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NUPI researcher: Pisa tests do not validly measure 15-year-olds' reading skills
- Paul Beaumont is a researcher at NUPI. He says the Pisa tests do not measure what they claim to measure. The tests are meant to show how well 15-year-olds read, but he says the measurement is not clean or valid.
- The title asks whether four in ten Norwegian boys really cannot read. It suggests the numbers may not be reliable.
Children and youthSchool+ 1 more bullet in the app - News article
AU and UN to hold two-day dialogue in New York on strengthening the partnership for peace and security in Africa
- The African Union (AU), NUPI and other institutions will hold a two-day discussion in New York on 13–14 October. It is about cooperation between the AU and the UN.
- The world is changing. Major powers compete and countries cooperate less. People expect more from regional groups like the AU, so working with the UN matters more.
ClimateForeign policySudan+ 7 more bullets in the app - News article
NUPI researcher: Telenor outage showed how vulnerable society is when the mobile network goes down
- On Thursday 8 October, Telenor had big problems with its mobile network. People could not reach emergency services. All trains in Norway stopped, and parts of society were paralysed.
- NUPI senior researcher Claudia Emilie Aanonsen asks where the backup system was. She says the incident was short but shows how important the mobile network is. We only see how fragile it is when it stops working.
Digital infrastructureNational securityPreparedness+ 6 more bullets in the app - News article
NUPI researcher: US state drives open ideological influence in Europe, and Norway has no answer
- Minda Holm, a researcher at NUPI, says the US government still talks about shared values, democracy and the West. But the words now mean something different: other values and a different West.
- She sees three phases. First, Steve Bannon tried to unite Europe's populist parties and failed. Then national-conservative networks formed, centred on the US and Hungary. Now the US state itself is getting actively involved.
Foreign policyNational securityUSA+ 4 more bullets in the app - Report
UNISFA’s protection of civilians and women’s role in the increasingly complex security environment in Abyei 2023–2026
- Abyei faces long conflict with unresolved political status and growing violence from criminals and armed groups.
- UNISFA, a UN peacekeeping force, tries to keep peace and protect civilians but struggles with new armed militias and less funding.
MigrationPoliceSudan+ 12 more bullets in the app - Guideline
Practical guidebook on adaptive peacebuilding offers a framework and eight case studies from UN agencies, JICA and NGOs
- This is a hands-on follow-up to an earlier academic book on adaptive peacebuilding, written for practitioners in peace and development work.
- The main message is that peace cannot be imposed from the outside — it must grow locally, as communities learn and adjust along the way rather than following a fixed plan.
Foreign aidWar+ 2 more bullets in the app - Report
Transforming Arctic security landscape after 2022: intensified rivalry, climate impacts, and new strategic dynamics
- After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the Arctic is no longer an exception from geopolitical rivalry, as competition between Russia and Arctic 7 states grows.
- NATO strengthened its Arctic role with Finland and Sweden joining, making Russia more vulnerable militarily.
ChinaClimateForeign policy+ 9 more bullets in the app - Op-ed
Norwegian crisis planning must prepare a 'coalition of the willing' as NATO consensus can no longer be taken for granted
- Russia could attack parts of NATO within a few years and is already conducting covert sabotage operations across Europe – the author calls this the most dangerous situation in Europe since World War II.
- The US says it supports NATO but is sending fewer troops to Europe, imposing tariffs and acting unpredictably. Soaring US national debt raises questions about whether the US can afford its military commitments long term.
National securityNATOPreparedness+ 5 more bullets in the app - Op-ed
New NUPI guidebook argues durable peace must grow from within societies, not be engineered by outside experts
- NUPI researcher Cedric de Coning and two colleagues are publishing a new practical handbook on peacebuilding on 2 October 2026, drawing on many years of research.
- The central message: outside experts cannot 'fix' conflicts the way you repair a machine. Efforts in countries like Afghanistan, Mali and South Sudan have not worked well enough, precisely because they tried to do exactly that.
Foreign aidScienceWar+ 6 more bullets in the app - Op-ed
New NUPI book: Peacebuilding has for two decades treated complex conflicts like engineering problems – new approach requires peace to emerge from within societies themselves
- On 2 October 2026, NUPI researcher Cedric de Coning and two co-authors launch a practical handbook on a new way of building peace.
- The central message: peacebuilders have spent 20–30 years treating conflict like a broken machine – find the fault, apply the fix. It has not worked.
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