Hilde Henriksen Waage

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Fields of academic interest

  • Peace and conflict in the Middle East
  • Power politics in the 20th century
  • US foreign policy after World War II
  • Norwegian foreign policy after World War II

Ongoing research: The Missing Peace

Few adversaries have been enmeshed in a more vicious spiral of hostility than Israel, the Palestinians and their Arab neighbours. Except for the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt (1978) and the peace agreement with Jordan (1994) have countless efforts by individuals, organisations, large and small states to open up direct channels of dialogue ended in failure. The United States has for years been trying to stop the fighting over the land that Israel, the Palestinians and the Arab neighbours claim to be theirs. So has the United Nations. Why have all mediation attempts between these parties so far proved unsuccessful? What are the conditions that need to be met in order to have a solution that could be tolerated by them? Why isn’t there any ongoing peace process? To what extent is third party intervention necessary or desirable? Have the many failed interventions lacked the necessary skill, the political will, the clout – or all three? Does perhaps the power asymmetry between a strong Israel, on the one hand, and the weak Arab states and Palestinians, on the other, explain the lack of any peaceful outcome? 

Background

  • 2005-present: Professor of History, University of Oslo.
  • 2005-present: Researcher at The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in a part-time capacity.
  • 1996-2005: Deputy Director at PRIO.
  • 1995-2005: Senior Researcher at PRIO.
  • 2001-2003: Programme Leader, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Programme, PRIO.
  • 1992-1993: Acting Director at PRIO.

Education

  • 2016: BA in Modern Hebrew
  • 1997: Dr. philos., University of Oslo (History)
  • 1987: Cand.philol., University of Oslo (History)
  • 1982: Cand. mag., University of Oslo
Tags: History, Peace and Conflict, Contemporary History

Publications

2017: «Facing Assad. American Diplomacy Toward Syria, 1973–1977», International History Review, with Lars Hasvoll Bakke.

2016: «A Balancing Pretence: The Johnson Administration’s Policy towards Jordan, 1964–1967», British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, with Joakim Aalmen Markussen.

2016: «Israel og palestinerne: Freden som uteble»[Israel and the Palestinians: The peace that never came], i: Mona Christine Fixdal (ed.), Fredsmegling i teori og praksis [Peace mediation in theory and practice], Cappelen Damm Akademisk. 

2016: “Cementing a State of Belligerency: The 1949 Armistice Negotiations between Israel and Syria”, Middle East Journal,70(1): 69-89, with Petter Stenberg.

2015: “Mission Impossible: UN Special Representative Gunnar Jarring and His Quest for Peace in the Middle East, International History Review, 24 pp, with Hulda Kjeang Mørk.

2015: “Weak Third Parties and Ripening: Revisiting Norwegian Interventions in Guatemala and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, International Negotiations,20(3): 389–413, with Ada Nissen.

2014: “The Palestine Option: Nixon, the National Security Council, and the search for a new policy, 1970”, Diplomatic History, 38(1): 182-209, with Simen Zernichow.

2013. “‘Finishing the Enterprise’: Israel's Admission to the United Nations”, International History Review, 35(3): 465-485, with Marte Heian-Engdal and Jørgen Jensehaugen.

2013.   Konflikt og stormaktspolitikk i Midtøsten [Conflict and Great Power Politics in the Middle East]. Kristiansand: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, 512 pp.

