Small States and Current Security Challenges in the North Atlantic

The security environment in the North Atlantic has taken a dramatic shift in recent years, affecting the scope of small state policy and security matters in the region. With Russia‘s full scale invasion into Ukraine, support for NATO has increased and now with Finland‘s and Sweden's accession to the Alliance, the Nordic-Baltic region, has become more integrated in the realms of security than ever before. In these troubled times, there is a greater need for training young academics and future leaders in analyzing defense and security issues. The aim of this Nordplus funded intensive course is to prepare our future experts and academics for the security challenges ahead. The objective is to provide students with advanced specific knowledge on current security challenges as well as general research skills. Research is the basis for informed decision-making and an important tool to deepen our understanding of the state of affairs and thus better deal with changes on the international scene.