Pernille RiekerNorwegian Institute of International Affairs | NUPI
Pernille Rieker
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Introduction
Additional affiliations
January 2011 - present
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Position
- Senior Researcher
September 2009 - December 2010
Nordic Research Board (Nordforsk)
Position
- Consultant
September 2005 - September 2009
Norweegian Institute for International Affairs
Position
- Head of Department
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Publications (44)
France has a long history as a traditional European great power. But is this still the case today? The analysis in this article shows how French exceptionalism, often referred to as ‘grandeur’ is still the guiding principle of French foreign policy, but that it is being practised differently today. President Macron may be right in arguing that ‘Fra...
How does the EU and its member states organize their support for reforms in the countries of the EU Neighbourhood? Building on organization theory research on reforms as sets of loosely coupled ‘garbage can’ processes, we conceptualize the ENP induced reform processes as an organized framework connecting the reform capacities of not only the EU ins...
This paper examines how and to what extent Norway adapts to and is affected by the EU's policy towards its neighbours in the East. In line with the overall topic of the special issue, it investigates how Norway handles its "outsidership" when formulating its policies towards Union's Eastern partner countries that have signed Association Agreements...
Open Access full text: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23340460.2017.1377625
In this special issue, we examine whether there is a pattern in how small European states, inside and outside of the European Union (EU), adapt and adjust to EU foreign and security policy. We assess selected European small states’ room for manoeuvre within th...
This book investigates how modern French foreign policy is practiced. France finds its traditional power status challenged by internal as well as external developments. Internally, it faces societal challenges related to unemployment, integration, social exclusion, Islamist terrorism and the rise of populism. Externally, its status is challenged by...
This book investigates how modern French foreign policy is practiced. France finds its traditional power status challenged by internal as well as external developments. Internally, it faces societal challenges related to unemployment, integration, social exclusion, Islamist terrorism and the rise of populism. Externally, its status is challenged by...
This chapter aims at providing an answer to the main research questions addressed in the introduction by drawing on the analyses made in the empirical chapters. It summarizes the main findings by showing how the four status indicators presented in Chapter 2 have been important in the different policy areas and what kind of foreign policy practices...
This chapter examines changes in the French way of dealing with a specific challenge: the threat of international terrorism. It asks how French foreign and security policy practices on counterterrorism have changed over time and distinguishes between how France is fighting terrorism at home and abroad. I distinguish between hard and soft practices:...
At first sight, Sarkozy’s decision to bring France back into NATO’s integrated military command structure (IMCS) in 2009 appears as a break with the traditional ‘Europeanization strategy’. In this chapter, we ask whether this ‘anchoring practice’ is still valid also after French reintegration in NATO and how this reintegration can be understood in...
In this chapter we ask whether the French foreign policy practices towards Africa has changed and moved beyond Françafrique. And if so, in what way? Can French Africa policy still be understood as an instrument for French modern power politics and status-seeking in international politics or has France been forced to adapt its policy to the one that...
This chapter surveys how French exceptionalism has traditionally been understood, how it has influenced French foreign policy, and whether and how it has been adjusted to various changes in the international context. It draws on the concept of symbolic power and status, identifying certain status indicators relevant for French foreign policy, that...
This chapter supports the view that French foreign policy has been modified in the post-Cold War period and that French traditional power politics has been replaced by a combination of policy of principles and power politics. It shows that the French–US diplomatic conflict over the Iraq war actually had few implications for military and intelligenc...
Traditionally, France has pursued a balancing act between Russia and the West. With a more assertive Russia under Putin, such an approach has become more challenging for France to pursue. In order to capture these changes and see how recent French policy practices have influenced relations with Russia, we will examine four cases: first, the French...
Recent developments in European security have shown the growing need for a better understanding of the security dynamics on the European continent. This article presents an analysis of differing Russian and European perceptions of European security in general, and concerning the crisis in Ukraine in particular. As much of the literature on these is...
The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) was initially intended to create ‘a ring of friends surrounding the Union, from Morocco to Russia and the Black Sea’ (Prodi, 2002). Today, however, the ever-worsening security situation in the region clearly shows that the aim has not been achieved. With wars in Ukraine, Syria and Libya, the Union’s neighbour...
This introduction provides a framework for studying European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) as external security community-building. The main argument in this chapter is that successful security community-building is dependent on two conditions. First, that the partner country must achieve a certain level of association/integration with the European Un...
Based on the framework presented in Chap. 1 and the six case studies, this concluding chapter offers a comparative examination of the European Union’s (EU’s) approach in the two neighbouring regions, first comparing the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) approach and its effects, and then concluding with a more general comparison of the EU’s appro...
