Author: Asle Toje

  • The European Union as a Small Power: After the Post-Cold War (Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics)

    The post-Cold War period is coming to an end. After a decade of foreign policy integration Europe faces multipolarity internally divided and externally weak. Toje argues that due to the lack of a workable decision-making mechanism the EU is destined to play the limited but distinct role of a small power in global politics.

  • The Causes of Peace: What we know now

    Almost a decade after Steven Pinker published his seminal book The Better Angels of Our Nature and popularised interest in the idea that humanity is becoming more peaceful, the debate is as heated as ever.

  • Rødt, hvitt & blått: Om demokratiet i Europa

    Europa er inne i en brytningstid. Kartet stemmer dårlig overens med terrenget. De arvede sjablongene, begrepene som vi har brukt til å forstå vår samtid med dekker bare deler av dagens virkelighet.

  • Neoclassical realism in European politics: Bringing power back in.

    Realism is making a comeback in Europe. This book brings together a new generation of realist scholars. It provides a rigorous survey for specialists seeking to understand the dynamics of international relations in a time of change. The volume thus seeks to explore the European dimension to neoclassical realism. The hope with this book is…

  • Jernburet: Liberalismens krise

    Hvorfor utkontraktere folkestyret til Brussel? Fordi det lønner seg. Hvorfor akseptere frihandel som fører til tap av jobber? Fordi det lønner seg. Hvorfor godta kontinuerlig masseinnvandring? Fordi det lønner seg. Men hva hvis det ikke lønner seg? Da vil slutningene som er stablet oppå dette fundamentet vakle. Etter et tiår med stagnasjon er elitenes liberale…

  • Gullbrikkespillet

    Alle vet at i Europa gnisser en ny, innvandret underklasse mot den innfødte trygdeklassen; vi vet at liberalismen er i krise, og at middelklassen har delt seg i kosmopolitter og heimfødinger. Vi vet også at økonomien ikke trenger mer enn halvparten av dagens arbeidsstokk, at moderniteten splintrer samfunnet og frarøver individet livets mening. Industrisamfunnet og…

  • America, the EU and Strategic Culture: Renegotiating the Transatlantic Bargain (Contemporary Security Studies) 1st Edition

    This book provides a provocative analysis of relations between Europe and America during the tempestuous years 1998-2004. Analysing EU foreign policy, it concludes that the lessons learnt in interacting with America have been crucial in shaping the emerging EU strategic culture. The book challenges established orthodoxy regarding the sui generis nature of the European Union.…

  • Transatlantic Diplomacy after 9/11: The U.S. and Norway Collective Memory Project

    Click Here to download a transcription of this interview Biographical Note: Dr. Asle Toje (D.Phil., University of Oxford) served as research director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute between 2014 and 2018. He is currently a member of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee and publishes extensively in scholarly journals and news outlets on foreign policy issues. Additional…

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