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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...

  • Publication : Popular scientific article

    Trade, Trust, and De Facto State Conflicts: Abkhazia’s International Economic Engagement

    2021
      • Tamta Gelashvili
      • Helge Blakkisrud
    • Pål Kolstø
    Does trade really foster trust? In the case of conflict-torn regions, developing trade links is often believed to contribute to transforming conflict or even facilitate peacebuilding. However, when it comes to de facto states—states with no or limited international recognition—the relationship between...
  • 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...

  • Publication : Academic article

    Russia's Neighborhood Policy and Its Eurasian Client States: No Autocracy Export

    2021
      • Helge Blakkisrud
    Do authoritarian regimes engage in active export of their political systems? Or are they primarily concerned about their geopolitical interests? This article explores these questions by examining Russia's policy towards Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria. In all three de facto states, Moscow...
  • Publication : Book review

    Bennich-Björkman, Li & Sergiy Kurbatov, eds. When the Future Came: The Collapse of the USSR and the Emergence of National Memory in Post-Soviet His...

    2021
      • Helge Blakkisrud
    Perestroika, the fateful years when Mikhail Gorbachev's plans for reforming the Soviet structure ended with the Union’s full collapse, is for many of us still a lived memory. But how is perestroika remembered today in the states that arose from the ashes of the USSR? And what can this tell us about...
  • Publication : Book review

    Geir Flikke: Russlands rebeller: Protest og reaksjon i Putins Russland (2011–2020)

    2021
      • Helge Blakkisrud
    Based on a review of extensive source material, Geir Flikke describes how Alexei Navalny has gradually evolved into becoming one of the Russian opposition’s top profiles, a process that culminated in Navalny's (failed) campaign to be registered as a candidate in the 2018 presidential election. Flikke...
  • Research project

    Russian Repertoires of Power in the MENA region (RUSMENA)

    2021 - 2024 (Ongoing)

    The main objective of the RUSMENA project is to examine Russian power practices in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region between 2011 and 2021.

  • 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.

  • Publication : Policy brief

    Trade and trust: the role of trade in de facto state conflict transformation

    2021
      • Tamta Gelashvili
      • Helge Blakkisrud
    De facto states – unrecognized secessionist entities that eke out a living on the margins of the international system – are often heavily dependent on external patron states for economic aid and investment. When the parent state – the state that the de facto state seeks to break away from – responds...
  • Publication : Academic article

    Navigating de facto statehood: trade, trust, and agency in Abkhazia's external economic relations

    2020
      • Helge Blakkisrud
      • Tamta Gelashvili
    What opportunities and trade-offs do de facto states encounter in developing economic ties with the outside world? This article explores the complex relationship between trade and trust in the context of contested statehood. Most de facto states are heavily dependent on an external patron for economic...
  • News

    NUPI replaces NRK P2's 'Ekko' this week

    07.12.2020
    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!
  • News

    NUPI replaces NRK P2's 'Ekko' this week

    07.12.2020
    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!
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    Doubling Down on Arctic Diplomacy

    12.11.2020
      • Elana Wilson Rowe
      • Helge Blakkisrud
    • Alf Håkon Hoel
    • Yun Sun
    • Alexander Sergunin
    • Robert Orttung
    What impact will the new Biden administration have on Arctic politics? While the Arctic as a region is not likely to figure as feature in the 100-day plan of a new Biden presidency,  there are reasons to expect some key changes for the region.
  • Publication : Editorial

    Doubling Down on Arctic Diplomacy

    2020
      • Elana Wilson Rowe
      • Helge Blakkisrud
    The Arctic looms large in the popular consciousness as a potential new theatre of conflict. But the real risk is that the consuming politics of great power rivalry will deflect attention from the real progress of diplomacy and the everyday work of Arctic governance. This op-ed outlines three key areas...
  • News

    Kickoff Workshop for the DeFacto Project

    02.10.2020
      • Tamta Gelashvili
    The kickoff workshop for the ‘Dynamics of de facto state patron-client relations’ (DeFacto) project was held on September 16, 2020. 
  • News

    The Russia Conference 2020: Great Powers and Arctic Politics

    07.09.2020
      • Marie Furhovden
    Did you miss the conference on 10 September? Here are all the panels for you to watch!
  • News

    The Russia Conference 2020: Great Powers and Arctic Politics

    07.09.2020
      • Marie Furhovden
    Did you miss the conference on 10 September? Here are all the panels for you to watch!
  • Publication : Report

    Slow Stagnation, Sudden Revolution? Post-Covid-19 Prospects for Political Change in Russia and Belarus

    2020
    The Covid-19 pandemic and the impending economic crisis may exacerbate instability in Belarus and Russia. To reduce the risks of regional instability and help to prepare for a possible transition of power, the international community should continue its support for democratic initiatives in the region. To...
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