THE 50th ANNUAL SECURITY CONFERENCE THE BALANCE OF POWER FEBRUARY 2 nd-3rd 2015 Front page illustration: Derivative of several photos, among them one by E. O. and one by Volkova Natalia under licenses from Shutterstock.com. Monday, February 2nd 2015 Session 1: NATO-Russia Relations: A Zero-Sum Game? Opening session: Main auditorium of the Nobel Institute, Henrik Ibsens gt. 51. Chaired by the Secretary General of the Norwegian Atlantic Committee, Ms Kate Hansen Bundt. 08:55 - 09:00 Words of welcome by the Chairman of the Norwegian Atlantic Committee, Mr. Kjell Engebretsen 09:00 - 09:30 Opening Speech by the Prime Minister of Norway, Ms Erna Solberg 09:30 - 09:45 Q&A 09:45 - 10:15 Keynote Speech by the Deputy Secretary General of NATO, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow 10:15 - 10:30 Q&A 11:00 Bus to Leangkollen Conference Centre for lunch and afternoon session 11:30 - 12:45 Lunch Session 2: The Conflict in Ukraine Chaired by Professor Janne Haaland Matlary (University of Oslo) 12:45 - 13:15 Russia, Ukraine and NATO: Expecting the Worst? Dr Sergey Utkin (Centre for Situation Analysis, Russian Academy of Sciences) 13:15 - 13:45 The Eastern Fear of a Soviet Reunion Mr Marcin Terlikowski (Polish Institute of International Affairs) 13:45 - 14:15 Ukraine: Current Status and Threat Perception Dr Hanna Shelest (Ukrainian National Institute for Strategic Studies) 3 14:15 - 14:35 Comments by Dr Geir Flikke (University of Oslo) and panel discussion 14:35 - 14:55 Coffee break Session 3: The Diversity of the West Chaired by Professor Julian Lindley-French (Institute of Statecraft) 14:55 - 15:15 The Baltics: In a Tough Spot Ambassador Imants Lieģis (Latvia’s Ambassador to Hungary) 15:15 - 15:35 France: France: The Crisis in Ukraine from a French Perspective Dr Thomas Gomart (French Institute of International Relations) 15:35 - 15:55 Germany: The Implications for German Security Policy Dr Karl-Heinz Kamp (Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik) 15:55 - 16:15 Swedish Non-Alignment Challenged? Dr Ann-Sofie Dahl (Center for Military Studies, Copenhagen University) 16:15 - 16:35 Finland: The Vital Non-Member Dr Pauli Järvenpää (International Centre for Defence Studies) 16:35 - 17:00 Comments by Dr Jakub Godzimirski (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs) and panel discussion 17:00 Departure by bus to Oslo, Fridtjof Nansens pl. 8, City Hall (ETA 17:30) 4 Tuesday, February 3rd 2015 08:00 Bus to Leangkollen, departure from Fridtjof Nansens plass 8 08:30 - 09:00 Coffee and registration Session 4: How to Handle Different Threats? Chaired by Secretary General of the Norwegian Atlantic Committee, Ms Kate Hansen Bundt and Dr Paal Sigurd Hilde (Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies) 09:00 - 09:30 Opening Lecture by the Norwegian State Secretary of Defence, Mr. Øystein Bø 09:30 - 09:50 The Challenges of Hybrid Warfare Professor Øyvind Østerud (University of Oslo) 09:50 - 10:10 Great Power Politics and the Decline of Liberalist Internationalism Dr Asle Toje (The Norwegian Nobel Institute) 10:10 - 10:30 Ambitions and Resources in Russian Military Policy Dr Tor Bukkvoll (Norwegian Defence Research Establishment) 10:30 - 10:50 The Implications for Finnish Defence Policy Defence Policy Director Helena Partanen (Finnish Ministry of Defence) 10:50 - 11:20 Coffee break 11:20 - 11:40 Preparing Against Military Threats in Practice Major General Odin Johannessen (Norwegian Armed Forces, Operations Division, The Defence Staff) 5 11:40 - 12:20 Comments by Dr Paal Sigurd Hilde and panel discussion 12:20 - 12:40 What Can We Expect in the Future? Professor Julian Lindley-French (Institute of Statecraft) 12:40 - 13:00 Q&A followed by Closing Statements by Secretary General, Ms Kate Hansen Bundt 13:00 - 13:45 Lunch 14:00 Departure by bus to Oslo, Fridtjof Nansens plass 8 6 Speaker biographies in order of appearance Monday, February 2nd 2015 Session 1: NATO-Russia Relations: A Zero-Sum Game? Kate Hansen Bundt Secretary General, The Norwegian Atlantic Committee Bundt has been the Secretary General of DNAK since 2010. She holds a Cand. polit. degree in political science from the University of Oslo, with a thesis on “German reunification and the German Question”. She has additional studies from the Humboldt University in Berlin 1987 and the Norwegian Defence University College in 2009. Ms Bundt’s area of expertise includes the development of European integration (EU) and diplomacy, German politics as well as Transatlantic relations (NATO) and security policy. Bundt worked at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) from 1990-93, was research director at the Oslo-based think-tank Europaprogrammet from 1993-2005, and worked as an independent lecturer and media commentator of European, German and international affairs from 2006-09. She was member of the EEA Review Committee appointed by the Stoltenberg Government in 2010-12, and from 2007—2009 she was member of the Stoltenberg government’s Committee for Security Policy, Disarmament, and International Challenges to Norwegian Security. Since 2014 she is chair of the board at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and VicePresident of the Atlantic Treaty Association. She is also appointed member of the Minister of Defence’s newly established expert commission on Norwegian Defence Policy (Dec 2014). 