  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen & Nordanger, Ferdinand (2023). Å danse etter Israels pipe. Reagan-administrasjonen og Libanon. Babylon - Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier. ISSN 1503-5727. 21(2).
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen & Thoresen, Emma Skovro (2023). Å gjøre opp regning uten vert. Carter, Camp David, Jordan og Syria. Babylon - Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier. ISSN 1503-5727. 21(2). Full text in Research Archive
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen & Solvang, Silje Gill Andeby (2023). Våre menn er gode til å skyte. Israels invasjon av Libanon i 1978. Babylon - Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier. ISSN 1503-5727. 21(2). Full text in Research Archive
  • Mørk, Hulda Kjeang & Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2022). Ties that bind: the entangled relations among Israel, Iran, and the United States, 1963–1967. International History Review. ISSN 0707-5332. doi: 10.1080/07075332.2022.2141815.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen & Sønsteby, Mathias Nesthun (2022). The Grimness of the Alternatives: Carter, Israel, and the Civil War in Lebanon. The Middle East Journal. ISSN 0026-3141. 76(2), p. 223–244. doi: 10.3751/76.2.14.
  • Sitter, Robin & Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2021). En brikke ingen turte røre: Norges fredsbevarende bidrag i Libanon 1978–1982. Historisk Tidsskrift (Norge). ISSN 0018-263X. 100(1), p. 67–80. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-2944-2021-01-06. Full text in Research Archive
  • Nissen, Ada & Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2021). Lite land, stor vilje. Norges internasjonale fredsengasjement . In Pharo, Helge Øystein; Engh, Sunniva; Bjerga, Kjell Inge; Hatlehol, Gunnar D. & Offerdal, Kristine (Ed.), Historiker, strateg og brobygger. Festskrift til Rolf Tamnes 70 år. Pax Forlag. ISSN 9788253042534. p. 241–258.
  • Andersson, Magnus Seland & Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2020). Stew in Their Own Juice: Reagan, Syria and Lebanon, 1981-1984. Diplomatic History. ISSN 0145-2096. 44(4), p. 664–691. doi: 10.1093/dh/dhaa036. Full text in Research Archive
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen & Huse, Geir Bergersen (2019). A Careful Minuet: The United States, Israel, Syria and the Lebanese Civil War, 1975–1976. International History Review. ISSN 0707-5332. doi: 10.1080/07075332.2019.1678507.
  • Salberg, Mari & Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2019). Master of the Game: The Relationship between the United States and Iran Revisited, 1969-1972. Diplomacy & Statecraft. ISSN 0959-2296. 30(3), p. 468–489. doi: 10.1080/09592296.2019.1641921.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen & Jensehaugen, Jørgen (2018). Å forhandle bort Palestina. Babylon - Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier. ISSN 1503-5727. 16(2), p. 142–153. doi: 10.5617/ba.6732.
  • Bakke, Lars Hasvoll & Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2018). Facing Assad. American Diplomacy Toward Syria, 1973–1977. International History Review. ISSN 0707-5332. 40(3), p. 546–572. doi: 10.1080/07075332.2017.1334687. Full text in Research Archive
  • Markussen, Joakim Aalmen & Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2016). A Balancing Pretence: The Johnson administration's Policy towards Jordan, 1964-1967. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. ISSN 1353-0194. 45(3), p. 321–336. doi: 10.1080/13530194.2016.1246243.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2016). Israel og palestinerne: Freden som uteble. In Fixdal, Mona Christine (Eds.), Fredsmegling i teori og praksis. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202515782. p. 85–111.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen & Stenberg, Petter (2016). Cementing a State of Belligerency: The 1949 Armistice Negotiations between Israel and Syria. The Middle East Journal. ISSN 0026-3141. 70(1), p. 69–89. doi: 10.1353/mej.2016.0015.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen & Mørk, Hulda Kjeang (2016). Mission Impossible: UN Special Representative Gunnar Jarring and His Quest for Peace in the Middle East. International History Review. ISSN 0707-5332. 38(4), p. 830–853. doi: 10.1080/07075332.2015.1091783.
  • Nissen, Ada Elisabeth & Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2015). Weak Third Parties and Ripening: Revisiting Norwegian Interventions in Guatemala and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. International Negotiation: A Journal of Theory and Practice. ISSN 1382-340X. 20(3), p. 389–413. doi: 10.1163/15718069-12341314.
  • Zernichow, Simen & Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2014). The Palestine option: Nixon, the national security council, and the search for a new policy, 1970. Diplomatic History. ISSN 0145-2096. 38(1), p. 182–209. doi: 10.1093/dh/dht090.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2013). Champions of Peace? Tools in Whose Hands? Norwegians and Peace Brokering in the Middle East. In Bauck, Petter & Omer, Mohammed K. (Ed.), The Oslo Accords 1993-2013. A Critical Assessment. The American University in Cairo Press (AUC Press) & I.B. Tauris. ISSN 9781617973369. p. 29–39. doi: 10.5743/cairo/9789774167706.003.0003.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2013). Midtøsten - konfliktenes region. In Waage, Hilde Henriksen; Tamnes, Rolf & Vik, Hanne Hagtvedt (Ed.), Krig og fred i det lange 20. århundre. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-02-43191-4. p. 114–136.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen; Tamnes, Rolf & Vik, Hanne Hagtvedt (2013). Innledning. In Waage, Hilde Henriksen; Tamnes, Rolf & Vik, Hanne Hagtvedt (Ed.), Krig og fred i det lange 20. århundre. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-02-43191-4. p. 12–18.
  • Heian-Engdal, Marte; Jensehaugen, Jørgen & Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2013). ‘Finishing the Enterprise’: Israel's Admission to the United Nations. International History Review. ISSN 0707-5332. 35(3), p. 465–485. doi: 10.1080/07075332.2013.795493.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2012). Proactive Peace Diplomacy: Jan Egeland. In Fixdal, Mona Christine (Eds.), Ways out of War: Peacemakers in the Middle East and Balkans. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 1137030534. p. 91–118. doi: 10.1057/9781137030542_5.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2012). Et norsk mysterium - de forsvunne dokumentene fra fredsprosessen i Midtøsten. In Krøvel, Roy Gunnar & Orgeret, Kristin Skare (Ed.), Historier om verden. IJ-forlaget. ISSN 978-82-7147-361-7. p. 63–66.
  • Jensehaugen, Jørgen; Heian-Engdal, Marte & Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2012). Securing the State: From Zionist Ideology to Israeli Statehood. Diplomacy & Statecraft. ISSN 0959-2296. 23(2), p. 280–303. doi: 10.1080/09592296.2012.679478?src=recsys#.VQXOx46G_V8.
  • Jensehaugen, Jørgen & Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2012). Coercive Diplomacy: Israel, Transjordan and the UN-a Triangular Drama Revisited. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. ISSN 1353-0194. 39(1), p. 79–100. doi: 10.1080/13530194.2012.659445.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen & Johansen, Stian Tiller (2011). Powerful State, Powerless Mediator: The United States and the Peace Efforts of the Palestine Conciliation Commission, 1949-51. International History Review. ISSN 0707-5332. 33(3), p. 501–524. doi: 10.1080/07075332.2011.595245.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2011). The Winner Takes All: The 1949 Island of Rhodes Armistice Negotiations Revisited. The Middle East Journal. ISSN 0026-3141. 65(2), p. 279–304. doi: 10.3751/65.2.15.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2009). Fredspolitikk i Midtøsten. In Lange, Even; Pharo, Helge & Østerud, Øyvind (Ed.), Vendepunkter i norsk utenrikspolitikk. Nye internasjonale vilkår etter den kalde krigen. Unipub forlag. ISSN 978-82-7477-360-8. p. 157–208.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2008). Et norsk mysterium. De forsvunne dokumentene fra fredsprosessen i Midtøsten. Historisk Tidsskrift (Norge). ISSN 0018-263X. 87(2), p. 289–303.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2008). Postscript to Oslo: The Mystery of Norway's Missing Files. Journal of Palestine Studies. ISSN 0377-919X. 38(1), p. 54–65.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2007). The 'Minnow' and the 'Whale': Norway and the United States in the Peace Process in the Middle East. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. ISSN 1353-0194. 34(2), p. 157–176. doi: 10.1080/13530190701427917.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2005). Norway's Role in the Middle East Peace Talks: Between a Strong State and a Weak Belligerent. Journal of Palestine Studies. ISSN 0377-919X. 34(4), p. 6–24.

