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Chinese and Japanese investments in Myanmar – what determines their environmental friendliness?

What determines whether companies investing in developing countries proceed in an environmentally friendly way? A new article published at level 2 by researchers at Harvard and NUPI examines this question.

How do journalists in the Middle East cope with political pressure?

All over the world, media-owners and lobbyists use journalists and the media as political tools for their own ends. How do journalists cope with this? A NUPI project has examined this issue in Tunisia and Lebanon.

How states cope with international criticism

When states and their leaders encounter international criticism, they normally employ one of three strategies: recognition, rejection or countering. Diplomats, however, often take a fourth approach, according to a new study by Senior Research Fellow Kristin Haugevik (NUPI) and Professor Cecilie B. Neumann...

What affects Nordic defence cooperation?

We have lacked good tools for analysing security cooperation in medium-sized regions such as the Nordic areas, according to Karsten Friis (NUPI). His most recent article offers a solution. 

Why lack of will to limit climate change amongst ASEAN states?

The countries of Southeast Asia are among the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Why, then, has there been so little will to take action? This paradox is the focus of a new article from the ACCEPT project. 

The crises threatening the EU today

Corona crisis, legitimization crisis and climate crisis. These are merely a few of the obstacles currently facing the EU. How is it coping? And where will the EU find itself in 2025? EU crisis management is in focus in a new book by Prof. Marianne Riddervold (NUPI and HINN) and colleagues. 

NUPI replaces NRK P2's 'Ekko' this week

NUPI has produced ten hours of high quality radio about foreign policy and international relations. The programs will air on NRK P2 during week 50, Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 11.00. Tune in!

NUPI replaces NRK P2's 'Ekko' this week

NUPI has produced ten hours of high quality radio about foreign policy and international relations. The programs will air on NRK P2 during week 50, Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 11.00. Tune in!

What's next for the Women, Peace and Security Agenda (WPS)?

2020 marks the 20th anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325. But the important Women, Peace and Security agenda seem to have had a backlash in recent years. 

How Covid-19 affects sustainable energy transitions

Less flying. More biking. More staying at home, also when you are working. A new article by nine renowned energy experts explains how the pandemic may change the global energy landscape. 

‘We need to reflect on what “freedom” means to us’

What does freedom mean? In her new book, NUPI Senior Research Fellow Rita Augestad Knudsen examines the use of this concept within international politics.

New meta-review of 204 publications on renewable energy and geopolitics

In their recently published meta-review, Senior Research Fellow Roman Vakulchuk and Research Professor Indra Øverland have systematized and analysed available research in the field. 

How the green transition will lead to a more peaceful world

The green transition will undoubtedly affect geopolitics. But how? NUPI researchers have taken a systematic look at 204 publications in the first meta-review on the field of renewable energy and geopolitics.

How do the Nordics position themselves in the new European security landscape?

In a new joint report, researchers from NUPI and research institutes in the Nordics have investigated this.

Free trade agreements increasingly important for Norway

The EEA Agreement is Norway’s most significant free trade agreement by far. However, free trade agreements with other countries are becoming increasingly important, notes NUPI Senior Research Fellow Hege Medin.

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

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

Key climate research severely underfunded

Researchers from NUPI and the University of Sussex analysed USD 1.3 trillion of research funding. From 1990 to 2018 only 0.12% of the funding was spent on a critical issue: how to change societies to mitigate climate change.

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

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

What does China really want in the Middle East?

In a recent article, NUPI research fellow Henrik S. Hiim and Stig Stenslie aim to find an answer.

The green transition: Who will be the geopolitical winners – and losers?

This is the main question behind a new index developed by an international research team led by NUPI’s Indra Øverland.