Asle Toje
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Asle Toje is a Norwegian foreign policy scholar and commentator. He is the functioning Research Director at the Norwegian Nobel Institute
. Toje is a regular contributor to the Norwegian foreign policy debate, including as a regular columnist in the Klassekampen
and ErlikOslo. Toje has family roots on the island of Utsira
. He grew up at Byremo and in Drøbak
.
Toje is a proponent of Neoclassical realism
. In the Norwegian foreign policy discourse he has been a proponent of limited government, a free market economy, and social conservatism
. He has been a spokesman for a strong defense and close ties to U.S. foreign policy in the same tradition as Radosław Sikorski and Anders Fogh Rasmussen
.
and Tromsø
before he received his PhD in international relations
(Dr. Phil.) at Pembroke College, Cambridge
, Cambridge University under the supervision of Geoffrey Edwards (political scientist) in 2006.
He studied under Kenneth Waltz
when he stayed as Fulbright Fellow
by Columbia University
2004-2005 and was research associate at the Insititute for Defence Studies 2007-2008. In 2008, Toje was a visiting scholar
at the EU-ISS in Paris.
As an academic is Toje best known for having developed "transatlantic bargain" thesis where he argues that the United States 's presence through the NATO and European integration in the shape of EU is an integrated complex. Geir Lundestad
wrote A thoroughly enjoyable read. He continued: The fact that NATO and the EU need to be seen together is a point that is well made, especially with regards to enlargement."
In 2010 Toje published the book "The European Union as a small power - after the post Cold War which received warm reviews from Robert Kagan
who writes: The great strength of Asle's Toje Absorbing, detailed and much-Needed study is to show What role the European Union Might Be Expected to play under multipolarity .".
Philip Stephens of the The Financial Times writes:In a striking analysis of foreign and security policy hum the opening Decade of the century, Asle Toje, a scholar that Norway's Nobel Institute, concludes That Europe Has Been showing all the Characteristics of a small power - or Rather of a series of small powers as The Limited Influence of the Union co-exists with the constrained power of France, Britain and Germany .".
The Economist
chose the book as one of its "Recommended Reading for the beach".
Norwegian Nobel Institute
The Norwegian Nobel Institute was established in 1904 in Kristiania , Norway.The principal duty of the Nobel Institute is to assist the Norwegian Nobel Committee in the task of selecting the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and to organize the annual Nobel event in Oslo.The institute is situated...
. Toje is a regular contributor to the Norwegian foreign policy debate, including as a regular columnist in the Klassekampen
Klassekampen
Klassekampen is a Norwegian daily newspaper, which styles itself as "the daily left-wing newspaper".Klassekampen was founded in 1969 with a Marxist-Leninist-Maoist platform. Until recently, it was owned by The Workers' Communist Party...
and ErlikOslo. Toje has family roots on the island of Utsira
Utsira
Utsira is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Haugaland. Utsira was separated from Torvastad on 1 July 1924.The municipality consists of an island located in the North Sea, 18 km west of Haugesund...
. He grew up at Byremo and in Drøbak
Drøbak
Drøbak is an unincorporated city and the centre of the municipality of Frogn, in Akershus county, Norway. The city is located along the Oslofjord, and has 13,358 inhabitants....
.
Toje is a proponent of Neoclassical realism
Neoclassical realism
Neoclassical realism is a theory of international relations. It is a combination of classical realist and neorealist theories....
. In the Norwegian foreign policy discourse he has been a proponent of limited government, a free market economy, and social conservatism
Social conservatism
Social Conservatism is primarily a political, and usually morally influenced, ideology that focuses on the preservation of what are seen as traditional values. Social conservatism is a form of authoritarianism often associated with the position that the federal government should have a greater role...
. He has been a spokesman for a strong defense and close ties to U.S. foreign policy in the same tradition as Radosław Sikorski and Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Anders Fogh Rasmussen is a Danish politician, and the 12th and current Secretary General of NATO. Rasmussen served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 27 November 2001 to 5 April 2009....
.
Academic career
Asle Toje was educated at universities in OsloOslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
and Tromsø
Tromsø
Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...
before he received his PhD in international relations
International relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
(Dr. Phil.) at Pembroke College, Cambridge
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Pembroke College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college has over seven hundred students and fellows, and is the third oldest college of the university. Physically, it is one of the university's larger colleges, with buildings from almost every century since its...
, Cambridge University under the supervision of Geoffrey Edwards (political scientist) in 2006.
He studied under Kenneth Waltz
Kenneth Waltz
Kenneth Neal Waltz is a member of the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University and one of the most prominent scholars of international relations alive today...
when he stayed as Fulbright Fellow
Fulbright Program
The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of competitive, merit-based grants for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946. Under the...
by Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
2004-2005 and was research associate at the Insititute for Defence Studies 2007-2008. In 2008, Toje was a visiting scholar
Visiting scholar
In the world of academia, a visiting scholar or visiting academic is a scholar from an institution who visits a host university, where he or she is projected to teach , lecture , or perform research on a topic the visitor is valued for...
at the EU-ISS in Paris.
As an academic is Toje best known for having developed "transatlantic bargain" thesis where he argues that the United States 's presence through the NATO and European integration in the shape of EU is an integrated complex. Geir Lundestad
Geir Lundestad
Geir Lundestad is a Norwegian historian, who serves as the director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute. In this capacity, he also serves as the secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. However, he is not a member of the committee itself....
wrote A thoroughly enjoyable read. He continued: The fact that NATO and the EU need to be seen together is a point that is well made, especially with regards to enlargement."
In 2010 Toje published the book "The European Union as a small power - after the post Cold War which received warm reviews from Robert Kagan
Robert Kagan
Robert Kagan is an American historian and foreign policy commentator.-Early life and education:Kagan graduated from Yale University in 1980 where he was tapped by Skull and Bones, studied history, and founded the Yale Political Monthly. He later earned an MPP from the John F...
who writes: The great strength of Asle's Toje Absorbing, detailed and much-Needed study is to show What role the European Union Might Be Expected to play under multipolarity .".
Philip Stephens of the The Financial Times writes:In a striking analysis of foreign and security policy hum the opening Decade of the century, Asle Toje, a scholar that Norway's Nobel Institute, concludes That Europe Has Been showing all the Characteristics of a small power - or Rather of a series of small powers as The Limited Influence of the Union co-exists with the constrained power of France, Britain and Germany .".
The Economist
The Economist
The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
chose the book as one of its "Recommended Reading for the beach".
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