Understanding Xi Jinping’s China: Power Competition and Geopolitical Dynamics in Contemporary International Relations
Over a year into Xi Jinping’s historic third five-year term as President, China continues to make headlines worldwide. Many of these headlines now suggest not only that China’s rise is slowing down bu...
24 Jun 202432min
The votes that can shape European security
2024 will be an important election year on both sides of the Atlantic. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are yet again battling each other in this years presidential race. Whatever...
11 Jun 202428min
How ad hoc coalitions deinstitutionalize international institutions
As ad hoc coalitions (AHCs) proliferate, particularly on the African continent, two questions crystallize. First, what consequences do they bring about for the existing institutional security landscap...
4 Jun 202428min
Building peace through a sustainable environment
Why should we connect the environment to issues of peace and conflict? And in a world of dramatically increased geopolitical tensions, is it possible for cooperation on climate change and environmenta...
23 Feb 202436min
Options for Arctic governance in difficult weather
The Arctic continues to be transformed and impacted by global forces, from declining sea ice on the Arctic Ocean, through new summers of devastating wildland fires, to the wide-reaching political cons...
16 Feb 202433min
The Past, Present and Future of Peacekeeping
2023 marked 75 years of peacekeeping missions in the UN. In this time, more than 70 peacekeeping operations have been deployed by the UN. Hundreds and thousands of military personnel, UN police, and o...
1 Feb 202421min
How to Become a Hegemon
In this episode NUPI's Ole Jacob Sending sits down with Professor Dan Nexon of Georgetown University to talk about how international political leadership – or hegemony – is established and undone. Ne...
16 Jan 202435min
AI, God and Ethics
In this episode of The World Stage, we meet Dr. Paolo Benanti. Benanti, who is known for coining the term algorethics, is a professor in ethics of technology and a Franciscan monk. He is a member of U...
19 Des 202330min
