Norsk
aaa
To change the font size:
Hold down the ctrl key (cmd on a mac) and press + to enlarge or - to decrease.

Karsten Friis

Senior Research Fellow, Head of Research Group on Security and Defense

Dr. Karsten Friis is a Senior Research Fellow and head of NUPIs Research Group on Security and Defence. 

He holds a PhD from the University of Groningen, a Cand. Polit from University of Oslo and a MSc from London School of Economics. He was Political Adviser at the OSCE Mission to Serbia 2004-2007, and before that he held positions at the OSCE in Montenegro in 2001 and in Kosovo in 1999. Friis was also part of EU Special Envoy Miroslav Lajcak’s team for the referendum on independence in Montenegro in 2006. In addition, he has worked in the Norwegian Armed Forces and served at NATO/KFOR in Kosovo.

Friis’ main area of expertise is security and defense policies, international military operations, civilian-military relations, Nordic security, cyber security, as well as the Western Balkans.