7 Kjell Engebretsen Chair, The Norwegian Atlantic Committee He is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, and was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1993, and was re-elected on two occasions. Mr. Engebretsen has been a member of the Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, and the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs. He has also been a delegate to the UN and a member of the parliamentary assembly to the OSCE. Erna Solberg The Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg was born in Bergen 24 February 1961. She is married to Sindre Finnes. The couple has two children. Solberg holds a Cand. Mag. Degree (in Sociology, Political Science, Statistics and Economy) from the University of Bergen in 1986. 8 Solberg was Minister of Local Government and Regional Development 20012005, in Kjell Magne Bondevik's Second Government. Solberg has represented the Conservative Party in the County of Hordaland at the Storting (Parliament) since 1989. At the change of government she was the Conservative Party's parliamentary leader. During the recent Storting period she was member of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services Affairs, the Standing Committee on Foreign and Defence Affairs and the Electoral Committee, 08.10.2009 - 30.09.2013. She has previously been a member of standing committees on i.a. Finance and Local Government, and head of the Storting's delegation to NATO's Parliamentary Assembly. Solberg has been leader of the Conservative Party since 2004. Ambassador Alexander Vershbow Deputy Secretary General of NATO Ambassador Alexander Vershbow assumed his position in February 2012 after serving for three years as the US assistant secretary of defense for International Security Affairs. From 1977 to 2008, Vershbow was a career member of the United States Foreign Service. He served as US ambassador to NATO (19982001); to the Russian Federation (2001-2005); and to the Republic of Korea (20052008). He held numerous senior positions in Washington, including special assistant to the president and senior director for European Affairs at the National Security Council (1994-1997) and State Department director for Soviet Union affairs (1988-1991). He received a BA in Russian and East European Studies from Yale University and a Master's Degree in International Relations and a Certificate of the Russian Institute from Columbia University. 9 Session 2: The Conflict in Ukraine Janne Haaland Matlary Professor, University of Oslo and Norwegian Defense College She was a researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs 19871992, Research Director at ARENA, Center for European Studies at the University of Oslo 1995-1997 and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs 1997-2000. Matlary’s research interests include international relations, international security policy, with a special focus on European security policy. Her latest books are (with Magnus Petersson) NATO’s European Allies: Military Capability and Political Will (Palgrave, 2013) and (as co-editor) Strategisk suksess? Norsk maktbruk i Libya og Afghanistan [transl: Strategic Success? Norwegian Use of Force in Libya and Afghanistan]. Professor Haaland Matlary is currently working on another book project “Can Europe act strategically? Hard Power in Hard Times” and is appointed member of the Minister of Defence’s newly established expert commission on Norwegian Defence Policy (Dec 2014). 10 Dr Sergey Utkin Head of Department, Centre for Situation Analysis, Russian Academy of Sciences Dr Sergey Utkin heads the Department of Strategic Assessment at the Centre for Situation Analysis, Russian Academy of Sciences and has done so since 2012. In 2006 - 2013 he worked at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences, where his last position was Head of Section for Political Aspects of European Integration. He holds a PhD in political science (international relations), which he received at IMEMO in 2006 for a thesis on Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU. In 2002 he graduated from the Moscow Pedagogical State University, School of History. His research is focused on the foreign and security policy of the EU, the EU's relations with Russia and the US and Russia's foreign policy in the Euro-Atlantic area. He is the author of a book "EU and Russia in the changing security architecture: