Nordic Security Conference 2021 Yata Norway

In this episode you can listen to a panel discussion about great power politics in the Middle East and North Africa. Participating in the panel discussion is professor Bjørn Olav Utvik from the University of Oslo (UiO), senior researche fellow Kjetil Selvik from the The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and senior searcher Pinar Tank from the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). 

The panel discussion is moderated by political scientist and journalist, Sverre Strandhagen from Dagens Næringsliv (DN).

In this episode you can hear senior researcher Pinar Tank and researcher Pavel Baev from the Peace Research Insitute Oslo (PRIO) discuss Turkey and Russia's geopolitical roles and interests in the MENA region.

Hear senior research fellow Kjetil Selvik's talk from the conference, where he talks about Iran's geopolitical role in the MENA region following the Arab Spring.

Hear professor Bjørn Olav Utvik's talk from the conference on Saudi Arabia's geopolitical role following the Arab Spring in the MENA region. 

Panel discussion lead by Cecilie Hellestveit on the jihadist growth after the Arab Spring.

Hear Morten Bøås, Petter Nesser and Vidar Benjamin Skretting disscuss the reasons for its growth.

Hear researcher Vidar Benjamin Skretting from the Norewegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) talk about the jihadist movements in the Sahel. In this episode Skretting discuss the:


The Tuareg rebellion and jihadist takeover of northern Mali in 2012-2013
Overview of the situation in the Sahel and the main jihadist actors operating in the region, JNIM and ISGS
JNIM and ISGS as local insurgent movements and their connections to transnational jihadism