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Veier til informasjon om utenlandsk eierskap i Norge: kilder og metoder
Get PDFRapporten gjennomgår sentrale kilder til informasjon om utenlandsk eierskap i Norge, og da primært eierskapskontroll og eierandeler i foretak. Rapporten vurderer også noen internasjonale kilder og informasjonsverktøy, og diskuterer forslag som kan bidra til bedre oversikt over eierskapsinteresser i Norge.publishedVersio
Krigen mot terror – et vanskelig bindemiddel mellom Russland og USA
Get PDFThe Unsustainable Russia-US Partnership in the War on Terror Russia and the USA forged a strategic partnership following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Today it seems obvious that such a partnership would not last. But why did it break? The article argues that the Kremlin leaves the partnership because its expectations of mutuality were not met. Russia also fundamentally disagreed with the USA on the sources of international terrorism and how best to conduct GWOT. Russia’s revival under Putin’s leadership is an underlying cause and implies that the terrorist threat is overshadowed be the traditional fear of NATO and US dominance. Albeit still figuring among the issue-areas suggested for US-Russian collaboration, the common fight against international terrorism will not function as a vehicle for rapprochement in the current cold war climate.publishedVersio
Introduction: cooperation, conflict, and interaction in the global commons
Get PDFThe Global Commons – the High Seas, Antarctica, the Atmosphere, and Outer Space – are resource domains outside the authority of states. Historically, the Global Commons have been practically inaccessible and thus rarely subject to sovereignty claims and international regulations. With technological advances and environmental developments, the Global Commons have become a key site for international relations (hereinafter IR). In spite of often competing claims from state and non-state actors to these areas, the Global Commons have remained mainly cooperative. This is not what one would expect from most IR perspectives in a close to anarchical environment and a volatile geopolitical international environment. This Special Issue sets out to address this puzzle by asking: To what extent and why is there little conflict in the Global Commons? For this purpose, this introduction develops a common framework that distinguishes between three models and corresponding hypotheses of the factors affecting the level of cooperation and conflict in these domains. While two are based on realist and liberal IR perspectives, we draw on constructivism, political theory, and law to develop a third model, called the Human Heritage model. To conclude, this introduction also sums up the findings and discusses their implications for the Global Commons and IR studies.publishedVersio
Combining capacity mechanisms and renewable energy support: A review of the international experience
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Georgia’s Europeanization challenged from within: Domestic foreign policy discourses and increasing polarization
Get PDFGeorgia`s foreign policy, especially the implementation of international agreements, is best understood in the context of domestic contestation among alternative foreign policy views. • Nativist views exert increasing influence on the Georgian public. Georgia’s European partners should engage the Georgian public through civil society support and people-to-people contacts, to build trust and facilitate open debate. • The exclusive character of differing foreign policy positions further fuels the extreme political polarization. The government and opposition should be encouraged to come together over shared democratic values, instead of playing up the differences. • Pluralism and tolerance should be encouraged in the public and media debate.publishedVersio
Bastionforsvaret og Russlands militærmakt. Et utdatert trusselbilde?
Get PDFRusslands potensielle etablering av Bastionforsvaret er forankret i inneværende langtidsplan (LTP) som Forsvarets dimensjonerende scenario for en eventuell stormaktskonflikt. Kombinasjonen av våpenteknologisk utvikling og den russiske militærmaktens vesentlige reduksjon siden konseptet ble utviklet har imidlertid medført en manglende evne, og tilsynelatende vilje, til å implementere og opprettholde dets omfattende forsvarssoner. En diskusjon om Bastionforsvarets fortsatte relevans for norsk forsvars- og strukturplanlegging er dermed på overtid.publishedVersio