The World Stage

The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has set a process in motion to re-think the UN’s role in peace and security in the current global context. A team in the UN Secretariat is currently drafting a policy think piece called the New Agenda for Peace , which will be one of several thematic areas that will be considered at the 2024 Summit of the Future. The ‘old’ Agenda for Peace was a major po...

Russia’s re-invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has had immediate and ongoing effects for Arctic security and cooperative governance at both a regional and international level. The region is impacted by the increased sanctions, the withdrawal of Western companies from Russia, the Western disconnect from energy dependencies, and has also witnessed an increase in hybrid security incidents. In addition,...

The Russian online magazine DOXA is this year's winner of the Norwegian Student Peace Prize. The committee highlights their work exposing corruption and sexual harassment at universities, documenting state persecution, and fighting government disinformation, as well as their uncompromising reporting on Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Because of the development in the political situation i...

What does resilience against radicalisation and violent extremism look like in Mali and the Sahel? And which drivers are present for the spread of extremism? In this episode of the NUPI podcast The World Stage, Abdoul Wakhab Cissé (ARGA) and Morten Bøås (NUPI) are sitting at the bed of the river Niger. This mighty waterway floats from the high plains of Guinea through Mali and Niger before it make...

After Vladimir Putin’s announcement of the partial mobilization of the war in Ukraine in September, people, and in particular women, took to the streets in several of the republics in the North Caucasus. They protested this mobilization, saying that this war was one they couldn’t agree sending their sons into.   Even if these demonstrations on an international scale were quite small, and that...

De facto states - states that have failed to win international recognition - have long been understudied 'blank spots,' overlooked in academic literature and on maps. However, they play critical and contentious roles in international politics: Since the end of the Cold War, de facto states have been involved in a disproportionately large number of violent conflicts, resulting in their establishmen...

In this podcast episode we take a closer look on how the EU will handle a new migration crisis. A new wave of mass migration to Europe might be building up according to several indicators. Is the EU better prepared now than during the refugee crisis in 2015? Or could this looming crisis be a new threat to the EU that will come on top of the war in Europe? How will that affect the European unity th...

In this podcast episode we’ll take a closer look at the relationship between the different ethnic groups in Mostar after the Balkan wars.   What influences the resilience of different population groups to radicalization and violent extremism?   One of the case study areas in the EU-funded PREVEX project is the Balkans. In this episode of the NUPI podcast The World Stage, we are zooming i...

How important are traditional values for Putin’s support? How are they related to the war in Ukraine? And what does the future look like for the Putin regime?   In the last decade, Russian authorities have adopted a strongly antiliberal rhetoric with attacks on Western secularism, multiculturalism, and alleged moral decay. This rhetoric has been followed up with new laws against blasphemy and...

Why are some communities more likely to experience violent extremism than others? And why do most people living in enabling environments stay clear of radicalization? These are two of the core questions of the NUPI led EU project PREVEX that is now in its third year of research. In this episode of The World Stage, Marie Furhovden has invited three of the researchers involved in this project; Diana...

Has Russia's invation of Ukraine pushed the UN Security Council to the brink of existential crisis? As one of the veto powers, Russia is blocking all resolutions on Ukraine. And from the looks of it, the Security Council is paralyzed on an international crisis of historical dimentions. But is this really the case?   Therese Leine , senior communications advisor, and Dr. Niels Nagelhus Schia ,...

On the 21 of March 2022, the Council of the EU adopted a Strategic Compass , a roadmap for the EU to become a stronger security and defense actor. But what does this really mean, and does it change the EUs role as a security actor in any significant way? Guest in this episode of The World Stage is Steven Blockmans , Research Director at CEPS and Professor at Amsterdam University. Host for this epi...

The eyes of the world are now pointed towards the horrible war in Ukraine. But right on the other side of the border, a concerning trend has been taking place for some time already. The Russian governments’ grip on freedom of speech is tightening, day by day, restricting the everyday activities and professional life of Russian citizens. What does this mean for Russian academics? And is the latest...

