Turning point for UN peacekeeping?

The UN should stop doing stabilization operations, according to NUPI researchers.

The paradox of gender equality

‘Development doesn’t necessarily promote equal opportunities’, says Francesca Refsum Jensenius.

Prestigious award to NUPI researcher

Iver B. Neumann (NUPI) presented with award for his contributions to globalization research.

Praise for NUPI in institute evaluation

A recent evaluation of Norway’s social science research institutes commends NUPI for the relevance and high quality of its work.

UN Peacekeeping under new leadership

UN will have to address several challenges in the area of peacekeeping operations.

‘Definitely a frightening development’

Global freedom has declined for the 11th consecutive year, according to Freedom House’s recent report. Norway is in the lead, but also faces challenges, according to Senior Advisor Joachim Nahem at NUPI.

Syria – an overview

Watch some of Norway’s experts take on the Syria conflict.

New Secretary of State – Pro oil and pro Russia?

Rex Tillerson – one of the main Western proponents of closer cooperation with Russia in the petroleum sector – has been nominated as Secretary of State for the USA. That may have considerable geopolitical ripple effects.

VIDEO: Research for a safer Europe

‘Europe needs a more consistent security policy’, explains senior research fellow Nina Græger (NUPI). Through an exchange programme for Nordic researchers she has been working with that issue in close collaboration with Swedish colleagues.

From cooperation to conflict

How does Russia see Europe? That is the topic of the latest book by Iver Neumann, who finds that the pendulum swings between the view of Europe as decadent and rotten, and Europe as something to emulate.

When Russia goes to war

What makes war acceptable? Julie Wilhelmsen launches her most recent book, followed by a conversation with Aftenposten commentator Helene Skjeggestad.

A nuclear-weapons-free-world – utopia, or…?

In September 2016, North Korea celebrated a successful nuclear test. Is a nuclear-weapons-free world feasible – and desirable? Sverre Lodgaard looks into this question in his recent publication on this subject.

Lebanon on knife-edge

With Syria to the north-east, Israel in the south and faced with its own political crises, Lebanon finds itself challenged on many fronts.

The cyber-frontier

How does digitalization lead to new kinds of global connections and disconnections in the developing countries? And which role does digitalization play for the UN's sustainable development goals? NUPI researchers set out to explore this in a new research project that maps cybersecurity in the Global...

Good neighbours – the end of the affair?

The EU’s relationship with several neighbouring countries has shifted from harmony to tension. But might the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) have served to make security political bonds stronger? A new book edited by NUPI senior researcher Pernille Rieker looks into this question.

Work together, govern better

What lessons can Norway and Poland learn from each other in the fields of energy, security and migration? Quite a few, according to the final conference of the joint NUPI-PISM project GoodGov.

Liberia - You'll never walk alone?

For the past 13 years, the UN has ensured peace and security in Liberia. Now this West African country must paddle its own canoe – but it is still a weak state, marked by recession and political rivalry.

What forms a state?

Senior Research Fellow Randi Solhjell (NUPI) examined waste management, water and electricity in DR Congo to investigate statehood in her PhD thesis. 

Peace in a world of threats

NUPI participates in the high-level thematic debate on UN, Peace and Security organized by the UN General Assembly 10-11 May 2016.

Russian nationalism on the rise

Nationalism is increasingly evident in Russian society. Researchers Helge Blakkisrud (NUPI) and Pål Kolstø (UiO) take a closer look at the phenomenon in their most recent book.