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  • Mon 9 May 2022
    Event

    The protest potential in today's Russia: The gap between intent and action

    Time: 09:00 Location: NUPI

    Russian societal response to Putin’s war with Ukraine is hard to gauge. Anecdotal evidence and livestreams of pro-regime rallies suggests a consolidation around the state and President Putin, while evidence from protest and everyday resistance suggests growing opposition. How do we interpret these conflicting...

  • Fri 3 Dec 2021
    Event

    WEBINAR: Renegotiating patron support for Nagorno-Karabakh after the 2020 war

    Time: 09:00 Location: Live stream to Facebook and Youtube

    Last autumn, in a matter of weeks, the Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians lost two-thirds of the territory they had controlled since 1994. In the end, only Russian intervention stopped a full reabsorption of Nagorno-Karabakh into Azerbaijan. How has this affected regional power constellations?

  • Tue 5 Oct 2021
    Event

    De Facto States and Land-for-Peace Agreements: Territory and Recognition at Odds?

    Time: 12:00 Location: C.J. Hambrosplass 2 D/Livestream to Facebook and Youtube

    Sovereignty conflicts are inevitably linked to geography. Can there be geographical solutions to secessionist conflicts, which are caught between two principles at cross purposes: the principle of self-determination (defended by de facto states) and the principle of territorial integrity (defended by...

  • Fri 28 May 2021
    Event

    Mixed Signals: What Putin Says about Gender Equality

    Time: 14:30 Location: Microsoft Teams

    Researchers on Russia have noticed that Putin gradually has adopted a more conservative agenda, especially as regards gender issues. But is this reflected in the Russian president's own rhetoric?

  • Mon 10 May 2021
    Event

    Belarus: At the Height of Mobilisation and Repression

    Time: 13:00 Location: Microsoft Teams

    Nine months after the massive political protests started as a reaction to the 2020 presidential elections, this webinar examines the state of the political crisis in Belarus.

  • Mon 25 Nov 2019
    Event

    History as politics in Putin’s Russia

    Time: 14:00 Location: NUPI

    Professor Alexey Miller give a lecture about Russian memory politics and how memory politics is used and can be understood in relation to the international context.

  • Thu 31 Oct 2019
    Event

    Ukraine's energy transition in a new political landscape

    Time: 14:00 Location: NUPI

    The presidential and parliamentary elections earlier this year resulted in a massive shift of power in Ukrainian politics. How is this affecting the energy sector in Ukraine?

  • Fri 8 Nov 2019
    Event

    Russia and the European Human Rights System

    Time: 09:00 Location: NUPI

    There is a change in Russia's approach to the European Convention on Human Rights. What are the prospects for Russian participation in this system?

  • Thu 6 Jun 2019
    Event

    Generation Putin: What’s important to them?

    Time: 09:00 Location: NUPI

    Recent polls show that Russian youths differ from their parents in values and orientations. What impact may this have on their political participation and preferences?

  • Mon 27 May 2019
    Event

    The future of Russian arms exports

    Time: 13:30 Location: NUPI

    Will Russian arms export continue to boost Russian influence in the world?

  • Mon 3 Dec 2018
    Event

    Putin’s Russia: Vanguard or rearguard of populism?

    Time: 09:00 Location: NUPI

    What are the similarities, differences and linkages between Putin’s Russia and Orban’s Hungary, Trump’s USA and Bolsonaro’s Brazil?

  • Tue 13 Nov 2018
    Event

    Ten years after the Russia-Georgia war: Geopolitics of the South Caucasus and Black Sea Regions

    Time: 10:00 Location: NUPI

    Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, David Zalkaliani, visits NUPI to talk about the situation in the region ten years after the war.

  • Wed 31 Oct 2018
    Event

    How do the Russians view the confrontation with the West?

    Time: 09:00 Location: NUPI

    Lev Gudkov will give you an insight to the public opinion in Russia in 2018.

  • Mon 22 Oct 2018
    Event

    CANCELLED: New conservatism as national consensus in Russia?

    Time: 14:30 Location: NUPI

    Unfortunately, we have to cancel this seminar due to unforeseen events.

  • Mon 3 Sep 2018
    Event

    How does Russia prepare for a transition of power?

    Time: 09:00 Location: NUPI

    According to the Russian Constitution, the current term is the last for President Putin. How will the Russian political system prepare for the transition of power?

  • Mon 19 Mar 2018
    Event

    Six new years with Putin – what now?

    Time: 14:30 Location: NUPI

    On 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?

  • Thu 1 Feb 2018
    Event

    Armenia-Turkey Relations – torn between past and future

    Time: 09:00 Location: NUPI

    Vahram Ter-Matevosyan talks about the complicated relationship between Turkey and Armenia, a situation that has been at a standstill for the past 26 years.

  • Fri 16 Jun 2017
    Event

    Small states on the grand chessboard – the case of Moldova

    Time: 10:30 Location: NUPI

    Minister of Foreign affairs of Moldova, H.E. Mr. Andrei Galbur, will give a lecture on the foreign policy objectives of the Republic of Moldova in the current international security environment which confronts itself with an unprecedented number of old and emerging challenges.

  • Fri 28 Apr 2017
    Event

    Transformation during War: Mission possible. Ukrainian takeaways for West

    Time: 09:00 Location: NUPI

    NUPI has the pleasure of inviting you to this seminar where the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration will talk about the situation in the country.

  • Thu 20 Apr 2017
    Event

    Regional Reforms in Russia: Public Management Reforms

    Time: 12:00 Location: NUPI

    NUPI has the pleasure of inviting you to a seminar marking the end of the project "Local government budgeting reforms in Russia: Implications and Tensions (BUDRUS)”.

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