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Snøkrabbe-saken opp i Høyesterett

Denne uka skal Høyesterett behandle en sak som er svært viktig for norsk myndighetsutøvelse. Hvor langt ut i havet gjelder egentlig Svalbardtraktaten?
FNI prepares for Arctic Frontiers

At the annual Tromsø conference Arctic Frontiers, FNI researchers will discuss the future of Svalbard and the Arctic Council, as well as the local consequences of the current geopolitical situation in the North.
FNI at the Arctic Circle conference in Reykjavik, 13-16 October

With a session on China in the Arctic, FNI filled the conference room with an attentive audicence.

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Upcoming events

China Arctic expeditions. International Polar Foundation/Jean De Pomereu Xue Long

Arctic Governance and Business: Role of Asian Countries 17 February

Norwegian Embassy Singapore / Tech-lab + online

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LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Hvorfor er saken om snøkrabber rundt Svalbard så viktig for Norge? (Why is the Svalbard snow crab issue so important for Norway?)

Anna Valberg

Forskning.no, January 31, 2023. In Norwegian.
Tyrkia har latt muligheten til å fremstå som europeisk og demokratisk gå fra seg (Turkey let slip let the opportunity to appear European and democratic)

Einar Wigen & Iver B. Neumann

Aftenposten, January 28, 2023. In Norwegian.
EU pålegger ikke Norge å bruke inntekter fra utenlandskabler til å bygge nye kabler (EU will not force Norway to spend revenue from interconnectors to build new cables)

Per Ove Eikeland & Berit Tennbakk

Aftenposten, January 25, 2023. In Norwegian.
Det går mot en historisk Svalbard-dom i Høyesterett (Towards a historic Svalbard judgment in the Supreme Court)

Øystein Jensen

Dagens Næringsliv, Januar 24, 2023. In Norwegian.
Norges suverenitet på Svalbard er ikke omstridt (Norway's sovereignty over Svalbard is not disputed)

Øystein Jensen

Aftenposten, January 24, 2023. In Norwegian.
Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide: Norges utenriksminister 2017–2021 ('Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide, Norway’s Foreign Minister 2017–2021')

Iver B. Neumann

Internasjonal Politikk, Vol 81, No 1, 2023, pp. 106-114. In Norwegian.
Ine Eriksen Søreide: nordområdene, USA og balansekunst ('Ine Eriksen Søreide: The High North, USA and the Art of Balancing')

Andreas Østhagen

Internasjonal Politikk, Vol 81, No 1, 2023, pp. 60-76. In Norwegian.

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Latest books

Hvordan forstå internasjonale relasjoner: Statssystemets nøkkelbegreper ('How to Understand International Relations: Key Concepts of the State System')

Iver B. Neumann

Fagbokforlaget, 2023, 168 p. In Norwegian.
The Law of the Sea: Normative Context and Interactions with other Legal Regimes

Nele Matz-Lück, Øystein Jensen, and Elise Johansen (eds)

Routledge, 2022, 298 p.
Marine Resources, Climate Change and International Management Regimes

Olav Schram Stokke, Andreas Østhagen and Andreas Raspotnik (eds)

Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, 329 p.

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In focus

Polhøgda in springtime. Foto: Jan D. Sørenssen/FNI

FNI seeks Master's students (information in Norwegian)

Photo: Prospect Magazine

FNI wins Think Tank Award

For the third year in a row, the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) has won the prestigious Prospect Think Tank Award.

Photo: OsloMet

Book award to FNI Director

FNI's Director, Iver B. Neumann, has been awarded this year’s Guicciardini prize for best book in historical international relations.

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