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Karsten Friis

Research Professor
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kf@nupi.no
(+47) 95 29 34 16
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Summary

Dr. Karsten Friis is a Research Professor in NUPIs Research group on security and defence.

His research area is security and defense policies in Europe, with an emphasis on NATO, the Nordic region, the Arctic, transatlantic relations, intelligence, cyber security and the Western Balkans. He has published and led several major projects on these topics. Friis is also a frequently used commentator in the public discourse - not least in relation to Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Friis is a political scientist with a PhD from the University of Groningen, a Cand. Polit from the University of Oslo and an MSc from the London School of Economics. Friis has been associated with NUPI since 2007. Before that, he was a political adviser to the OSCE Mission to Serbia (2004 to 2007), the OSCE in Montenegro (2001) and in Kosovo (1999). Friis was also part of the EU's negotiating team for the referendum on independence in Montenegro in 2006. In addition, Friis has worked for several years in the Norwegian Armed Forces and served at NATO/KFOR in Kosovo.

Expertise

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Cyber
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Governance
  • International organizations
  • The EU
  • United Nations

Education

2018 PhD, University of Groningen

1998 Cand Polit, Political Science, University of Oslo

1995 Master, International Relations, London School of Economics

 

Work Experience

2007- Senior Research Fellow/Senior Advisor/Advisor, NUPI

2004-2007 Political advisor for OSCE, Serbia/Montenegro

2001-2004 Advisor, the Norwegian Armed Forces

2000-2001 Political advisor, OSCE, Montenegro

1999-2000 Analyst/E-off, NATO/KFOR HQ, Kosovo

1999 OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission

 

Aktivitet

Publications
Publications
Scientific article

Nato-toppmøtet alle gruer seg til

(Available in Norwegian only): Sår Donald Trump igjen tvil om USAs forpliktelser i NATO, vil det sende sjokkbølger gjennom alliansen, skrev Karsten Friis før NATO-toppmøtet i juli 2018.

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
Event
12:00 - 13:00 Europe/Oslo
The House of Literature, Oslo
Engelsk
Event
12:00 - 13:00 Europe/Oslo
The House of Literature, Oslo
Engelsk
13. Jun 2018
Event
12:00 - 13:00 Europe/Oslo
The House of Literature, Oslo
Engelsk

What challenges lie ahead for NATO?

As a run-up to the NATO Summit in Brussels in July, NUPI invites you to this seminar on the challenges NATO is facing.

Research Project
2017 - 2022 (Completed)

Science, technology and warfare of the future

How does technology help to change how we percieve the world and how to act in it? ...

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Cyber
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Cyber
Publications
Publications
Report

Cyber-weapons in International Politics : Possible sabotage against the Norwegian petroleum sector

The use of digital weapons is a rising global problem. Society is rapidly becoming more digitalized – and thereby more vulnerable to attacks. These vulnerabilities are increasingly abused by states and other international actors: Information is stolen, and sabotage occurs. Politically motivated digital attacks against petroleum-sector infrastructure represent one such threat, but this has not attracted as much attention by politicians and business leaders as other security challenges in the sector. In an international crisis, Norwegian oil and gas deliveries to Europe could be attacked on a scale far exceeding what the private and public sectors experience on a daily basis. Such attacks could be aimed at stopping or hindering the physical delivery of petroleum, with direct economic, security and political implications beyond the digital domain.This report examines the issue of digital sabotage of the Norwegian petroleum sector by placing the issue in a geopolitical context, by examining previous cases, and by investigating the current security setup in the petroleum sector.

  • Cyber
  • Foreign policy
  • Cyber
  • Foreign policy
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Research project
2017 - 2021 (Completed)

Norway’s security framework in a new era

This project is going to look closer at Norway’s closest allies and partners in a new and more uncertain world. ...

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • North America
Publications
Publications
Scientific article

Kan vi stole på NATO?

(Norwegian only) Etter Russlands annektering av Krim i 2014 har reorienteringen av NATO gått fort. Alliansen har utplassert styrker i Baltikum og Polen, reaksjonsstyrken er revitalisert, forsvarsplanene for Europa er lagt på ny, man tenker nytt rundt logistikk og kommandostruktur og øver mer, og de aller fleste allierte er i ferd med å øke forsvarsbudsjettene sine. På tross av dette er ikke alt rosenrødt. Fundamentet i NATO er solidaritet, et delt trusselbilde og enighet om rett respons. Det hjelper lite med bedre planer og materiell dersom medlemmene ikke er enige om når og hvordan alliansen eventuelt skal bruke militærmakt.

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
Event
15:00 - 16:00 Europe/Oslo
NUPI
Engelsk
Event
15:00 - 16:00 Europe/Oslo
NUPI
Engelsk
22. Nov 2017
Event
15:00 - 16:00 Europe/Oslo
NUPI
Engelsk

Serbian Prime Minister on EU integration and the regional cooperation

PM Ana Brnabić visits NUPI to give her perspective on Serbia’s hope and status on joining the EU.

Publications
Publications
Scientific article

Norsk hemmelighold: Sikkerhet diskuteres altfor ofte i lukkede rom.

(Available in Norwegian only): Ifølge en NUPI-meningsmåling er sikkerhet og forsvar det området i utenrikspolitikken folk prioriterer høyest. Ingen annen sak er viktigere. Nesten 80 prosent anser den sikkerhetspolitiske trusselen mot Norge som middels til veldig høy. Dette skyldes trolig at verden for de fleste av oss fremstår som mer ustabil og uforutsigbar, ikke minst som følge av Russlands krigføring og økningen av terroranslag i Europa. Samtidig er det langt fra åpenbart hvilke grep vi bør gjøre for å møte disse truslene. Debattene om sikkerhet blir dermed viktige. Vi må unngå overreaksjoner og feil fokus, men sørge for at sikkerhetstiltakene faktisk øker sikkerheten. Dette fordrer god informasjon, åpne debatter og kritiske røster. Dessverre er vi ikke der i dag. Sikkerhet diskuteres altfor ofte i lukkede rom, skriver Karsten friis i denne kronikken.

  • Security policy
  • Terrorism and extremism
  • Security policy
  • Terrorism and extremism
Publications
Publications
Scientific article

Hva skal Forsvaret forsvare?

(Norwegian only): Forsvaret av Norge opptar folk, men fokuset i forsvarsdebatten har vært mest på budsjett, baser og struktur. Det er imidlertid en tendens til at vi glemmer å diskutere det mest grunnleggende, nemlig hva slags trussel Forsvaret skal forsvare oss mot. Hvordan bør Forsvaret skrus sammen for å forhindre krig, avskrekke Russland, og kunne respondere alene og med allierte?

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
Publications
Publications
Scientific article

Vil USA fortsatt forsvare Europa?

(Available in Norwegian only): Har det noen effekt når Trump svinger pisken over sine allierte og krever høyere forsvarsbudsjett? Vil det få fortgang i forsvarsinvesteringene i Europa?

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
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