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  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2022). Spillet om Syria. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 978-82-02-76260-5. 443 p.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2013). Konflikt og stormaktspolitikk i Midtøsten. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 978-82-02-40831-2. 512 p.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen; Tamnes, Rolf & Vik, Hanne Hagtvedt (2013). Krig og fred i det lange 20. århundre. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 978-82-02-43191-4. 395 p.

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  • Nissen, Ada; Waage, Hilde Henriksen & Engh, Sunniva (2023). Selektiv lesning om fredsdiplomati. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Nissen, Ada; Engh, Sunniva & Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2023). Hvor er de kritiske spørsmålene til norske diplomaters fremstilling av seg selv? Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2022). From Anarchy to Enlightened Absolutism? Sverre Lodgaard. In Tønnesson, Stein (Eds.), Lives in Peace Research: The Oslo Stories. Springer Nature. ISSN 978-981-16-4716-1. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4717-8_10.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2022). A Social Democratic Peace: Nils Petter Gleditsch. In Tønnesson, Stein (Eds.), Lives in Peace Research: The Oslo Stories. Springer Nature. ISSN 978-981-16-4716-1. p. 65–90. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4717-8.
  • Nissen, Ada & Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2021). Fredsmeglingens fallgruver. Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372.
  • Aarebrot, Frank; Waage, Hilde Henriksen; Gundersen, Kristian; Matlary, Janne Haaland; Hessen, Dag Olav & Brochmann, Grete [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2010). Vi er ikke blitt redde! [Newspaper]. Aftenposten.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2008). A Norwegian mystery. The missing documents from the Middle Eastern peace process. Historisk Tidsskrift (Norge). ISSN 0018-263X. 87, p. 289–303.
  • Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2008). Trita Parsi, Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran and the United States. The International History Review. XXX(4), p. 921–923.
  • Colleuille, Erlend Lunde; Waage, Hilde Henriksen; Abou-Hodeib, Toufoul & Jensehaugen, Jørgen (2021). An Impossible Balancing Act: France and the Lebanese Civil War, 1975–1982. Universitetet i Oslo.
  • Andersson, Magnus Seland & Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2021). The Geopolitics of Syria’s Reconstruction. Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). ISSN 978-82-343-0197-1. 2021(8).
  • Jensehaugen, Jørgen; Martins, Bruno Oliveira; Waage, Hilde Henriksen & Palik, Julia (2020). A House Divided: EU Policy on the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict. Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). ISSN 978-82-343-0101-8. 2020(2).
  • Noreng, Øystein; Hovdenak, Are; Tønneson, Stein & Waage, Hilde Henriksen (2005). Regime Stability in the Middle East. Institutt for fredsforskning.

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