Patrick J. Cullen

Senior Research Fellow

Email: pc@nupi.no Mobile: +(47) 401 48 803 Post address: Postboks 7024 St. Olavs Plass, 0130 OSLO Visit address: C.J. Hambros plass 2 D

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Expertise

Defence Security policy Terrorisme og ekstremisme North America Hav

Education

2009 Ph.D. International Relations, London School of Economics, London, UK. Thesis: "Private SEcurity in Internaional Politics: Deconstructing the State's Monopoly of Security Governance" 1999 M.Sc. International Relations, London School of Economics, London, UK.

Work Experience

2011-2013 Analyst, Comparative Analytics, Eurasia Group, Washington DC 2009-2011 Research Fellow, Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI), Barcelona, Spain 2008-2009 Political Risk Contractor, Exclusive Analysis, London, UK 2007 Political Risk Contractor, Eurasia Group, New York 2007 Project Contractor, Peace Operations Institute, Washington DC 2005 Counter-Terrorism Research Analyst, Project UNICORN, London Metropolitan Police Dept., London, UK 2001-2005 Class Teacher, War Studies Department, King's College, London, UK 2000-2002 Class Teacher, International Relations Department, London School of Economics 1999-2000 Book Review Editor, Millennium Journal of International Studies

Activity

2 September, 2013 Started as senior research fellow at Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

Dr. Cullen is currently researching a number of international security and defense issues, including US foreign policy in the Asia Pacific, embassy/diplomatic security, and Russian geopolitics.

Publication : Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

A Century of US Diplomatic Security: An Evolutionary Response to a Changing Threat Environment
This chapter traces nearly 100 years of US Diplomatic Security from its pre-WWI origins up to the Obama Administration, describing the key drivers of its qualitative and quantitative expansion through the Cold War into the post 9-11 world. It offers a detailed breakdown of the various roles and missions...
Publication : Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Å varsle om hybride trusler
Hybrid Warfare Early Warning and Detection. It discusses history of warnning intelligence and why and how hybrid warfare creates new challenges for warning intelligence. It also briefly reviews four concise case studies on real-world expermentation on detecting hybrid threats.
Research project

Revitalizing Transatlantic Maritime Security

2018 - 2019 (Ongoing)

This project will generate concrete policy proposals, particularly in the maritime domain, and look at ways for the United States and Europe, and Norway in particular, to adapt their military division of labor both to improve the Alliance's military effectiveness and to show to domestic audiences...
News
Hybrid warfare – how to counter it?
07.11.2018
- - Ane Teksum Isbrekken
In this NUPI Podcast episode, a panel of experts takes a closer look at the challenges posed by hybrid warfare in liberal democracies.
News
Hybrid threats – and why they are so difficult to reveal
08.06.2018
- - Ane Teksum Isbrekken
Hybrid threats calls for innovative and creative thinking by intelligence organizations.
News
Russia vs. the West: 'An increasingly dangerous situation'
11.05.2018
- - Ane Teksum Isbrekken
Listen to Christopher Coker's talk in our podcast.
Wed 9 May 2018
Event
Is Russia on a collision course with the West?

Time: 10:00 Location: NUPI

Vladimir Putin has made several statements on the West as “the bad guy”. What will this mean for the relationship between the East and the West?
News
New hub for countering hybrid war opens in Finland
08.09.2017
- - Ane Teksum Isbrekken
Dr. Patrick Cullen (NUPI) presented key findings from his research on hybrid warfare.
News
New hub for countering hybrid war opens in Finland
08.09.2017
- - Ane Teksum Isbrekken
Dr. Patrick Cullen (NUPI) presented key findings from his research on hybrid warfare.
Publication : ARTIKKEL
The Rebalance to Asia Under Trump
2017
- - Patrick J. Cullen
Attempts to predict the future shape of President Donald Trump’s defence policy in the Asia-Pacific are a challenge, at best. Nevertheless, Patrick Cullen argues that, in contrast to early assumptions that he would initiate a more isolationist defence policy and break with the previous administration’s...
News
NUPI researchers brief UN Security Council
31.03.2017
- - Ane Teksum Isbrekken
Dr. Patrick Cullen and Erik Reichborn-Kjennerud briefed the UN Security Council on hybrid war.
News
Analysis: What comes next?
02.02.2017
- - Patrick J. Cullen
'Trump has changed his tone to that of an unpredictable hawk'.
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief
What is Hybrid Warfare?
2016
- - Erik Reichborn-Kjennerud
- - Patrick J. Cullen
News
Countering hybrid war
21.05.2015
- - Ane Teksum Isbrekken
NUPI leads an international project on hybrid warfare. The debate on hybrid warfare is relevant far beyond academic circles.
Research project

Countering Hybrid Warfare (Multinational Capability Development Campaign) (MCDC (CHW))

2013 - 2019 (Ongoing)

NUPI leads an international project on how to counter hybrid warfare.
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief
The long, short, and breadth of it: mapping the Pentagon's rebalance to Asia
2014
- - Patrick J. Cullen

Patrick J. Cullen

Is Russia on a collision course with the West?