After the invasion of Ukraine, Europeans are now rethinking its relationship with Russia, and its dependence on Russian gas. There is a strong desire by EU and European countries to reduce its dependence on Russian energy.  Can Europe reduce its dependence on Russian gas? Is there a realistic roadmap? What are the steps that are necessary? And what would it take, in terms of investments, fina...

On March 24, all Heads of State and Government in NATO met in Brussels for an Extraordinary NATO Summit to discuss NATO's response to the ongoing war in Ukraine. A few days before this, we had the chance to talk with NATO General Jörg Vollmer, Commander of Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum, and Lieutenant General Yngve Odlo, Commander of the Norwegian Joint headquarters in the Norwegian Defence...

How does the war in Ukraine affect security, trade, economy, and migration in Europe and in Norway? With Mark Leonard (Director, ECFR) and Ulf Sverdrup (Director, NUPI). The conversation is moderated by Tore Myhre (International Director, The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise - NHO). This is a recording of a NUPI seminar held on 16 March 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

A discussion with the Head of NATO's Policy Planning Unit, Dr Benedetta Berti, about the new security situation in Europe and NATOs new Strategic Concept. Host for this episode is Senior Research Fellow and Head of Research Group on Security and Defense at NUPI, Karsten Friis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Novaya Gazeta is one of the few remaining independent media outlets in Russia - still able to provide critical, fact-oriented and objective information to the Russian population within an ever-shrinking media space. The newspaper’s editor, Dmitry Muratov, has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, and Elena Milashina herself has been awarded several prizes for her courageous work as a journalist...

Vi ser nærmere på utviklingen de 20 årene som har gått etter 11. september 2001. Dette er et opptak av et NUPI-seminar som ble holdt i regi av Konsortium for forskning på terrorisme og internasjonal kriminalitet den 15. september 2020. Arrangementet var et lanseringsseminar av fokusnummeret "20 år etter 9/11" i tidsskriftet Internasjonal Politikk. Deltakere er Ole Martin Stormoen, Julie Wilhelmsen...

We're taking a closer look at the Russian regime and the Covid-19 pandemic. These last few weeks we've seen daily records of new cases of Covid-19 in Russia. Experts estimate that the pandcemic could lower the life expectancy with up to five years. It is a very acute crisis for the Kremlin, but at the same time we know that these kinds of shocks also creates political opportunities. Has Covid-19 c...

Recent events, such as the ill-prepared evacuation from Afghanistan and the secret negotiation over Australian submarines at the expense of France, have showed a United States that, at least occasionally, still puts “America first”. This despite the enthusiasm that was present in most European capitals after Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in the US presidential elections last year. At the time it was...

What does Islam look like in the North Caucasus, which is home to so many different cultures and religions? And what does the younger generation of Muslims in the North Caucusus want for their future? In this episode of the NUPI podcast we are talking about the concept of Contemporary Islam in the North Caucasus together with Senior Researcher Akhmet Yarlykapov, Moscow State Institute of Internati...

Siden 2019 har antallet alvorlige digitale hendelser per år blitt tredoblet. Hvordan ser dette nye trusselbildet ut? Dette er et opptak fra seminaret "Utviklingen i det digitale trusselbildet" som ble holdt den 4. november 2021. Deltakere er Bente Hoff, avdelingsdirektør i Nasjonalt cybersikkerhetssenter, NSM og doktorgradsstipendiat på NUPI Lars Gjesvik. Møteleder er seniorforsker og leder for NU...

What does the AUKUS security partnership between Australia, the US and UK mean for security in Asia, for the US-China rivalry, and for US-Europe relations? In this episode of NUPI Podcast, you hear a talk by Deputy Director Bruno Tertrais of the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique. The talk was held on the NUPI seminar AUKUS and its implications for Asia, US-European relations and non-prolifer...

I alle land raser debatten om vaksiner mot Covid-19: Hvem har fått, hvem skal få og har strategien vært god nok? Men debatten er oftest nasjonal, og tar ikke nok hensyn til at pandemien er global: Vaksine er et internasjonalt spørsmål og et felles problem – det hjelper bare et stykke på vei at vi selv blir friske. Hør Seniorrådgiver i Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet Eirik Rødseth Bakka, ambassadør...