Julie Wilhelmsen
Senior Research FellowJulie Wilhelmsen is a senior research fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. She holds a PhD in political science and conducts research in the fields of critical security studies, Russian foreign and security policies and the radicalization of Islam in Eurasia.
The two post-soviet Chechen wars have been a constant focus in her research and she is also heads projects related to conflict resolution in the North Caucasus. From 2012 to 2016 she was the editor of the Scandinavian-language journal Internasjonal Politikk, and has a wide outreach to the Norwegian public on issues related to Russia and Eurasia through frequent public talks and media comments.
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Putin's Power Revisited: How identity positions and great power interaction condition strategic cooperation in Syria
2019This article investigates how Russian foreign policies are shaped in a two-level interactive social game. Russian foreign policies take their cue from ingrained identity positions articulated by the state leadership and negotiated in domestic debates, but they are also informed by interaction with other... -
Tue 4 Jun 2019Event
Breakfast seminar: The global war on journalism
Time: 09:00 Location: NUPIJournalist Peter Greste was in 2014 arrested in Egypt and charged with terrorism. It ended with 400 days behind bars. Greste argues that this is an extreme example of a much wider global assault on the media, and he emphasizes why it is important that we fight back.
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Wed 15 May 2019Event
The International Criminal Court and the 2008 Russo-Georgian War
Time: 13:30 Location: NUPIWhat is the impact of the International Criminal Court's investigation of Russia and Georgia?
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Research project
Competency through Cooperation: Advancing knowledge on Georgia's strategic path (GEOPATH)
2019 - 2022 (Ongoing)GEOPATH is a collaborative research project which aims to build competency in the Georgian research sector as well as producing new insights into the crucial question of Georgia's future strategic path between Russia and the EU.
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Russian Governance of the North Caucasus: Dilemmas of force and inclusion
2019While Vladimir Putin’s Russia struggles to strike a balance between security and freedom within the Russian polity, nowhere is the problem as acute as in the eastern parts of the North Caucasus. This chapter reviews Russia’s approach to the republics in that region since Putin came to power, and asks... -
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Colonized Children: Chechnya in Russia
2019This chapter explores how kinship relations have functioned as a source of social power in Chechnya and, since the end of the second post-soviet Chechen war, constituted a bond between Moscow and Grozny that allowed Russian governance over Chechnya. -
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Inside Russia’s Imperial Relations: The Social Constitution of Putin-Kadyrov Patronage
2018This article analyses how Moscow has extended its rule over Chechnia since the beginning of this century. Within the larger understanding of this rule as imperial in form, the current distinct contractual relation between the Russian center and Chechnia is substantiated as one based on kinship. I argue... -
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Norway and Russia in the Arctic: New Cold War Contamination?
The standoff between Russia and the West over Ukraine has already obstructed cooperation across a range of issues. Could it also affect state interaction between Norway and Russia in the Arctic—an area and a relationship long characterized by a culture of compromise and/or cooperation? Here we start... -
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How the New Cold War travelled North (Part II) Interaction between Norway and Russia
This policy brief examines changing Russian and Norwegian approaches to each other in the period 2012–2016, and discusses how the “New Cold War” spread to the North. This is an intriguing question, since both parties had initially stated that, despite the overall worsening of Russia–West relations following... -
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How the New Cold War travelled North (Part I) Norwegian and Russian narratives
The standoff between Russia and the West over Ukraine has already obstructed cooperation across a range of issues. Could it also affect state interaction between Norway and Russia in the Arctic—an area and a relationship long characterized by a culture of compromise and cooperation? In two policy briefs... -
Research project
Russia's strategic approaches to Europe: Addressing the puzzle through policy relevant research (StratApproach)
2018 - 2020 (Ongoing)How is Russia’s strategic approach to Europe shaped by its reading of Western intentions and actions and what implications does this approach has for Norway?
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Fri 28 Sep 2018Event
Global Disorder and Distrust – The breakdown of trust between Russia and the West
Time: 09:00 Location: NUPIA downward spiral in Russia-Western relations has ensued after the crises in Ukraine in 2014. What are the consequences and what can be done to de-escalate the tension?
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Wed 5 Sep 2018Event
Fighting violent extremism: What can be learned from the North Caucasus?
Time: 12:00 Location: NUPIWhat factors affect the flow of recruits from the North Caucasus areas to jihadist groups in and outside of Russia?
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Mon 19 Mar 2018Event
Six new years with Putin – what now?
Time: 14:30 Location: NUPIOn 18 March Vladimir Putin will by all appearances be re-elected for a new six-year term as President. What will this mean for Russia?
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Fri 9 Feb 2018Event
Russian foreign policy as a tool for domestic mobilization
Time: 09:00 Location: NUPIIrina Busygina is visiting NUPI to talk about Russian foreign policy and how it affects domestic change.
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News
VIDEO: Russia and the West – competing realities
04.12.2017NUPI’s annual Russia conference drew a full house. -
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Your weekly NUPI recap – week 18
05.05.2017A week dedicated to American foreign and security policy has come to an end. -
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Is NATO delivering?
03.05.2017Several NUPI researchers have contributed to a new book assessing NATO. -
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Your weekly NUPI recap - week 17
28.04.2017A NUPI week full of events has come to an end. Catch up here. -
Wed 26 Apr 2017Event
Breakfast seminar: NATO and Collective Defence in the 21st Century
Time: 08:00 Location: NUPIIs NATO delivering? NUPI researcher Karsten Friis provides a thorough assessment of the on-going debates and discussions taking place within and outside of NATO in Europe and North America in his most recent book. Welcome to this book launch seminar.