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Publication
: Report
Almost two years ago, China and the United States instigated a trade conflict which has had serious international effects, a situation since exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. What has truly made a solution to this conflict elusive, however, is that its origins lie well beyond questions of trade deficits...
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Research project
2020
- 2023
(Ongoing)
Almost all de facto states that survive for some time have a powerful 'patron' that provides security guarantees and economic support. Too often this has resulted in the de facto states simply being brushed off as hapless pawns in their patron's power play. In 'DeFacto' we challenge...
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Publication
: Academic article
After a period of relative neglect in the 1990s and early 2000s, the Arctic is back on the agenda of the Russian authorities. To ensure efficient coordination and implementation of its Arctic strategy, the government in 2015 established a State Commission for Arctic Development. It was to serve as a...
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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.
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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Publication
: ARTIKKEL
To overcome the traumas of the 1992–1997 civil war, the Tajik authorities have turned to history to anchor their post‐independence nation‐building project. This article explores the role of the National Museum of Tajikistan, examining how the museum discursively contributes to ‘nationalising’ history...
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Publication
: NUPI Policy Brief
One widely recognized achievement of the Arctic Council and its various working groups has been the production of collectively generated assessments on Arctic problems. Assessment reports such as the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) provide an important baseline of shared knowledge for making...
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Research project
2019
- 2022
(Ongoing)
GEOPATH is a collaborative research project which aims to build competency in the Georgian research sector as well as producing new insights into the crucial question of Georgia's future strategic path between Russia and the EU.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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News
On September 14, NUPI’s Russia Conference took place in Oslo. Couldn’t be there? Watch the entire event, including Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide's key note speech, on YouTube.
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Publication
: Rapport/avhandling
The China–Russia rapprochement forms the centrepiece of Russia’s much hyped policy of a ‘turn to the East’, a policy aimed at transforming the Russian Far East from a territorial backwater into a new gateway to China, North-East Asia and beyond. In 2013, President Vladimir Putin declared the development...
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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?
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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?
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Publication
: Del av bok/rapport
To realize its ambitious goals of turning the Far East into Russia’s gateway to the Asia-Pacific, the Kremlin in 2012 established the Ministry for the Development of the Far East. Structurally, this ministry is a hybrid, with offices at the federal and the regional levels, reflecting both Moscow’s centralized...