Geir Flikke (born 1963) is a professor at the University of Oslo.
He graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.philol. degree in 1993, and took the dr.art. degree in 2006 with the dissertation The Failure of a Movement: The Rise and Decline of Democratic Russia 1989-1992. From 2002 to 2006 he worked as a researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, in 2006 he was promoted to Assisting Director. From 2013, Geir Flikke is Associated Professor at the University of Oslo, specializing in Russian studies, and since 2019, professor.
Flikke has been active in Norwegian politics as well. From 1999 to 2000 he worked as a political advisor for the Conservative Party parliamentary group, and in the period from 2011 to 2019, he is a member of the Sjur Lindebrække Committee for human rights (Conservative party). In 2017, he was a key-note speaker at the Norwegian Atlantic Committee's seminar series on security politics.
Flikke, Geir (2018). Becoming Extinct? Russian Human Rights Activism and the Observer Commissions. Russian Politics. ISSN 2451-8913. 3(1), s 25- 57 . doi: 10.1163/2451-8921-00301002
Flikke, Geir (2018). Conflicting Opportunities or Patronal Politics? Restrictive NGO Legislation in Russia 2012–2015. Europe-Asia Studies. ISSN 0966-8136. 70(4), s 564- 590 . doi: 10.1080/09668136.2018.1455806
Flikke, Geir (2017). “Monstrations for Mocracy”: Framing Absurdity and Irony in Russia’s Youth Mobilization. The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization. ISSN 1074-6846. 25(3), s 305- 334
Flikke, Geir (2017). The Sword of Damocles. State Governability in Putin's Third Term. Problems of Post-Communism. ISSN 1075-8216. 65(6), s 434- 446 . doi: 10.1080/10758216.2017.1291308
Flikke, Geir (2016). Canaries in a Coal Mine: The uphill struggle of Russia's non-system liberals. The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization. ISSN 1074-6846. 24(3), s 291- 325
Flikke, Geir (2016). Resurgent Authoritarianism: the case of Russia's new NGO legislation. Post-Soviet Affairs. ISSN 1060-586X. 32(2), s 103- 131 . doi: 10.1080/1060586X.2015.1034981
Flikke, Geir (2016). Sino-Russian Relations: Status Exchange or Imbalanced Relationship?. Problems of Post-Communism. ISSN 1075-8216. 63(3), s 159- 170 . doi: 10.1080/10758216.2016.1163227
Flikke, Geir (2014). An Arctic Home? The Arctic Policies of Norway and Russia, In Robin M. Allers; Carlo Masala & Rolf Tamnes (ed.), Common or Divided Security? German and Norwegian Perspectives on Euro-Atlantic Security. Peter Lang Publishing Group. ISBN978-3-631-64627-4. 5. s 105 - 124
Flikke, Geir (2013). Collusive Status-Seeking: The Sino-Russian Relationship, In Stephen Blank (ed.), Central Asia after 2014. Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College. ISBN1-58487-593-3. Chapter 3. s 33 - 80
Flikke, Geir (2012). Eastward Bound? Options and Limitations in the EU's Eastern Dimension. Studia Diplomatica. ISSN 0770-2965. LXV(1), s 79- 90
Flikke, Geir (2012). Grand Bargain or Grand Strategy: The Obama Administration and U.S. Policy toward Russia, In Mark J. Miller & Bahram M. Rajaee (ed.), National Security Under the Obama Administration. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN978-0-230-11682-5. 4. s 83 - 104
Flikke, Geir (2011). Fasetter av globaliseringens maktforskyvninger: statskapitalisme, sikkerhetsprivatisering og multipolaritet. Internasjonal Politikk. ISSN 0020-577X. 69(2), s 321- 332
Flikke, Geir (2011). Norway and the Arctic: Between Multilateral Governance and Geopolitics, In James Kraska (ed.), Arctic Security in an Age of Climate Change. Cambridge University Press. ISBN9781107006607. 5. s 64 - 84
Rowe, Elana Tovah Wilson & Flikke, Geir (2011). Modernization and Governance in the High North, In Anatoli Bourmistrov (ed.), Perspectives on Norwegian-Russian Energy Cooperation. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN978-82-02-36763-3. 9. s 112 - 127
Wilhelmsen, Julie Maria & Flikke, Geir (2011). Chinese-Russian Convergence and Central Asia. Geopolitics. ISSN 1465-0045. 16(4), s 865- 901 . doi: 10.1080/14650045.2010.505119
Flikke, Geir & Torjesen, Stina (2009). EU og NATO: Utvidelse og naboskapspolitikk som sikkerhetspolitiske instrument, I: Walter Carlsnaes & Pernille Rieker (red.), Nye utfordringer for europeisk sikkerhetspolitikk. Aktører, instrumenter og operasjoner. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN9788215013848. kapittel 8.