Defence
The task of the armed forces is to safeguard national security and defend the country against attacks.
Research at NUPI is engaged in developing ideas, theories and procedures for the armed forces, in Norway and abroad. We focus on combining the overarching issues of security policy with the practical and technical military challenges involved. NUPI works closely with military practitioners and academic scholars, internationally as well as domestically, seeking to bridge the gap between analyses on the political level and on the ground.
Some topics of NUPI research in the sphere of defence:
• maritime security
• cyber-security
• new technology
• civilian–military relations
• irregular warfare.
News about defence
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Russian reframing: Norway as an outpost for NATO offensives
22 Dec 2021Moscow increasingly views the West as an offensive actor and the High North as terrain for NATO expansion, according to this NUPI policy brief.
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POLICY BRIEF: Nordic Airpower Cooperation and Finland’s F-35 decision: Towards a New Era?
15 Dec 2021- Per Erik Solli
Finland’s F-35 decision enhances the airpower collaboration between the Nordic states.
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Studying Nuclear Storytelling: How Britain Makes Its Bomb Make Sense
9 Aug 2021How did consecutive British governments maintain the idea that its nuclear weapons are a legitimate, desirable and a sensible way to spend scarce resources? This is the key question in Senior Research Fellow Paul Beaumont's new book.
Publications about defence
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The European Maritime Security and Defence Policy Architecture: Implications for Norway
2021Maritime security is high on the international and European security agenda, hence a number of new initiatives and actions have developed within the EU, NATO and through bilateral/minilateral agreements. To increase the common capabilities of Europe and secure more targeted responses, there is a need...- Ruxandra-Laura Bosilca
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European defence beyond institutional boundaries: Improved European defence through flexibility, differentiation and coordination
As a response to the changing geopolitical situation, initiatives aimed to strengthen European defence have been taken in NATO, in the EU, but also bi- and multilaterally between EU member states and associated non-members, such as Norway. This policy brief argues that all these processes must be taken... -
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Nordic Airpower Cooperation and Finland’s F-35 decision: Towards a New Era?
2021Summary: The Nordic states air forces have cooperated closely, especially after Russia reinvigorated its military posture in the region from 2007-2008. With regional security policy and military strategy becoming more closely integrated after 2014, this tactical activity has become a key part of an...- Per Erik Solli
Research projects about defence
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Research project
Understanding and Strenthening EU Foreign & Security Poliocy in a Complex and Contested World (JOINT)
2021 (Ongoing)The JOINT project analyses these dynamics while addressing the question of how the EU and its member states can make their foreign and security policy structures more joined-up and sustainable.
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Research project
A new European security and defence architecture in the making What does it look like and what are the implications for Norway? (EURODEFENCE)
2021 - 2024 (Ongoing)This project will study the implications of the new European defence initiatives for Norway particularly, as an allied and closely associated non-member of the EU. Despite the incremental nature of the...
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Research project
Cyber security, knowledge and practices (CYKNOW)
2021 - 2025 (Ongoing)CYKNOW will promote better understanding of cyber security, as well as develop novel theoretical and methodological tools for cybersecurity research in particular.