01 June 2026
13:15 - 14:45 Europe/Oslo
Event
Securing the north: Nordic defence cooperation across the Baltic, Arctic, and North Atlantic
What does the Northern European security landscape look like today, and what is really bringing the Nordic countries closer together on defence? In this seminar, postdoctoral fellow Gabriella Gricius visits NUPI to present her forthcoming book on just that.
Language: English
NUPI, Rosenkrantz' gate 22, OSLO
Seminar
In this seminar, Gabriella Gricius (University of Konstanz) presents her forthcoming book on the transformation of the Northern European security environment since 2022.
In the book, Gricius observes that Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and Finland and Sweden's subsequent accession to NATO have fundamentally altered the strategic geography of Northern Europe. Yet the deepening of Nordic defence cooperation cannot be explained by these events alone. Drawing on defence and foreign policy documents across all five Nordic states, a dataset of intra-Nordic military exercises from 2014–2025, and interviews with Nordic defence officials and experts, Gricius argues that understanding Nordic defence cooperation requires a more nuanced and historically grounded account – one that takes seriously how security communities form and endure through both discursive and material dimensions.
Following the presentation, Karsten Friis (NUPI) and Håkon Lunde Saxi (Norwegian Defence Command and Staff College) will offer comments and reflections on the book, before the panel engage in a discussion.
The event will also be live streamed on NUPI's YouTube channel (no registration needed for online participation).
This seminar is organised as part of the project Power Politics and Security in the Arctic (POPSARC) financed by the Research Council of Norway.
Speakers
Gabriella Gricius
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Konstanz
Karsten Friis
Research Professor
Håkon Lunde Saxi
Professor, Norwegian Defence Command and Staff College
Related projects
Research Project
2024 - 2027 (Ongoing)
Politics and Security in the Arctic (POPSARC)
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01 June 2026
13:15 - 14:45 Europe/Oslo
Language: English
NUPI, Rosenkrantz' gate 22, OSLO
Seminar