The World Stage

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.

She is well-known for her investigative articles about human rights abuses in Chechnya, a small republic in the North Caucasus region of the Russian Federation which has sought independence and been subjected to all-out war two times since the fall of the Soviet Union.

In this podcast NUPI researcher Julie Wilhelmsen discuss with Elena Milashina what it takes to cover regions of conflict and heavy human rights abuses.

She will give an updated picture of the situation in the Chechen Republic and tell us why her work is important for the future.

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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, Anders Romarheim og Cecilie Hellestveit.

Ordstyrer er Rita Augestad Knudsen.

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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 changed Russian politics? And how do you deal with a pandemic when a large part of the population view the virus not as a natural disease but as a biological weapon?

Guest is Andrey Makarychev, Professor, Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, University of Tartu.

Host is Tora Berge Naterstad, NUPI.

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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 thought that we could get back to “normal”. It was even argued that this was an opportunity to strengthen the transatlantic bonds.

Have these dreams turned out to be illusory?

This is a recording of a seminar held on 11 November 2021. Participants are Rachel Ellehuus from CSIS, François Heisbourg from IISS and Rolf Tamnes from NUPI. Moderator is NUPI Researcher Karsten Friis, and NUPI Director Ulf Sverdrup is opening the seminar.

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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 International Relations.

Host is Marie Furhovden, NUPI.

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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 NUPIs forskningsgruppe for sikkerhet og forsvar, Karsten Friis.

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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-proliferation on 12 October 2021. 

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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 for global helse i Utenriksdepartementet John-Arne Røttingen og Seniorforsker Arne Melchior i samtale om Norge og den internasjonale fordelingen av vaksiner, med NUPI-direktør Ulf Sverdrup.

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Once a region that rarely featured in debates about global security, the Sahel has become increasingly topical as it confronts the international community with intertwined challenges related to climate variability, poverty, food insecurity, population displacement, transnational crime, contested statehood and jihadist insurgencies. Sahel is in fact a political order in the making, where extra-legal governance influences the nature of political competition and multiple threats challenge international stakeholders.

Listen in on NUPI researcher Morten Bøås' and Adjunct research professor at SSSA, SAIS Europe and NUPI Francesco Strazzari's conversation related to the launch of a special issue of the "International Spectator" on this subject, that the two researchers have guest edited.

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The border conflict between China and India is heating up again. This spring, there were clashes between the two Asian giants, that resulted in casualties on both sides. After a period of relative calm and efforts to de-escalate there are now reports of new clashes.

What are these tensions about? And why are they flaring up again now? How can this conflict affect nuclear relations?

NUPI Researcher Henrik S. Hiim in conversation with Yun Sun, Director for the China Program at Stimson Center, Washington DC.

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