prospects for interaction" published in 2010 in Russian. Marcin Terlikowski Polish Institute of International Affairs Mr. Terlikowski is Head of European Security and Defence Economics project at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). Since 2007 he has been research fellow in PISM, and between 2013 and 2014 served as acting 11 coordinator of International Security Program. In his research he focuses on European defence industry and defence equipment market and European Union Common Security and Defence Policy, defence and military-to-military cooperation in Europe. He is the author of various policy reports and academic papers on European collaboration on defence capabilities, economic policy towards defence industry, Polish security policy, and EU crisis management operations. He co-led a number of collaborative research programs, including Defence Austerity: a New Paradigm for Defence and Security Cooperation in the Visegrad Region (three subsequent editions, 2011-2013); Weimar Defence Cooperation – Projects to Respond to the European Imperative (2011); Restructuring Europe's Armed Forces in Times of Austerity: A Dialog on Challenges and Opportunities for Government and Industry (2010). Within his Ph.D. research at the Warsaw School of Economics, he analyzed LoI countries defence industrial policy over the last two decades. Dr Hanna Shelest Senior Researcher, National Institute for Strategic Studies Dr Hanna Shelest is a Senior Researcher at the National Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of Ukraine, Odessa Branch, where she has been working since 2004. She has a PhD in International Relations from the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. In 2014 Dr Shelest served as a Visiting Research Fellow at the NATO Defense College in Rome. Her main research interests are conflicts resolution, security and cooperation, especially in the Wider Black Sea Region and the Middle East, foreign policy of Ukraine. She has more than 50 academic and more than 100 articles in media published in Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Georgia, Sweden, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Switzerland, the USA, the UK and 12 Romania. She has a past experience as a journalist, PR consultant for the government and business, and as a lecturer in International Relations for different Universities. She is also Head of the Board of the NGO “Promotion of Intercultural Cooperation”. Dr Shelest is a Rotary Peace Fellow 2010, Black Sea Young Reformer 2011, John Smith Fellow 2012 and Women in Public Service Project Alumna 2013. She was recognized as “40 under 40 Ukrainian Emerging Leader 2013” by the US-Ukraine Foundation. Geir Flikke Associate Professor, University of Oslo Dr Geir Flikke (b. 1963) is currently Associate Professor at the University of Oslo. He holds a PhD degree from the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Oslo (2006), with a thesis on Russia's democratization movement from the 1990s. He was Assistant Director of NUPI (2006-2010), and worked as an advisor to the Conservative Party in the Norwegian Parliament (Storting), 1999-2000. In 2001 he served as Counsellor at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Moscow. Recent publications include: 'An Arctic Home? The Arctic Policies of Norway and Russia, in Robin M. Allers, Carlo Masala and Rolf Tamnes (eds) (2014) Common or Divided Security? German and Norwegian Perspectives on Euro-Atlantic Security.; 'Collusive Status-Seeking: The Sino-Russian Relationship', in Stephen Blank (ed.), Central Asia after 2014.; 'Grand Bargain or Grand Strategy: The Obama Administration and U.S. policy toward Russia', in B. Rajaee & M. J. Miller (eds), National Security under the Obama Administration (2012); 'Norway and the Arctic: Between Multilateral Governance and Geopolitics', in J. Kraska (ed.), Arctic Security in an Age of Climate Change (2011); 'Chinese-Russian Convergence and Central Asia' (with Julie Wilhelmsen), Journal of Geopolitics, 13 vol. 16, no. 4 (2011); 'Pacts, Parties and Elite Struggle: Ukraine's Troubled PostOrange Transition', Europe-Asia Studies, vol. 60, no. 3 (2008). He is currently heading the Norwegian Research Council project NEPORUS, analyzing the changing framework for social organization and social mobilization in Russia. Session 3: The Diversity of the West Julian Lindley-French Senior Fellow, Institute of Statecraft Julian Lindley-French is Senior Fellow of the Institute of Statecraft, Director of Europa Analytica & Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow, National Defense University, Washington DC. An internationally-recognised strategic analyst, advisor and author he was formerly Eisenhower Professor of Defence Strategy at the Netherlands Defence Academy, and Special Professor of Strategic Studies at the University of Leiden. He is a Fellow of Respublica in London, and a member of the Strategic Advisory Group of the Atlantic Council of the United States in Washington. Latest books: The Oxford Handbook on War 2014. (Oxford: Oxford University Press) & "Little Britain? Twenty-First Strategy for a Middling European Power". 