Theme

Defence

The task of the armed forces is to safeguard national security and defend the country against attacks.

Research at NUPI is engaged in developing ideas, theories and procedures for the armed forces, in Norway and abroad. We focus on combining the overarching issues of security policy with the practical and technical military challenges involved. NUPI works closely with military practitioners and academic scholars, internationally as well as domestically, seeking to bridge the gap between analyses on the political level and on the ground.
Some topics of NUPI research in the sphere of defence:
•   maritime security
•   cyber-security
•   new technology
•   civilian–military relations
•   irregular warfare.

News about defence

How do the Nordics position themselves in the new European security landscape?
19 Mar 2020
- - Ane Teksum Isbrekken
In a new joint report, researchers from NUPI and research institutes in the Nordics have investigated this.

Security policy Defence Norden NATO Europe The EU
Common fears, common opportunities?

5 Mar 2020

How do Czechia and Norway assess and respond to a changing international political context?

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Rethinking differentiated integration
17 Sep 2019
- - Øyvind Svendsen
Several NUPI researchers contributed to the debate about differentiated integration in the area of security and defence at the annual conference of the European International Studies Association (EISA) in Sofia, Bulgaria last week.

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All news about defence (total 24)

Publications about defence

Publication : Chapter

Nordic perspectives on European security: Norway
How does Norway relate to the various new European defence cooperation formats? Which states are Norway coordinating with when engaging in these projects? Is there unexploited potential for common Nordic initiatives within the European formats? Or do traditional security relationships still take precedence?...
Defence Security policy NATO Norden The EU
Publication : Academic monograph

Civil-Military Relations in International Interventions: A New Analytical Framework
It is frequently claimed that success in interventions hinges largely on military–civilian coherence. However, despite high ambitions among politicians and organizations, coherence among intervening actors has proven challenging to achieve in practice. Why is this so? To answer this, the book approach...
Defence Security policy
Publication : Report
US-Norway Bilateral Defense Agreements: a partnership that strengthens NATO
2020
- - Patrick J. Cullen
- - Ole Martin Stormoen
The defense partnership between the United States and Norway plays a crucial role for both American and Norwegian national defense. Less understood is the important and positive role that these US-Norwegian bilateral defense agreements (BLDAs) have for NATO. In the words of the Norwegian government,...
Defence Security policy NATO Utenrikspolitikk