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    • Approaching comprehensiveness 

      Edström, Håkan (Oslo files on defence and security;3, Others, 2009)
      Experience from international operations has shown us that coordination between a variety of actors, as well as functional sectors, from the international community is essential to achieving key objectives necessary for ...
    • Finally eating soup with a knife? A historical perspective on the US Army's 2006 counterinsurgency doctrine 

      Kronvall, Olof (Oslo files on defence and security;5, Others, 2007)
      In 2006, the US Army adopted a new counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine, Field Manual 3-24. The doctrine establishes new guidelines for conducting operations such as those currently taking place in Afghanistan and Iraq, where ...
    • Forsvaret og private militære firmaer 

      Svendsen, Jahn Arvid (Oslo files on defence and security;5, Others, 2009)
      According to official Norwegian policy, the Armed Forces may not employ the services of private military companies, nor enter into any operational collaboration with such firms. Norway considers its position to be in ...
    • Forecasting crisis: Climate change and US security 

      Mayer, Michael (Oslo files on defence and security;6, Others, 2007)
      The regions projected to be most adversely affected by climate change are among those deemed of increasing strategic importance to the United States: Africa, the Middle East, and Central and South Asia. The added stress ...
    • How Peace Diplomacy Lost Post 9/11: What implications are there for Norway? 

      Helgesen, Vidar (Oslo files on defence and security;3, Others, 2007)
      Peace diplomacy has been a Norwegian foreign policy priority ever since the early successes of the Oslo channel in the Middle East. Though the nineties were a golden decade for peace diplomacy, the situation changed after ...
    • The Iran-Pakistan-India Pipeline Project 

      Basit, Saira (Oslo files on defence and security;4, Others, 2008)
      The planned Iran-Pakistan-India natural-gas pipeline (IPI Pipeline) has been in the Asian spotlight for many years and its full realisation would be politically ground-breaking. Its energy-supply route is planned to cross ...
    • Norsk-svenskt försvarssamarbete i en ny tid 

      Edström, Håkan; Petersson, Magnus (Oslo files on defence and security;7, Others, 2008)
      Nordic defence cooperation has been limited in recent history. Although during the interwar years of 1918–39 and World War II, there were proposals aiming at a coordinated, or joint, Finnish-Swedish Norwegian defence policy, ...
    • Norsk forsvarssamarbeid med Nederland og Sverige. Ikke så like likevel? 

      Henriksen, Kjetil (Oslo files on defence and security;3, Others, 2010)
      The security environment after the Cold War has created new challenges but also new opportunities. With no Iron Curtain dividing Europe, new patterns of cooperation in the field of defense and security have emerged. For ...
    • War studies: Perspectives from the Baltic and Nordic War Colleges 

      Kristiansen, Tom; Olsen, John Andreas (eds.) (Oslo files on defence and security;2, Others, 2007)
    • Interesser i norsk engasjementspolitikk 

      Kristoffersen, Lene (Oslo files on defence and security;4, Others, 2009)
      Since the end of the Cold War, Norway has become increasingly involved in peace building activities. This study looks into motives behind Norwegian peace diplomacy and peace building efforts, with a particular focus on the ...
    • Emerging from the Frost: Security in the 21st century 

      Skogrand, Kjetil (ed.) (Oslo files on defence and security;2, Others, 2008)
      On 25–26 September 2007 the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies hosted an international conference on the security politics of the Arctic region. This issue of Oslo Files contains a collection of contributions from the ...
    • The Democratic Peace Controversy. A Critical Survey 

      Barth, Boris (Oslo files on defence and security;1, Others, 2008)
      The central idea of “democratic peace” theory (DP) is that democracies do not go to war with another. Since the 1960s this theory has been extremely popular among political scientists, but there are a number of methodological ...
    • Georgia og Russland: Et vanskelig naboskap 

      Opdahl, Ingerid M. (Oslo files on defence and security;6, Others, 2008)
      The bilateral relationship between Russia and Georgia has been particularly difficult after the end of the Cold War. It is also a relationship that affects the policies of powers like the United States and European Union ...
    • Vervede i Forsvaret: motivasjon, erfaringer og fremtidsplaner 

      Gustavsen, Elin (Oslo files on defence and security;6, Others, 2011)
      This study explores attitudes and experiences of contracted personnel in the Norwegian Armed Forces. It is based on information from 28 interviews with personnel in the Army, Air Force and Navy. Topics for discussion were ...
    • USA og Nato etter 9/11 

      Dalane, Jo Sølve Aadland (Oslo files;5, Others, 2011)
    • Marinens beredskap 1960-90: kampklar i Nordflåtens skygge 

      Gjelsten, Roald (Oslo files on defence and security;4, Others, 2011)
    • Storbritannia og NATO. Urealistisk realisme? Britisk selvbilde og betydningen av fortid, tradisjoner og ambisjoner 

      Støren, Harald W. (Oslo files on defence and security;3, Others, 2011)
      The study reviews Britain’s key role both as an important founding member of NATO and as an influential ally. NATO’s importance to the United Kingdom is discussed in light of Britain’s imperial history, and core security ...
    • Nordic defence cooperation after the Cold War 

      Saxi, Håkon Lunde (Oslo Files;1, Others, 2011)
      During the Cold War the different alignment choices of the Nordic states meant that military cooperation among them was highly circumscribed, and security issues were taboo in the Nordic Council. Following the events of ...
    • US policy toward Russia after 9/11: between cooperation and containment 

      Devold, Thomas (Oslo Files;3, Others, 2008)
      17 years after the breakup of the Soviet Union, the bilateral relationship between the United States and Russia is still one of the most important in world politics. Despite this, the US-Russia relationship seems to be ...
    • Obama og amerikansk utenriks- og sikkerhetspolitikk 

      Melby, Svein (Oslo Files;2, Others, 2009)
      Popular expectations for President Obama are high, not least concerning his foreign and security policy. It is too early to draw any conclusions about how the new administration will handle various foreign policy questions, ...