14 Ambassador Imants Lieģis Latvia’s Ambassador to Hungary Ambassador Lieģis has been Latvia’s Ambassador to Hungary since September 2012 and is also accredited to Montenegro, Slovenia and Croatia. He was Latvia’s Ambassador to NATO in the pre-accession period until Latvia joined NATO 10 years ago. Thereafter he was Ambassador to the EU Political and Security Committee and for a short time Ambassador to Spain. Other Ambassadorial appointments include the Benelux countries. He has worked as a career diplomat since 1992, and previously worked as a lawyer in England, where he was born and educated. From March 2009 until November 2010 Imants Lieģis served in Government as Minister of Defence (and Acting Minister of Justice from May 2010). Following that he was elected to Latvia’s Parliament for one year, working as Chairman of the European Affairs Committee and Head of Delegation to NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly. He is a Research Fellow at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and Board Member of the European Leadership Network for multilateral nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation issues. He has published works on foreign affairs and defence and security matters. 15 Dr Thomas Gomart Vice-President for Strategic Development, French Institute of International Relations Dr Gomart is Vice-President for Strategic Development at IFRI (since 2010) and previously served as director of the Russia/NIS Center (2004-2013). His academic and professional background has been closely related to post-Soviet space, as Lavoisier Fellow at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations (2001), Visiting Fellow at the EU Institute for Security Studies (2003) and Marie Curie Fellow at Department of War Studies at King’s College (2003-2004). He holds a PHD in History (Paris I - Panthéon La Sorbonne) and an EMBA from HEC Paris. He directs the Russie.Nei.Visions collection with Tatiana Kastueva-Jean. His research areas include Post-Soviet space, Energy Issues, Security Issues and Digital Issues. Dr Karl-Heinz Kamp Academic Director, German Federal Academy for Security Policy Dr Kamp studied History and Political Sciences in Bonn and holds a Ph.D. from the University of the German Armed Forces, Hamburg with a dissertation on NATO’s nuclear planning procedures. 16 He started his career in 1986 at the German Council of Foreign Affairs in Bonn. In 1988, he has been Research Fellow with the Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. In September 1988, he joined the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Bonn, where he became Head of the Foreign- and Security Policy Research Section in 1992 and later the Director of its International Planning Staff. From 2003-2007, he was the Security Policy Coordinator of the Foundation in Berlin. From 1997-1998, Dr Kamp was on a temporary assignment with the Planning Staff of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served as the Research Director of the NATO Defense College in Rome to build up NATO's Research Division from 2007-13. In November 2013, he took over the newly created position as Academic Director of the BAKS. He is a member of numerous international institutions and academic bodies. In 2009, Secretary Madeleine Albright selected him as one of the Advisors for the NATO Expert Group on the New Strategic Concept. Dr Kamp has published more than 330 articles on security policy issues in international books and renowned journals. Ann-Sofie Dahl Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Center for Military Studies, Copenhagen University Dr Ann-Sofie Dahl is also Adjunct Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. She is the founder, former Secretary General and Vice President of the Swedish Atlantic Council. From 2002-2005, Dr Dahl was Vice President of the Atlantic Treaty Association and in 2012, she was a Visiting Scholar at the NATO Defense College in Rome. 17 She is also a columnist and regular contributor to Svenska Dagbladet, Sydsvenska Dagbladet and Børsen. Her research interests include Swedish foreign and security policy, Nordic and Nordic-Baltic security policy, NATO, partnerships, transatlantic relations and US foreign policy. Recent publications include “The Ukraine Crisis and the End of the Post-Cold War European Order: Options for NATO and the EU” (co-author, Copenhagen: Center for Military Studies, Summer 2014), “NORDEFCO and NATO: Smart Defense in the North?”, “Northern Security and Global Politics. Nordic-Balitic Strategic Influence in a Post-Unipolar World” (co-editor with Pauli Järvenpää) and “Du gamla, du fria. Moderat utrikespolitik från Høgerparti til Alliansregering”. Pauli Järvenpää Senior Research Fellow, International Centre for Defence and Security Dr Pauli Järvenpää, a former Finnish diplomat and a senior government official, joined International Centre for Defence and Security on 1 May 2013. As a Senior Research Fellow at ICDS, he focuses on the security of the Baltic Sea and Nordic region and on issues related to NATO, the EU and transatlantic cooperation, as well as on the security and development of Afghanistan. Ambassador Järvenpää most recently served as the Finnish Ambassador to Afghanistan (2010-2013). Before that he was Director General of the Defence Policy Department at the Finnish Ministry of Defence (2002-2010) and the Defence Advisor at the Mission of Finland to NATO in Brussels (1999-2002). Järvenpää is educated at Harvard and Cornell Universities. 18 Jakub Godzimirski Research Professor, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) Dr Jakub M. Godzimirski holds a PhD in social anthropology and is since 2012 Research Professor at NUPI. Between 2012 and 2013 he was the Head of the Research Group on European Affairs at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). Between 1995 and 2012 he was and since 2014 he is again member of NUPI’s Russia team. In 2009-2010 he was also the head of the NUPI Energy Programme. Prior to joining NUPI he worked for two years (1993-94) at the Department of Strategic Studies in the Polish Ministry of Defence. His present research interests include Russian foreign and security policy, with focus on energy’s role and Russia’s relations with the West. He has edited several volumes on those issues and published many peer reviewed articles and book chapters on Russian security and energy policy and its reception in Europe. 19 Tuesday, February 3rd 2015 Session 4: How to Handle Different Threats Øystein Bø State Secretary, The Norwegian Ministry of Defence Mr. Øystein Bø currently serves as the State Secretary at the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defense. Bø has served in the Norwegian Foreign Service since 1990, in various capacities. He worked at the Norwegian Embassy in Sarajevo, where he was seconded as legal advisor to the High Representative in Bosnia (OHR). He has also been the chief of staff for the Foreign Minister, and served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Norwegian Delegation to NATO. During 2010-2013 Mr. Bø was the Permanent Secretary in Parliament for the Standing Committee on Defense and Foreign Affairs. Øystein Bø holds a law degree from the University of Oslo from 1989, and served in the Royal Norwegian Army from 1982-1993. Øyvind Østerud Professor, University of Oslo Østerud is Professor of political science, University of Oslo. He was Head of Department from 1993-95 and also in 2008-2012. He directed the Norwegian 20 Power and Democracy Study 1998-2003 and was President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters 2008-2011. Østerud was adjoint professor at the Norwegian Defence Academy 2006-2012 and has published numerous books and scientific articles in political science/international relations. He has also published extensively on sovereignty, military intervention and types of war. Asle Toje Research Director, The Norwegian Nobel Institute Dr Asle Toje (b. 1974) is the Research Director at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, and has been a lecturer at the Institute for Political Science at the University of Oslo. He is appointed member of the Minister of Defence’s newly established expert commission on Norwegian Defence Policy (Dec 2014). Toje’s research interests are found at the intersection of security studies and European studies. Since Toje graduated from Cambridge University in 2006, Toje has published widely on transatlantic security, political theory and foreign policy. 21 Tor Bukkvoll Senior Research Fellow, The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment Dr Tor Bukkvoll has studied political developments in Russia and Ukraine since the mid-1990s, especially in the areas of defence and security. He speaks Russian and Ukrainian, and obtained his PhD from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Bukkvoll has spent much time in Russia and Ukraine. Bukkvoll was a visiting research fellow at the Changing Character of War program at the University of Oxford in 2008, worked as an associate professor of international relations at the Norwegian Military Academy 1996-1999, and has previously also worked at Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies and the Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO). His research areas include Russian military and security politics, Russian and Ukrainian foreign policy, Ukrainian politics and Russian and Ukranian arms industries. Helena Partanen Defence Policy