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The Nordic countries

The Nordic countries are among the most affluent in the world, and represent a stabil and well-functioning part of a changing Europe.

Nordic cooperation on foreign and security policy is the core in NUPI's research on Nordic issues. Important questions are how the Nordic countries' different alliance policies affect their ability to cooperate in practice, and what possibilities the Nordic countries have as a block in international politics.
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Krig i Europa – Hva skjer med Nordens forsvars- og sikkerhetspolitikk?

Podcast (in Norwegian) about Nordic security cooperation in the past and present, and how the war in Ukraine is affecting the Nordic states’ security and defence policies.

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • The Nordic countries
  • Conflict
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • The Nordic countries
  • Conflict

NUPI seminar about NATO and nordic security

On 14th June, a group of experts met in Oslo to discuss NATO and Nordic Security.
  • NATO
  • The Nordic countries
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Her skal Norden forsvares

Interview about key strategic locations for defence of the Nordics.

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • The Nordic countries
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  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • The Nordic countries
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Luftmaktseminar

Seminar on air power at the Swedish Defence University, organized by The Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences.

  • Defence
  • The Nordic countries
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  • Defence
  • The Nordic countries
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Debatten: Hva betyr en NATO-utvidelse?

(This programme is in Norwegian): Per Erik Solli on what Swedish and Finnish NATO membership will entail.

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • The Nordic countries
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  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • The Nordic countries
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Trumfkorten som gör Sverige intressant för Nato

Interview on Swedish NATO membership.

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • The Nordic countries
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  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • The Nordic countries
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NATO’s northern flank would be more robust if Sweden and Finland join, expert says

Interview in Barents Observer with Per Erik Solli about a possible NATO membership for Finland and Sweden.

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • The Nordic countries
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  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • The Nordic countries
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Op-ed

Finland and Sweden’s Path Towards NATO

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 deterrence and defence posture across the region. To ensure security and stability, all the states on Russia’s northwest flank must further advance the regional agenda from intertwined tactical and operational defence cooperation towards more a compelling deterrence strategy, write Per Erik Solli and Øystein Solvang.

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • The Nordic countries
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  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • The Nordic countries
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Op-ed

Kronikk: Fem nordiske land ser USA nå som sikkerhetsgarantist

(This op-ed is in Norwegian): Bare hvis Finland og Sverige blir medlemmer av Nato, vil hele Norden være en del av et helhetlig og robust regime for avskrekking, skriver Per Erik Solli og Øystein Solvang i denne kronikken.

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • The Nordic countries
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  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • The Nordic countries
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Den norske Atlanterhavskomité: Spranget inn i fremtiden

Europe is at war. Putin's attack on Ukraine on February 24, 2022 marks a turning point in European security. The war is also a preliminary climax in Russian revisionism, which dates back to 1990 and became more marked from 2007 and 2014. Some saw the war coming. From October 2021, insightful analysts and actors in intelligence and decision-making circles in the United States, NATO Belgium and some circles in Norway became increasingly confident that war was on the way. The inner circles had access to very good intelligence. People in positions with deep insight into Russian history watched with growing concern as Russia's bloodthirsty imperial tradition resurfaced, brutal and unadorned - this unpleasant habit of Romanovs and communists to devour neighbors. People in positions with broad knowledge of both literature and governance saw that the authoritarian Russian regime moved in a totalitarian direction and isolated itself, something we recognize from other totalitarian regimes. Experts in the public sphere did not see war as likely, with some exceptions. It was not rational, sort of. Nor had they imagined that the Soviet empire would fall apart. We see what we have seen before: That experts are best at explaining in retrospect why things went the way they did. And that they blame the politicians for not reacting in time. No one knows how long the war will last and how long Putin's Russia will remain a pariah. It is noted that a number of European leaders are working to create peace, several of them in such a way that they themselves can shine. Here we will look beyond the war itself and have a special eye on traditional power and interest politics: What are the long-term challenges and threats of significance to Norway? How should we organize our security policy and our defense? This is a time of great challenges, but also many opportunities. Crises create opportunities. There is an opportunity to make Norway better equipped to handle major changes in geopolitics and technology. We will dwell on the surroundings, especially Russia and the north. We will discuss the Nordic region in NATO as a security policy project. We will discuss the Armed Forces' design, especially the ability to think consistently from thought to action. And we will finally present five bold postulates, which transcend conventional thinking, about what Norway will be able to prioritize in the years ahead.

  • The Nordic countries
  • Oceans
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