Charly Salonius-Pasternak
Leading researcher- United States foreign and domestic policy
- Finnish security and defence policy (including peace-keeping and crisis management)
Salonius-Pasternak focuses on international security issues, with a geographic focus on Nordic and transatlantic security (including NATO), as well as US foreign and defense policy. Thematically he studies the impact of technology on society and warfare, hybrid warfare/conflict, information operations and communication, crisis management & peacekeeping, as well as global geopolitical and geoeconomic trends.
Salonius-Pasternak has been a visiting research fellow at the Changing Character of War Centre at Pembroke College (Oxford University), where he studied the impact of the Information Age on the character of war. He has also been on exchange at the Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland, and an international affairs adviser to the senior leadership of the Finnish Defence Forces.
Salonius-Pasternak publishes in English, Swedish and Finnish, and speaks to a range of audiences at universities, NGOs, private companies and large international conferences. He is frequently cited by media and has appeared on thousands of tv and radio broadcasts, including global broadcasters such as CNN, BBC, Sky News, and Al Jazeera, and has been cited by media such as New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, Politico, and Le Monde. Salonius-Pasternak is a Captain (reserves) in the Finnish Defence Forces and in 2020 he was made a Knight of the Order of the White Rose of Finland.
Degrees
M.Soc.Sc, University of Helsinki
B.A., Wesleyan University
Language skills
English, Finnish, Swedish (working languages)
Work experience
Research: Crisis Management, United States, Changes in the Army, Security Policy
Research Projects:
- The Consequences of Privatization of Power for both the United States and the International Political System (2008-), Military Cooperation in the Nordic Countries (2008)
- Changes and Expansion – NATO in Transition (2007)
- Impact Analysis of National Crisis Management, in collaboration with Crisis Management Initiatives and Net Effect, funded by the Ministry of Defense (2007)
- Finland as a Peacekeeper 1991 – 2006, funded by the Ministry of Defense (2006)
- Global Security and Strategy 2030 Project, responsible for the Sub-Saharan Africa sector in 2030, funded by the Ministry of Defense (2007)
- The Conflict Prevention, Management and Reduction in Africa Project, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2005–2006)
- Lectures and speeches at national and regional Defense Courses, the National Defense University, and at events organized by civic organizations.
- Interviews and statements to the media, including on crisis management and the United States’ foreign and domestic policy.
Project Manager, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki
- August 2005 – May 2006
- Responsible for the Finnish Institute of International Affairs and Bradford University’s (U.K.) joint project Conflict Prevention, Management and Reduction in Africa – and for coordinating the work of 20 people.
- Shared responsibility for editing the book Elements for Discussion: Conflict Prevention, Management and Reduction in Africa, and for four confidential reports to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Guest Lecturer, Tufts University, Boston, United States
- August 2002 – December 2003
- Theme: Peacekeeping and Crisis Management
Education
Education:
- University of Helsinki
- August 2004 – July 2008
- Master of Political Science
- Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, United States
- September 1993 – May 1997
- Bachelor of Arts, Major in Political Science
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