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‘Our Entire People are Natural Born Friends of Peace’: The Norwegian Foreign Policy of Peace [PDF]

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, 2013
AbstractWhat makes a peace nation? In this article it is argued that the Norwegian foreign policy of peace is rooted in an historical self‐understanding of Norway and Norwegians as particularly peaceful, an identity which was first articulated around 1890.
Halvard Leira
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Capital Preservation and Current Spending with Sovereign Wealth Funds and Endowment Funds: A simulation Study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Financial Studies, 2022
We simulate the future performance of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global as a leading example of sovereign wealth funds intended both to preserve wealth and provide regular budget contributions.
Knut Anton Mork   +2 more
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“Northern Balance” and the Conditions of Norway’s Participation in NATO During the Cold War Era

open access: yesVestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2013
The article is dedicated to the problem of defining the term “Northern balance” as a factor of stability and interaction in the north of Europe, as well as the balance of Soviet and US interests in this region.
D. A. Talagaeva
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The Politics of Presence: The Longyearbyen Dilemma

open access: yesArctic Review on Law and Politics, 2017
The significant presence of Norwegian citizens in Svalbard has subdued the misperception that Norway’s northernmost territory has an international or internationalized legal status. Now this Norwegian presence in the archipelago is about to change.
Torbjørn Pedersen
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Academia in Svalbard: an increasingly important role for research and education as tools for Norwegian policy

open access: yesPolar Research, 2017
Svalbard, a High-Arctic archipelago over which Norway practises sovereignty in accordance with the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, has become an increasingly important area for Arctic research and higher education.
Ole Arve Misund
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A Weakening Transatlantic Relationship? Redefining the EU–US Security and Defence Cooperation

open access: yesPolitics and Governance, 2022
The aim of this article is to discuss how a weakening transatlantic relationship influences European defence cooperation and integration. It also asks how these observed patterns of weakening EU–US relations can be explained and what the consequences ...
Bjørn Olav Knutsen
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The Political Implications of Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund investments in Eastern and Central Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Although there has been vivid academic debate as to what extent Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) are motivated by political reasons, it is rather clear that countries can use state-owned investment funds as a tool of their foreign policy. Even Barack Obama,
Urban, Dariusz
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Small State Anti-Fascism: Norway’s Quest to Eliminate the Franco Regime in the Aftermath of World War II

open access: yesCulture & History Digital Journal, 2018
In the early postwar years Norway was among the most active in the campaign against Franco’s Spain, supporting the policy of keeping Spain out of the UN, and pushing for UN members to break off diplomatic relations with Spain.
Helge Øystein Pharo
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Education for foreign inmates in Norwegian prisons: A legal and humanitarian perspective

open access: yesBergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 2014
This article discusses the right to education for foreign inmates in Norwegian prisons, with a particular focus on the group of inmates who lack a residence permit in Norway and could be expelled once their sentence is served.
Linda Gröning
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Positive Peace in the Islamic Perspective of International Relations: The Case of Iran’s Foreign Policy

open access: yesVestnik RUDN. International Relations, 2023
The characteristics of the interpretation of the concepts of “positive” and “negative” peace within the framework of the Islamic paradigm of international relations, as well as the application of Islamic approaches to conflict settlement by the Islamic ...
Daniyal Ranjbar, Olga S. Chikrizova
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