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!

The Russia Conference 2020: Great Powers and Arctic Politics

Did you miss the conference on 10 September? Here are all the panels for you to watch!

Prestigous award to Julie Wilhelmsen

Wilhelmsen is awarded the ‘Skjerveheimprisen’ for her important work on Russia and the foreign policy debate in Norway.

The Russia Conference 2020: Great Powers and Arctic Politics

Did you miss the conference on 10 September? Here are all the panels for you to watch!

19 questions for a safer future

Europe is divided, and cooperation is essential to ensure a safe future. NUPI’s Julie Wilhelmsen is one of the experts in the Cooperative Security Initiative (CSI), an initiative which is designed to generate ideas and shift momentum in favor of cooperative security and multilateralism. CSI has identified...

Common fears, common opportunities?

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

PODCAST: – Putin has no magic mind control powers

By blaming Vladimir Putin for everything that we dislike in the West, we will fail to address the real issues, according to Mark Galeotti, author of the book We Need to Talk About Putin.

Has the West forgotten about Chechnya?

PODCAST: Ramzan Kadyrov’s reign in Chechnya has cast a wave of fear and oppression across this Russian republic. What does that mean for the people living there, and for those who have fled the region in fear? And why don’t we talk more about this in the West?

VIDEO: Russia and the West – competing realities

Watch experts from Russia, the USA and several European present and discuss a range of topics concerning narratives, the media and politics in Russia and the West.

Your weekly NUPI recap – week 18

A week dedicated to American foreign and security policy has come to an end.

Is NATO delivering?

Several NUPI researchers have contributed to a new book assessing NATO.

Your weekly NUPI recap - week 17

A NUPI week full of events has come to an end. Catch up here.

Syria – an overview

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

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.

How war becomes acceptable

What makes some conflicts difficult to engage in, while others are seen as logical, even necessary?

Radical Islam on the rise in Russia

More than any other country in Europe, Russia is struggling with the challenge of Radical Islam.

How war becomes acceptable

The use of violence may seem acceptable when the counterpart in a conflict is portrayed as radically different from ourselves, according Julie Wilhelmsen, who is defending her doctoral thesis on the Russian war in Chechnya on March 21.