Director, Finnish Ministry of Defence Before taking up her current position in early 2000’s she worked mainly with crisis management and peace support related issues. She currently leads the 22 Defence Policy Unit which is responsible for Finland’s cooperation with EU, NATO and the Nordic countries as well as for other multinational and bilateral defence cooperation. The unit also deals with crisis management and arms control issues. Helena Partanen is also the Deputy Director General for Defence Policy. Director, Defence Councellor Partanen joined the Ministry of Defence already in 1980 and has since held various positions at the MOD. She has contributed to numerous studies and reports and development programmes for the defence administration. She has been stationed abroad twice. She worked as the Defence Councellor at the Finnish Embassy in Washington D.C. in 2004-2008 and as the assistant to the Defence Attaché at the Finnish Embassy in Oslo in 19981999. She has also lived with her family in Sweden in 1989. Helena Partanen has attended the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Course on International Affairs for New Diplomatic Recruits, but never applied for a post at the Foreign Service. During her career in the Ministry of Defence, she has attended several courses organised by the Defence Forces. She has also attended several Governmental Leadership programmes, including the Public Management Strategies Programme and the Government Future Leaders Programme. Helena Partanen graduated from the Helsinki University faculty of Law in 1980. She passed the Court training only later, after first serving several years for the Finnish government. She is married to Dr. Timo Partanen and they have two adult sons, Hannu and Tommi. 23 Major General Odin Johannessen Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations Division in the Defence Staff Major General Odin Johannessen (b. 1961) started his military career in the Infantry in 1981, and graduated from the Norwegian Military Academy in 1986. He then served as platoon commander in the Infantry and the Border Guard Battalion in Kirkenes, before he was staff officer in 1989-92 in the Army Staff in Oslo. He commanded 2nd Company in His Majesty the King’s Guards from 199294, when he started as Aid de Camp to the Chief of the Army Staff. From 1996-98 he served as Operations Officer (S-3) and battalion Second in Command in IFOR/SFOR in Bosnia Herzegovina. He then returned to the Army staff as a Planner and attended National Defence College in Stockholm, Sweden from 1999-01. After graduation he was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel and became a Military Adviser in the Ministry of Defence. In 2002 he took command of the Cavalry Battalion at Setermoen, and Telemark Battalion in 2004. Under his command Telemark Battalion was on NRF readiness (NRF 4/2005), and ISAF Quick Reaction Force in Regional Command North in Afghanistan (2006). In August 2006 he was promoted Colonel and Commandant of the Norwegian Military Academy. He attended The U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 2010-11. Promoted Brigadier in August 2011 he took command of Brigade North at Bardufoss. Odin Johannessen was promoted Major General on the 22nd April 2014 as Assistant Chief of Staff (ACOS) Operations Division in the Defence Staff. 24 Paal Sigurd Hilde Associate Professor, Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies Dr Hilde received his DPhil in politics from the University of Oxford (St. Antony’s College) in 2003. Prior to joining IFS in 2008, he was a senior adviser in the Department for security policy in the Norwegian Ministry of Defense (2004-08), when he also served as secretary for the Norwegian Defense Policy Commission (2006-07). From 2008 to 2013, Hilde was head of the Center for Norwegian and European Security at IFS. His main research interests include Norwegian security and defense policy, NATO and Arctic security affairs and he has published both in Norway and internationally on these topics. Dr Hilde is currently on leave from IFS to serve as the head of the secretariat for the official commission that will evaluate Norway’s engagement in Afghanistan. 25 Notes: Notes: Since its foundation in 1955, the Norwegian Atlantic Committee (NAC) has sought to increase public awareness on issues relating to defence, security and foreign policy with particular emphasis on EuroAtlantic relations. Over the years, we have broadened our scope of security issues and geographical range, covering topics like nuclear proliferation, terrorism and human rights and areas including the Middle East, Eastern Europe and East Asia. The Norwegian Atlantic Committee is politically independent and aims to inform and inspire to discussion about issues on the international agenda of security and foreign affairs. 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