Transatlantic security in turbulent times
From the left: Karsten Friis, Neil Melvin and Max Bergmann.
The Trump administration seeks to shift military assets from Europe to the Asia-Pacific and expect Europe to spend 5% of its GDP on defence. How dramatic are these changes? How will it happen? And will it make Europe more exposed and vulnerable to potential Russian aggression?
In this episode Karsten Friis from The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) discusses these and other relevant questions, including the newly published British Strategic Defence Review, with Max Bergmann from Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Neil Melvin from Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI).
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Dr Karsten Friis is a Research Professor in NUPIs Research group on security and defence at NUPI. 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.
Max Bergmann is the director of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program and the Stuart Center in Euro-Atlantic and Northern European Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Dr Neil Melvin is Director, International Security at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). His current research is focused on emerging international security dynamics in key regions around the world, notably Europe and Eurasia, the Gulf and Middle East, East Africa and the Horn, and the Indo-Pacific.