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Jan Joel Andersson

Dr Jan Joel Andersson is a Senior Analyst at the EU Institute for Security Studies, where he heads the analysis of security and defence, including CSDP, Capability Development, Defence Industry and Technology and Innovation issues.

Between 2017-2022, he was a member of the Chief Executive's Policy Office (cabinet) at the European Defence Agency, advising the EDA Chief Executive on strategy and policy, specifically on the EU defence initiatives (CARD, PESCO, EDF), relations with the European Commission and the defence and high-tech industries.

Among his earlier experiences is a previous stint at EUISS (2014-2017), when Jan Joel was a Senior Analyst for Transatlantic Security, NATO and US Politics. He was a member of the Institute’s senior staff supporting the consultation and drafting process of the EU Global Strategy, and a member of the secretariat assisting the “Group of Personalities” in the drafting of their proposal for a Preparatory Action for defence-related research, presented to the Commission in 2016. Starting in June 2017, the Preparatory Action began delivering as the precursor to the European Defence Fund.

Dr Andersson has also worked in the private sector for a world-leading crisis management consultancy and has held faculty appointments at universities and in think tanks in the United States, Sweden, and France. He has published widely on European and transatlantic security and defence, capability development, and defence industry issues. He has been invited to lecture in more than 30 countries around the world. 

Jan Joel was educated at the United World College of the Adriatic in Italy, graduated from Uppsala University in Sweden, and received his MA and PhD in political science from the University of California at Berkeley. 
 

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  • Speakers standing in front EUISS banner © EUISS
    17September 2024
    Launch event: 10 ideas for the new team

    The EUISS team presented its ten ideas to reboot EU foreign policy to an audience of EU officials, experts and journalists. Available to re-watch.

  • Title of the event on globe background and photos of speakers © EUISS
    30May 2024
    Webinar on contestation

    This LinkedinLive event explored the concept of "contestation", the new dynamic driving global politics. Available to re-watch.

  • Director Steven Everts speaking on stage in from of banner with name of the event
    29May 2024
    Schuman Security and Defence Forum 2024

    The Institute was actively involved in the second edition of the Schuman Forum, hosting a think tank event with the participation of policy experts from think tanks and academia from around the world.

  • 13March 2024
    EU CSDP military missions and operations

    Successes, challenges and the future: an afternoon debriefing the EU CSDP military missions and operations.

  • 12December 2023
    Climate change and defence: Preparing for the future

    On 12 December, the EUISS and the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU organised a seminar to discuss both internal and external dimensions of the climate change and defence nexus, and how we can adapt base infrastructure, force employment, and scenario planning for the future. 

  • Image of EUISS analyst Dr Andersson © BR&U
    29November 2023
    Building weapons together (or not)

    On 29 November, the Institute organised a seminar that brought together representatives from EU Member States, EU institutions and various experts from academia, think tanks and industry to discuss the European defence industry.

  • Image of authors presenting Yearbook 2023 © EUISS
    15September 2023
    Presentation of the 2023 Yearbook of Security

    On 15 September, the EUISS and the Council of the European Union Library co-organised an event presenting the 2023 Yearbook of European Security. 

  • Image of HRVP Borrell © BR&U
    27June 2023
    EUISS Annual Conference 2023

    On 27 June, to mark the 20th anniversary of CSDP missions and operations, the Institute held its annual conference in Brussels to discuss the future of EU security and defence. 

  • Image of the delegation from the Korea Institute for Defense Analysis (KIDA) and EUISS staff members © EUISS
    13June 2023
    The Korea Institute of Defense Analyses' (KIDA) visit to the EUISS

    On 13 June, the EUISS hosted a delegation of the Korea Institute of Defense Analyses (KIDA) in Paris. 

  • Image of panel © EUISS
    12June 2023
    European defence cooperation in time of war

    On 12 June, the EUISS and the Directorate General for International Relations and Strategy (DGRIS) of the French Ministry of Defence co-organised an expert seminar entitled 'European Defence Cooperation in a Time of War'.

Pages

Jan Joel Andersson (2024) Choices must be made for the future - EU military CSDP missions and operations, The European, Security and Defence Union, Vol 52, No 3, 2024, pp. 26-27.

Jan Joel Andersson (2023), High time for Sweden’s NATO membership, Egmont -The Royal Institute for International Relations, May 2023.

Dags för lillasyster Sverige att växa upp och ta ledartröjan i försvarssamarbetet
In Liberal Debatt 2023, (in Swedish)

Jan Joel Andersson (2022), USA, in Komparativ Politik, 3rd ed, edited by Thomas Denk and Carsten Anckar, Lund: Studentlitteratur.

Jan Joel Andersson (2021), Krig och konflikter, in Internationella relationer, 4th ed, edited by Jakob Gustavsson and Jonas Tallberg, Lund: Studentlitteratur.

Jan Joel Andersson (2018), Finland and Sweden, in The Handbook of European Defence Policies and Armed Forces, edited by Hugo Meijer and Marco Wyss. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Jan Joel Andersson (2015), Submarine Capabilities and Conventional Deterrence in Southeast Asia, Contemporary Security Policy, 36:3, 473-497

Jan Joel Andersson (2015), The Race to the Bottom. Submarine Proliferation and International Security, Naval War College Review: Vol. 68: No. 1, Article 3.

Jan Joel Andersson (2014), Nordic NATO. Why It’s Time for Finland and Sweden to Join the Alliance, Foreign Affairs, April 30, 2014.

Jan Joel Andersson (2013), Defence Industry and Technology: The Base for a More Capable Europe, in The Routledge Handbook of European Security, edited by Sven Biscop, Richard Whitman. 

Jan Joel Andersson, Tobias Evers and Gunnar Sjöstedt (2011), Private Sector Actors & Peacebuilding. A Framework for Analysis. Stockholm: Swedish Institute of International Affairs.

Jan Joel Andersson (2008), The EU and the European Security Strategy. Forging a Global Europe, edited by Jan Joel Andersson and Sven Biscop. Routledge, 2008

Jan Joel Andersson (2006), Armed and Ready? The EU Battlegroup Concept and the Nordic Battlegroup, Stockholm: SIEPS