| NAME | POSITION | DATE OF INTERVIEW (2025) | FORMAT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Svein Efjestad | Former Director General for Security Policy at the Norwegian Ministry of Defence | June 25 | In-person |
| Rolf Tamnes | Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, Norwegian Defence University College | June 25 | In-person |
| Robert Dalsjö | Senior Analyst, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) | August 18 | Zoom |
| Janne Kuusela | Director General for Defence Policy, Ministry of Defence, Finland | August 20 | Microsoft Teams |
| Matti Pesu | Senior Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs | August 26 | Zoom |
| Pete Piirainen | Deputy Defence Counsellor at Mission of Finland to NATO | August 27 | Microsoft Teams |
| Ian Anthony | Research Analyst, Division of Defence Analysis, Strategy and Policy Section, FOI | August 27 | Microsoft Teams |
| Karl Sörenson | Director of Research, Division for Defence Analysis, FOI | September 1 | Microsoft Teams |

Hawks in The High North: The emerging Nordic cluster in NATO
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.31374/sjms.506 | Journal eISSN: 2596-3856
Language: English
Page range: 395 - 414
Submitted on: Oct 31, 2025
Accepted on: Jun 19, 2026
Published on: Jul 15, 2026
Published by: Scandinavian Military Studies
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2026 Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, Lauren Elizabeth Hagstrom, published by Scandinavian Military Studies
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