This chapter investigates whether and how the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) works as a security community-building instrument in European Union (EU)–Morocco relations. The analysis focuses on the actual level of Morocco’s integration with the EU and the domestic support for such integration. We conclude that the ENP has been relatively succes...
Much of the EU literature is concerned with power in one way or the other — voting power, negotiation power, normative power, etc. However, less attention has been accorded to the power of national financial contributions. While it is difficult to isolate the power potential linked to the size and the character of the contributions from the differe...
Dialogue is typically hailed as a progressive force fostering mutual understanding and resolving conflicts. Can it really carry such a burden? Does dialogue really resolve conflicts?
In this unique volume international experts critically assess the political role of dialogue, addressing its potential and limitations. Bringing fascinating insights...
Sarkozy's decision to bring France back into NATO's integrated military structure in 2009 represents in some ways a break with French exceptionalism. But how deep is this change? This article examines whether the decision has led to a real integration of France along various dimensions of integration; whether the decision represents a continuation...
This article analyses the relationship between EU security, integration and associated members using insights from security studies and the literature on Europeanization. While much of the recent literature emphasizes either the EU's insignificance as a security actor or its importance as a normative and global actor, I investigate its role as a se...
There is a large literature claiming that the EU has become an important international security actor. While this literature focuses on the political will and the ambitions of the EU, there has been less attention paid to the actual capabilities at the disposal for the EU. Any political organization needs some kind of relationship between aspiratio...
This article looks at the relationship between European integration and national foreign and security policy -specifically, how and to what extent the development of a European (EU) foreign and security policy leads to adaptation and change in national foreign and security policy. The theoretical point of departure is an interest in national change...
This article aims to contribute to a better understanding of why various Norwegian governments of recent years have been willing to contribute to European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) operations and integrate into the ESDP structures despite their country's increasingly limited access to the decision-making and/or decision-shaping process in...
This new book tackles two key questions: 1) How is the EU functioning as a security actor? 2) How and to what extent is the EU affecting national security identities? Focusing on the four largest Nordic states (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), this incisive study analyzes how and to what extent the EU affects national security identities. It s...
French foreign policy towards the USA is often understood as particularly confrontational and based on traditional power politics, or a wish to re-establish la grandeur de la France. This article aims at investigating the validity of this widely held view. It further seeks to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the French positions by s...
During the Cold War period, the security policies of the Nordic states were referred to as the ‘Nordic balance’— a combination of policies aimed at preserving a balance between the two superpowers. While the end of the Cold War paved the way for a different and more complex security approach, it took some time before the Nordic states responded to...
The aim of this article is to assess the role of the European Union (EU) in the fight against terrorism. It emphasises the special character of the EU as a security actor by referring to it as something in between an international organisation and a federal state, as having a broader scope than most other actors, and as lacking a security policy le...
The article presents the French policy towards NATO in the 1990s. It aims at explaining why France started its approach to NATO in 1992 and why this approach must be seen as a continuation and not a break with traditional French policy. Maintaining international status has been a fundamental goal for French foreign policy ever since the end of the...
Given the special character of the EU both in relation to institutional design and policy content, it makes sense to classify it as a postmodern security actor. However, what does this mean? What kind of capabilities does a postmodern actor have? This paper aims at studying the development of political and administrative capabilities in the EU's Co...
Projects
Projects (4)
The overarching objective of the PREVEX project is to contribute to more effective and fine-tuned approaches to preventing violent extremism. The focus is on the broader MENA region and the Balkans, where context-sensitive, in-depth case studies of the occurrence and non-occurrence of violent extremism will be carried out and brought together in a regional comparison. Particular emphasis will be placed on how to strengthen resilience.
TransAt will investigate and seek to understand if, how and why EU-US foreign policy relations are affected by EU crises, US foreign policy changes and a more uncertain geopolitical environment.
What is the significance of the EU for small states in Europe today?
In this project we investigate how small states in general and Norway in particular balance between autonomy and integration.
We have studied how small states within and outside the EU responds to, adjusts, and adapts to the current European transition. In the case of Norway, we have investigated how this plays out in both areas that are fully and partly covered by agreements with the EU (Internal market/EEA affairs, energy, foreign, security and defence) and in areas with no agreements with the EU (external trade and investments).
EUNOR is multi-disciplinary: involving economists, legal scholars and political scientists. It is a inter-institutional partnership between strong research milieus in Norway, and it is supported by a strong international network of experts on small states and European integration.
The research is empirically based and theoretically informed, and it builds upon the research based Europe Review (2012). The project will deliver intellectually innovative research and provide relevant information to the public and well-grounded policy advice to decision makers.
