Norsk russlandspolitikk under Søreide

Holm-Hansen, Jørn

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“…The thematic fields for cooperation have been selected among presumably "low" politics areas. Nonetheless, since its inception in the 1990s, the Norwegian NBS's grant program has worked in a setting of shifting Norwegian-Russian ties, where the ideal of developing mutual trust through building trust and people-to-people activities has been increasingly challenged by high-politics concerns, in particular after the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 (Holm-Hansen 2023). Even low-politics activities became controversial, and there were signs that project applicants internalized some of this caution and submitted project proposals that avoid potentially sensitive issues and concepts (Holm-Hansen, Aasland & Dybtsyna 2020).…”

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Cross-Border Cooperation Against the Odds?

Holm-Hansen,

Aasland

2024

J North Stud

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What impact did changes in the geopolitical environment have on grassroots cross-border cooperation within the Barents Euro-Arctic Region in the years before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022? Drawing on interviews, surveys and document studies from two evaluations made in 2007 and 2020 of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat’s grant programme, conducted by the authors of the present article, we analyse the development over time of cross-border cooperation in Russia’s northwestern and Norway’s northernmost regions. The context in which the programme was conducted in 2020 differed significantly from that in 2007. The period was one of increasingly strained relations between Russia and the West. In particular, the 2014 events in Ukraine resulted in a new geopolitical environment that posed a challenge to the ideals of cross-border trust and people-to-people cooperation. Moreover, internal political developments in Russia led to more centralized power structures and control, also regarding civil society. Although we had expected these developments to have had a negative impact on the programme’s goal achievement, we find that the programme was closer to achieving several of its objectives in 2020 than in 2007. Competence transfer went both ways, both sides benefitted more equally and despite the geopolitical complications, the number of groups involved on both sides of the border did not decrease. The article identifies the main challenges between partners, and how they were overcome.

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Cross-Border Cooperation Against the Odds?

Holm-Hansen,

Aasland

2024

J North Stud

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“…Hun ble ingen medieyndling og skilte seg fra forgjengerne Støre, Barth Eide og Brende ved å vise liten interesse for rollen som generell ekspert på verden utenfor Norge, men hun argumenterte godt, ble referert høyt og klart og var åpenbart respektert. Den vedvarende understrekningen av at Russlands annektering av Krym var ulovlig og et veiskille for Vestens og Norges forhold til grannen i øst er et godt eksempel (Holm-Hansen, 2023). Skjelsbaek med fleres artikkel ovenfor gir et karakteris tisk eksempel hva kjønnet utenrikspolitikk angår.…”

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Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide: Norges utenriksminister 2017–2021

Neumann

2023

Internasjonal Politikk

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Artikkelen oppsummerer og vurderer Ine Marie Eriksen Søreides virke som Norges 32. utenriksminister i årene 2017–2021. Første del av artikkelen er en oversikt over Søreides handlingsrom. Innenrikspolitisk var det godt, med unntak av at Søreides sjef, statsminister Erna Solberg, la hindringer i veien for utøvelsen av hennes virke. De utenrikspolitiske rammebetingelsene var krevende. Donald Trump var den minst Europa-orienterte president USA har hatt siden Nato ble dannet. Et tiltagende aggressivt Russland skulle håndteres. Annen del er en vurdering. Søreide var svært flink til å skjøtte jobben og opprettholdt Norges spillerom. Hun tok imidlertid ingen initiativer for å øke spillerommet. Hennes svakeste side var lojalitet til egne medarbeidere. Alt i alt var Søreide den beste utenriksminister fra borgerlig side siden John Lyng (1965–1970). Abstract in EnglishIne Marie Eriksen Søreide, Norway’s Foreign Minister 2017–2021This article is a summing up of Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide’s work as Norway’s foreign minister in the years 2017–2021. The first part assesses Søreide’s room for manoeuvre. Domestically, this was excellent, although Søreide’s boss, the prime minister, broke one of her bats for domestic reasons and grounded her during the Covid lockdowns. Internationally, Søreide had to deal with Donald Trump, arguably the weakest and least engaged president the United States has had since its civil war. She also had to stand up to the increasingly aggressive policy of neighbouring Russia. Søreide steered the ship of state with a steady hand. She was, however, less than loyal to her employees, and demonstrated little creativity. Still, she must be ranked as the best foreign minister from the bourgeois side of the floor over the last half century.

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Norsk russlandspolitikk under Søreide

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Cross-Border Cooperation Against the Odds?

Cross-Border Cooperation Against the Odds?

Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide: Norges utenriksminister 2017–2021

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