Per Erik Solli

Summary

Per Erik Solli is Senior Defence Analyst in NUPIs Research group on security and defence. Solli also holds positions at Nord University and the Norwegian Joint Headquarters (NJHQ).

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 in the Nordic region and Northern Europe, safety and security in the Arctic, military trends in the Indo-Pacific region, and armed conflicts in the Middle-East.