compliance to ECHR Protocol No. 6

In December 1991, Russia started down the road of its post-Soviet existence. The re-emergence of Russia as a separate, independent entity compelled the state to come to terms with its revived national identity. Russia’s relationship with the West lay at the core of the challenge to define what Russia...

Trade Openness and Economic Growth : Do Institutions Matter?

Do lower policy-induced barriers to international trade promote economic growth in countries with poorly developed institutions? Several studies have found a general and positive relationship between trade openness and growth on average, but many of them are marred by methodological shortcomings and...

Norge og multilateralt samarbeid : Mot en ny politikk?

I Soria Moria-erklæringen varslet den nye regjeringen at den multilaterale bistanden i økende grad skal forskyves fra Verdensbanken til utviklingsprogrammer og nødhjelpstiltak i regi av FN-organer. Norsk bistand skal ikke gå til programmer som stiller krav om liberalisering og privatisering. Det er imidlertid...

From Internationalization of Terrorism to the Internationalization of Anti-terrorism : The Role of the Summer Olympic Games

The academic literature on international relations and international sports studies has long ignored the linkages between sports and international relations. The present contribution seeks to remedy this shortcoming in the literature on international relations and international sports studies, focusing...

Tackling Welfare Gaps: The East European Transition and New Patterns of Migration to Norway

The main purpose of the study is to analyse how the growing welfare gaps between Eastern and Western Europe have become a securitised issue that needs to be addressed by national, international and supranational bodies. The very existence of welfare gaps is an important migratory push-factor. This study...

Nuclear Weapons and Materials into the 21st Century: Threats, Challenges, and Options for Change

«Challenges to Collective Security» Working Papers from NUPI’s UN Programme: In three sections, this working paper briefly outlines i) present-day nuclear threats, ii) associated challenges of multinational mechanisms to stem nuclear proliferation to state and non-state actors – and most importantly,...

EUs forslag til nytt tjenestedirektiv : Samfunns- og næringsøkonomiske konsekvenser for Norge