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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
doaj   +2 more sources

Critical Materials for Development: A New Trajectory for Norwegian Foreign Aid Policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
The war in Ukraine has accelerated the global shift to renewable energy. As a result, global mineral and metal sup- ply chains have also started changing in response to rising demand for materials for clean energy technologies. The scale of coming changes in critical material markets is unprecedented. By 2040, the energy transition will raise demand by
Vakulchuk, Roman
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An analysis of the Norwegian Shipping Association in shaping Norwegian foreign policy towards South Africa 1984-1987 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
This master’s thesis examines the influence of the Norwegian Shipping Association in the context of the boycott law sanctioned on the 20th of March 1987. The law was a result of decades of heated debate and in the process prelude to the law several actors tried to influence foreign policy decisions, amongst them the NSA. The influence of the NSA before
Nygard, Sven Andreas
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Approaching the North: Norwegian and Russian foreign policy discourses on the European Arctic

open access: yesPolar Research, 2010
The aim of this article is to identify Norwegian and Russian official foreign policy discourses on the European Arctic, and how perceived challenges are understood, framed and presented by the governments in their respective countries.
Leif Christian Jensen   +1 more
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The Suez crisis as a case study of Norwegian foreign policy and its impact on Norwegian-British relations

open access: yes, 2003
International history of the Suez crisis in the summer and autumn of 1956 has tended to focus on the great powers. What has rarely been researched, are the avenues of the impact of the Suez crisis on some smaller Western countries. This thesis will use the Suez crisis as a case study in examining Norway s approach toward an important international ...
Tunsjø, Øystein
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Look to Norway™. Current Norwegian foreign cultural policy

open access: yes, 2017
The thesis Look to NorwayTM Current Norwegian foreign cultural policy (2017) investigates the field of foreign cultural policy. Culture and the arts have had a continuous prominent position within foreign policy and diplomacy as they have been considered to have central representative functions, both mirroring and constituting national cultural ...
Berge, Ola K.
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China in Africa. Implications for Norwegian Foreign and Development Policies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
China’s development will affect the history of the twenty-first century, and perhaps nowhere more importantly than in Africa. The emergence of China introduces new opportunities for Africa, new challenges and new imponderables as well. Observers are watching China’s Africa policy with a mixture of fascination and fright.
Tjønneland, Elling N.   +3 more
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The strictest humanitarian : a discourse analysis of the Norwegian government’s foreign aid and asylum policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
During the autumn of 2015, Norway experienced a significant increased influx of migrants as a result of the war in Syria and instability in the region. The government were quick to ensure how Norway would take international responsibility by providing substantial financial contributions in the region, and also by accepting refugees to Norway ...
Danielsen, Julie Øderud
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The Foreign Other and the Norwegian Self : a discourse analysis of the Norwegian media debate on prostitution policy from 2009 to 2013

open access: yes, 2015
This thesis is a discourse analysis of the Norwegian prostitution debates from 2009 to 2013. The study is conducted through text analyses of news articles presented in the three Norwegian national newspapers Dagbladet, Aftenposten and Klassekampen. By drawing on Lene Hansen’s framework presented in her work Security as Practice, the thesis focuses on ...
Ranjbar, Pernian Shafiei
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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
doaj   +1 more source

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