Åse Gilje Østensen is no longer affiliated with CMI.
Publications
![The Scandinavian Approach to Private Maritime Security — A Regulatory Façade?](/images/icons/publication-146.png)
Journal Article | 2015
The Scandinavian Approach to Private Maritime Security — A Regulatory Façade?
This article analyzes the legislative processes and the creation of security governance structures in a recent move by Scandinavian countries to authorize the use of armed guards on commercial vessels....
Joakim Berndtsson, Åse Gilje Østensen (2015)
in Ocean Development and International Law vol. 46 no. 2 pp. 138-152
![Implementers or Governors? The Expanding Role for Private Military and Security Companies within the Peace Operations Network](/images/icons/publication-146.png)
Journal Article | 2014
Implementers or Governors? The Expanding Role for Private Military and Security Companies within the Peace Operations Network
This article explores the role of private security and military companies within the wider confinements of peace operations governance. To do so, the paper looks at the roles that pmscs...
Åse Gilje Østensen (2014)
in International Community Law Review vol. 16 pp. 423-442
![In the business of peace: the political influence of private military and security companies on UN peacekeeping](/images/icons/publication-146.png)
Journal Article | 2013
In the business of peace: the political influence of private military and security companies on UN peacekeeping
Private military and security companies increasingly perform services for the UN. The article describes how these companies are used by the UN organization and become part of UN operations. Their...
Åse Gilje Østensen (2013)
in International Peacekeeping vol. 20 no. 1 pp. 33-47
![In from the cold? Self-legitimating the market for private security](/images/icons/publication-146.png)
Journal Article | 2011
In from the cold? Self-legitimating the market for private security
Åse Gilje Østensen (2011)
in Global Change, Peace & Security vol. 23 no. 3 pp. 369-385
![Reconfiguring Power and Insecurity in the Afghan context: The Consequences of Outsourcing Security in High Risk Societies](http://www.cmi.no/img/150/10754-securityoutsourcing.jpg)
Book Chapter | 2016
Reconfiguring Power and Insecurity in the Afghan context: The Consequences of Outsourcing Security in High Risk Societies
The Routledge Research Companion to Outsourcing Security offers an overview of the different ways in which states have come to rely on private contractors to support interventions.
Part One puts into...
Åse Gilje Østensen (2016)
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
![Norway: Keeping up appearances](/images/icons/publication-146.png)
Book Chapter | 2013
Norway: Keeping up appearances
Åse Gilje Østensen (2013)
in Anna Leander: Commercialising security in Europe : political consequences for peace operations. Routledge pp. 18-36
![Russian Use of Private Military and Security Companies - the implications for European and Norwegian Security](http://www.cmi.no/img/150/12619-Russian-use-of-private-military-and-security-companies.jpg)
Report in External Series | 2018
Russian Use of Private Military and Security Companies - the implications for European and Norwegian Security
How does the Russian use of private military and security companies affect Russian use of force and what are the implications for European and Norwegian security?
Over the past couple of...
Åse Gilje Østensen and Tor Bukkvoll (2018)
Oslo (FFI-rapport no. 18/01300) 53 p.
![UN Use of Private Military and Security Companies. Practices and Policies](/images/icons/publication-146.png)
Report in External Series | 2011
UN Use of Private Military and Security Companies. Practices and Policies
Åse Gilje Østensen (2011)
Geneva: The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces 82 p.
![Shadow Value Chains: Tracing the link between corruption, illicit activity and lootable natural resources from West Africa](http://www.cmi.no/img/150/11718-13544960735-73b8a5df16-o.jpg)
U4 Issue | 2017
Shadow Value Chains: Tracing the link between corruption, illicit activity and lootable natural resources from West Africa
Illicit natural resource trade continues to benefit corrupt officials, criminal and terrorist networks and to divert resources away from development, security and the common good in West Africa. How are...
Åse Gilje Østensen, Mats Stridsman (2017)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2017:7) 80 p.
![Kameloner i Strid og Fred. Om Private Sikkerhets og militære Selskap](/images/icons/publication-146.png)
Journal Article | 2014
Kameloner i Strid og Fred. Om Private Sikkerhets og militære Selskap
Åse Gilje Østensen (2014)
in Pacem : militært tidsskrift for etisk og teologisk refleksjon vol. 17 no. 1 pp. 5-23
![Beyond Deviance? Unpacking Political Ecologies of Natural Resource Corruption](http://www.cmi.no/img/150/11482-u4-book-cover-crop.jpg)
Presentation/Lecture | 2017
Beyond Deviance? Unpacking Political Ecologies of Natural Resource Corruption
Aled Williams, U4-CMI, Tina Søreide, NHH, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, CMI, Inge Amundsen, CMI, in conversation with Åse Gilje Østensen, CMI.
Book Launch for the book Corruption, Natural Resources and Development - From Resource Curse...
David Aled Williams, Tina Søreide, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Inge Amundsen, Åse Gilje Østensen (2017)
Bergen Resource Center for International Development 09.03.2017