Eoin Micheál McNamara
Postdoctoral Fellow- Transatlantic relations
- US grand strategy
- NATO
- Transformation of war
- Security in northern and eastern Europe
Eoin Micheál McNamara is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Tartu where he previously taught extensively in International Relations between 2013 and 2020. His main research interests include transatlantic relations, US grand strategy, NATO, transformation of war, and security in northern and eastern Europe.
He has published in the NATO Review, the Revue Militaire Suisse, the Defence Forces Review, Irish Studies in International Affairs and in edited volumes published by Routledge and Palgrave MacMillan, among other outlets. He has given evidence on security and defence policy before the Oireachtas (Parliament of Ireland) Joint Committee on European Union Affairs and has briefed the Irish Defence Forces Joint Command and Staff Course.
Dr. McNamara’s television, radio and newspaper commentary on security, defence and international affairs has featured in Finnish media including Helsingin Sanomat, Ilta-Sanomat, Yle, Svenska Yle, Kauppalehti, Aamulehti, Turun Sanomat, Hufvudstadsbladet and Ruotuväki and globally with outlets such as BBC World, ARD Tagesschau, the Times of London, the New York Times, the Guardian, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, El Pais, Euronews, the Irish Times, Al-Jazeera, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) and Ireland’s national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).
He has previously been awarded visiting research fellowships at the Institute of International Relations (IIR) in Prague, Czech Republic (2019); at the Centre for War Studies (CWS), University of Southern Denmark (2020); and at FIIA (2021-22).
Degrees
PhD in political science, University of Tartu (awarded May 2025)
MSc in security studies, University College London, 2011
MA in European Union – Russia studies, University of Tartu, 2011
BA international (Hons.) in history and politics, University College Dublin (year three at University of Bergen), 2009
Language skills
English, Irish (Estonian, German)
Work experience
University Teaching Experience
Foreign Policy Analysis (Convening Lecturer, University of Tartu, 2017/2018; 2018/2019; 2019/2020) 6 ECTS
US Foreign Policy (Convening Lecturer, University of Tartu, 2019/2020) 6 ECTS
EU in International Politics (Convening Lecturer, University of Tartu, 2017/2018) 6 ECTS
EU Security Policy (Convening Lecturer, University of Tartu, 2016/2017; 2018/2019) 6ECTS
Transatlantic Relations (Convening Lecturer, University of Tartu, 2013/2014; 2014/2015) 6 ECTS
Security and Insecurity in South-East Asia (Convening Lecturer, University of Tartu, 2013/2014) 6ECTS
Security Challenges in the Asia-Pacific (Co-Convened with Prof. Eiki Berg, University of Tartu, 2019/2020) 6ECTS
Alliances in International Politics (Convening Lecturer, University of Tartu, 2016/2017; 2019/2020) 3ECTS
Power in International Politics (Convening Lecturer, University of Tartu, 2016/2017; 2018/2019) 6ECTS
International Conflicts (Convening Lecturer, Estonian School of Diplomacy, 2015/2016) 3ECTS