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Øyvind Svendsen

Senior Research Fellow
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OyvindS@nupi.no
(+47) 48 23 61 43
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Summary

Øyvind Svendsen is Senior Research Fellow in the Research group on global order and diplomacy at NUPI. The core themes in his research are foreign policy, diplomacy, and security and defence policy. Svendsen primarily studies these questions in a European context. His PhD is from the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen (2020).

Øyvind is Editor of the journal Cooperation and Conflict, 2023-2027.

Recent publications:

Theorizing Public Performances for International Negotiations. International Studies Quarterly 66(3): 1-12 (2022).

The Politics of Third Countries in EU Security and Defence: Norway, Brexit and Beyond. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2022).

The Politics of Competence in Global Health: The European Commission’s Global Response to the COVID-19 PandemicEuropean Foreign Affairs Review 26(SI): 15-29 (2021).

‘Practice time!’ Doxic futures in security and defence diplomacy after BrexitReview of International Studies 46(1): 3-19 (2020).

Spin-off av EØS? Norge og europeisk utenriks-, sikkerhets- og forsvarssamarbeidInternasjonal Politikk 77(4): 378-387 (2019). (med Pernille Rieker)

Differentiated (Dis)integration in Practice: The Diplomacy of Brexit and the Low Politics of High PoliticsJournal of Common Market Studies 57(6): 1419-1430 (2019). (med Rebecca Adler Nissen)

Brexit and the Future of European Defence: Towards a Practice Approach to Differentiated Defence Integration. Journal of European Integration 41(8): 993-1007 (2019).

Expertise

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Regional integration
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • International organizations
  • The EU

Education

2020 PhD, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

2015 MSc International Relations Theory, London School of Economics

2014 BA International Studies and History, Lillehammer University College

Work Experience

2021- Senior Research Fellow, NUPI

2016-2020 Ph.d. candidate, University of Copenhagen

2015-2016 Lecturer, Lillehammer University College

2010-2011 Grenadier, the Royal Norwegian Air Force

Aktivitet

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Research Project
2024 - 2027 (Ongoing)

Politics and Security in the Arctic (POPSARC)

At a time marked by major international turbulence – war in Europe, the breakdown of established diplomatic fora, the entry of new actors and stakeholders – there is an urgent need for also understand...

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Cyber
  • Regional integration
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • The Arctic
  • The Nordic countries
  • Governance
  • International organizations
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Cyber
  • Regional integration
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • The Arctic
  • The Nordic countries
  • Governance
  • International organizations
NUPIpodden #10: Hva skjer med EUs forsvar?
Podcast

NUPIpodden #10: Hva skjer med EUs forsvar?

Vi ser nærmere på det europeiske forsvarssamarbeidet – og hva Brexit kan ha å si for forsvar og sikkerhet i Europa. NUPI-forsker Øyvind Svendsen s...

  • Security policy
  • Foreign policy
  • Fragile states
  • Security policy
  • Foreign policy
  • Fragile states
NUPI-podden #23: Hva mener norske velgere om utenrikspolitikk?
Podcast

NUPI-podden #23: Hva mener norske velgere om utenrikspolitikk?

13. september skal befolkningen velge hvem som skal styre landet de neste fire åra. Men hva slags tillit har velgerne egentlig til de ulike partie...

  • Development policy
  • Foreign policy
  • The Nordic countries
  • Governance
  • Development policy
  • Foreign policy
  • The Nordic countries
  • Governance
Krig i Europa – Hva skjer med Nordens forsvars- og sikkerhetspolitikk?
Podcast

Krig i Europa – Hva skjer med Nordens forsvars- og sikkerhetspolitikk?

Hvilken diagnose kan vi sette på Norden? Og hvordan ser bildet ut nå som Russland har invadert Ukraina? Norge, Danmark og Island har NATO i ryggen...

  • Russia and Eurasia
  • The Nordic countries
  • Governance
  • International organizations
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • The Nordic countries
  • Governance
  • International organizations
Britenes Europa-comeback
Podcast

Britenes Europa-comeback

På slutten av fjoråret la et skip som er like langt som tre fotballbaner til kai nedenfor Akershus festning. Symbolverdien i at det største hangar...

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Foreign policy
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Foreign policy
Publications
Publications
Policy brief

From partners to allies: Finland and Norway in a new era

Finland’s decision to apply for NATO membership in 2022 altered Nordic security and defence dynamics. It also reset Finland’s relations with its neighbouring states – including longstanding NATO member Norway. In this policy brief, we discuss the evolving relationship between Finland and Norway. Despite their history as peaceful neighbours, divergent security arrangements generated political distance between Finland and Norway during the Cold War. After the end of the Cold War, their security policies gradually became more aligned, as evident also in heightened Nordic security cooperation, Finnish and Swedish participation in NATO exercises, and, more recently, the signing of a series of defence agreements with each other as well as with Sweden and the United States. Following Finland’s NATO accession, both states have anticipated a deepening of the Finnish-Norwegian alliance. We identify some areas where Finland and Norway may benefit from collaborating and exchanging perspectives in the coming years. This includes in the management of shared institutional frameworks, security concerns in the Arctic and Baltic Sea regions, the future relationship with the United States, and a more antagonistic Russia.

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • The Nordic countries
  • Conflict
  • The EU
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  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • The Nordic countries
  • Conflict
  • The EU
Europa ruster opp
Podcast

Europa ruster opp

"Vi lever i et tidsskille", sa Tysklands forbundskansler Olaf Scholz da han annonserte at Tyskland skulle ruste opp sitt forsvar med 100 milliarde...

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
Publications
Publications
Report

Collective defence in Europe: What place for the EU?

Collective defence is the cornerstone of Europe’s security architecture, anchored in NATO’s Article 5 stating that an attack against one ally is an attack against all. With the deteriorating security environment in Europe, questions have been asked about whether, and if so how, the EU’s clause on mutual defence – article 42(7) of the Treaty on European Union – could be operationalized and perhaps be a supplement to NATO’s article 5 as a guarantor of collective defence in Europe. The debate is driven by perceived limits in NATO’s ability to deal with hybrid threats, the broader implications of Russia’s war on Ukraine, and the necessity for European states to take more responsibility for their security. For EU member states to succeed with its collective defence obligations within the union, political will, legal interoperability with NATO and capability development should be addressed further.

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • The EU
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  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • The EU
Publications
Publications
Scientific article

How the UK’s post-Brexit foreign policy came home

After leaving the EU, the UK needed to rethink its place in the world. Kristin Haugevik and Øyvind Svendsen examine the aspirations and meanings underpinning the “Global Britain” narrative and argue that its scope and ambitions have changed significantly in the years following the Brexit referendum.

  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
Articles
New research
Articles
New research

The quest for a foreign policy ‘home turf’ after Brexit

Brexit marked a turning point in British foreign policy. Who would the United Kingdom now be on the world stage?
  • Defence and security
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
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