The World Stage

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.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The world is changing, fast. How do Norwegians react to these changes, and what do they think about Norway's foreign policy?In this podcast we take a closer look at the results from an opinion poll on Norwegians' attitutes to foreign and security policy questions, and how they should be interpreted in light of the global changes we are faces.With Øyvind Svendsen and Åsmund Weltzien (both NUPI).This podcast and the survey it presents has been financed by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hvilken betydning har EØS-avtalen hatt for Norge etter 25 år? Hvilke utfordringer og muligheter ligger i avtalen?22. november inviterte tidsskriftet Internasjonal Politikk til lansering av sitt nye nummer med EØS i fokus. Med Bjørn Tore Godal, Martine Tønnessen, Ulf Sverdrup, Åse Gornitzka og Pernille Rieker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who are the new populists? And how did these movements emerge?Rogers Brubaker, Professor of Sociology at UCLA and University of Oslo, talks about the concept of populism and the phenomenon to which it refers.Moderator is Senior Research Fellow at NUPI, Stein Sundstøl Eriksen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A conversation between the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, and NUPI Director Ulf Sverdrup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist Peter Greste was in 2014 arrested in Egypt and charged with terrorism. It ended with 400 days behind bars. Greste argues that this is an extreme example of a much wider global assault on the media, and he emphasizes why it is important that we fight back. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the apparently stalled talks over North Korea’s nuclear program attest to, international diplomacy can be a grueling business. Even under conditions of relative trust, diplomatic compromises can prove elusive. How do you negotiate when trust is low, while both the stakes and the tensions are high?Ambassador Christopher R. Hill shares his insights and experiences with Senior Research Fellow Henrik S. Hiim in this episode of NUPI podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.