Karsten Friis
Senior Research Fellow, Head of Research Group on Security and DefenseDr. 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.
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: Policy Brief
The European Defence Fund and Norway
2020The establishment of the European Defence Fund (EDF) represents an important step towards a more coherent European security architecture. It is broadly recognised that Europe needs to reduce duplication between, as well as the number of, weapons systems and platforms. The EU recently opened up for associated... -
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: Academic article
Offensive cyberoperasjoner: Den nye normalen?
2020Can states retaliate if they get digitally attacked in peace-time? What are states doing and what does international law say about this? What are the potential security implications of an eventual increase in the use of offensive cyber operations? -
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The Russia Conference 2020: Great Powers and Arctic Politics
07.09.2020Did you miss the conference on 10 September? Here are all the panels for you to watch! -
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: Popular scientific lecture
Hvilke utfordringer står totalforsvaret overfor mtp å stå rustet til å møte morgendagens digitale utfordringer og trusselbilde?
Closing conference debate about cybersecurity in context of the total defence system. -
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The Russia Conference 2020: Great Powers and Arctic Politics
07.09.2020Did you miss the conference on 10 September? Here are all the panels for you to watch! -
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: Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Etterretningstjenestene og det nye trusselbildet: Er de beredt?
The current international situation places far higher demands on coordination, cooperation and interaction between the services than before. At the same time, there have been, and are, a number of different challenges associated with collaboration between PST and Norway's military intelligence.... -
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: Popular scientific article
Det haster med ny etterretningslov
Norway needs a new law on foreign intelligence -
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: Report
Biowar next? Security implications of the coronavirus
2020In this Strategic Update, Karsten Friis investigates the pandemic's potential consequences for the world, its armed forces, the integration of Europe, US-China relations, as well as the concept and practice of 'war' more broadly. Although much remains uncertain, the disruptions which are... -
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: Popular scientific lecture
Åpen høring i Stortingets utenriks- og forsvarskomité torsdag 28. mai 2020
Karsten Friis and Vegard Valther Hansen participated to an open hearing in the Parliament about the proposed new law on the intelligence service. -
Wed 10 Jun 2020Event
WEBINAR: Security implications of AI and other emerging technologies
Time: 14:00 Location: WebinarNUPI’s Cybersecurity Centre has the pleasure to invite to a webinar with Dr. Jean-Marc Rickli, who will talk about how the technological development creates new global security challenges.
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: Popular scientific lecture
Videokonferansehøring: Vilje til beredskap - evne til forsvar. Langtidsplan for forsvarsektoren (Prop. 62 S (2019-2020))
Ulf Sverdrup and Karsten Friis participated in open hearing about the long-term plan for the armed forces -
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: Feature article
Forsvarets langtidsplan til ompuss
(Op-ed in Norwegian only): The parliament sent the proposed long-term plan for the armed forces back to the government. In this op-ed, Karsten Friis and Ulf Sverdrup gives an onerview of the most pressing concerns the new plan should consider. -
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: Report
The Shifting Boundaries of Nordic Defence Cooperation
Nordic security and defence cooperation is shifting with the rapid rise and expansion of European defence cooperation. Spanning industrial collaboration, capability development, training and operations, planning, as well as other strategic measures, this new European momentum has manifested itself in... -
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How do the Nordics position themselves in the new European security landscape?
19.03.2020In a new joint report, researchers from NUPI and research institutes in the Nordics have investigated this. -
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: Chapter
Nordic perspectives on European security: Norway
How does Norway relate to the various new European defence cooperation formats? Which states are Norway coordinating with when engaging in these projects? Is there unexploited potential for common Nordic initiatives within the European formats? Or do traditional security relationships still take precedence?... -
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: Popular scientific lecture
Forsvarets langtidsplan, det fagmilitære råd og trusselbildet.
As assessment of the upcoming new defence long term plan, CHODs advise, and the security landscape. -
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: Popular scientific lecture
Europeisk sikkerhet under press – hva med Norge?
The lecture addressed European security in a historical and contemporary perspective, and asked what implications the new security landscape have for Norwegian security policy. -
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: Academic monograph
Civil-Military Relations in International Interventions: A New Analytical Framework
It is frequently claimed that success in interventions hinges largely on military–civilian coherence. However, despite high ambitions among politicians and organizations, coherence among intervening actors has proven challenging to achieve in practice. Why is this so? To answer this, the book approach... -
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NUPI@MSC: How do we meet the challenges in a changing Arctic?
13.02.2020Read joint NUPI-Wilson Center report on Arctic security discussed at MSC 2020. -
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: Report
A Governance and Risk Inventory for a Changing Arctic
Many government officials, military leaders, and political observers have proclaimed the rise of a new, post-Cold War global great power competition between the United States, Russia, and China with myriad implications. Using this new reality as the backdrop for the Arctic Security Roundtable at the...