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...

Common fears, common opportunities?

How do Czechia and Norway assess and respond to a changing international political context?

Rethinking differentiated integration

Several NUPI researchers contributed to the debate about differentiated integration in the area of security and defence at the annual conference of the European International Studies Association (EISA) in Sofia, Bulgaria last week.

PODCAST: Friendships that move the world

What did two of the world’s most important state leaders – Barack Obama and David Cameron – signal by this image? Senior Research Fellow Kristin Haugevik has examined how relationships between states become ‘special’ in a new book.

PODCAST: Brexit and implications for the EU, EEA and Norway

30 October marked the end of the three yearlong EUNOR project. Podcasts are now available on all the topics that were discussed during the conference.

Friendships form countries’ foreign policy

When two countries constantly talk of each other as "special" friends and allies, this has consequences for practical policy. Words and actions are mutually reinforcing, says Kristin Haugevik, who defends defends her PhD on July 4th.