We examine the nature and processes of the academic-policy relationship at the CoEs by focusing on a case study of one of the NATO Centres of Excellence – the NATO Strategic Communications CoE in Latvia.

In this part of the research project, we examine how the governments of Denmark and Norway have engaged and utilised external security policy expertise in the context of NATO decision-making and security policy analyses over the past four decades.

We trace the evolution of Danish and Norwegian NATO-policy on Ukraine, Russia and China. We have established cooperation agreements with the Security Policy sections of the two Ministries of Foreign Affairs as well as their NATO permanent representations.

As part of the project, we explore and trace how NATO as an alliance framework historically has been and currently is open to outside expertise, using this insight as a framework of understanding for our historical and contemporary inquiries.

We examine the nature and processes of the academic-policy relationship at the CoEs by focusing on a case study of one of the NATO Centres of Excellence – the NATO Strategic Communications CoE in Latvia.