Per Erik Solli

Senior Defence Analyst

Per Erik Solli is Senior Defence Analyst in NUPIs Research group on security and defence. Solli also has a position as Senior Adviser at Nord University.

He holds a Master in International Relations Pi Sigma Alpha from Auburn University, and a Master in Military Operational Art and Science from the U.S. Air Force Air Command and Staff College. Solli is a graduate of the Senior Executive Course at the Norwegian National Defence War College.

Solli is a retired Colonel from the Royal Norwegian Air Force. He started his career as an F-16 pilot and served in several service and joint staff positions. His last military assignment was defense attaché to the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Luxemburg. Solli's previous assignments include staff officer in the Norwegian Defence Minister's Expert Commission on Security Policy, Senior Military Advisor at NUPI, visiting fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) in the National Defense University (NDU) in Washington D.C., and visiting fellow at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS) in S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) in Singapore.

Solli's main areas of expertise include security and defense policies, Nordic security, defence cooperation in Northern Europe, security and safety arrangements in the Arctic, and military trends in the Asia-Pacific region.

Publications All publications

Japan ruster opp
Publication : Op-ed | 2022
- Per Erik Solli
- Wrenn Yennie Lindgren
(This op-ed is in Norwegian): Japan kan få det tredje største forsvarsbudsjettet i verden, skriver Wrenn Yennie Lindgren og Per Erik Solli i denne DN1
Evolving Japan–NATO Relations in the Leadup to the Madrid Summit
Publication | 2022
- Wrenn Yennie Lindgren
- Per Erik Solli
In response to growing security concerns in East Asia, Japan has increased its engagement with NATO at both the organisational and individual member-1
Debatten: Hva betyr en NATO-utvidelse?
Publication : Interview | 2022
- Per Erik Solli
(This programme is in Norwegian): Per Erik Solli on what Swedish and Finnish NATO membership will entail.
Finland and Sweden’s Path Towards NATO
Publication | 2022
- Per Erik Solli
- Øystein Solvang
The failure of deterrence and the outbreak of war in Ukraine should be a wakeup call to the Nordic governments to create a more robust and coherent d1
Her skal Norden forsvares
Publication : Interview | 2022
- Per Erik Solli
Interview about key strategic locations for defence of the Nordics.