Edward Hunter Christie is a Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. He first worked as a researcher at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (2002–2010), focusing notably on analyses and modelling of international trade and investment as well as on analyses pertaining to economic security and security of energy supply. He then worked as Senior Economic Adviser and Chief Economist for a major European industry association (2010-2014) and subsequently as NATO’s Defence Economist (2014-2019), before moving into the field of innovation policy.
As Deputy Head of NATO’s Innovation Unit, he drafted the Alliance’s first internal White Papers on Artificial Intelligence and on Autonomous Systems, before acting as the lead consultant for NATO’s first-ever Artificial Intelligence Strategy in 2021.
He then joined the geoeconomics research team at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (2022-2024) where he has focused on applied research on corporate geoeconomics and on the measurement and modelling of geoeconomic power.
Degrees
Doctor of Economics and Doctor of Social and Military Science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Koninklijke Militaire School, 2023.
Master of Science in Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2003.
Language skills
English, French, German.
Expertise
Geoeconomics, Economic Statecraft, Defence Economics, Defence Innovation, Artificial Intelligence, NATO, Great Power Competition
Projects
Future-proofing Finland’s Strategic Competitiveness and Innovation System for a New Geopolitical Era
Power politics by economic means: The geoeconomics research initiative
International Business Risk and Resilience Monitor for Strengthening National Economic Preparedness (IBRRM)