Gen. Robert Mood's Keynote Speech — NATO’s Security Role and the High North

As part of the Model NATO and Security in the North (5 ECTS) course, we are pleased to host Lt. General (r) Robert Mood, the former president of the Norwegian Red Cross and the former head of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria. Mood has previously served as the Norwegian Military Representative to NATO.

In his keynote speech, Lt. General (r) Robert Mood will delve, inter alia, into how the security landscape of the High North has been changing amid politico-security developments taking place on both the regional and international levels. He will shed light on the implications of such changes for our security today and in the future.

Gen. Mood's lecture will be open to all staff members, students, and guests at UiT.

The Model NATO and Security in the North course is taking place from September 2 to September 6, 2024 under the auspices of the Centre for Peace Studies and The Grey Zone research group. It entails three days of thematic lectures and panel discussions followed by two days of an extensive crisis simulation. The course offers a deep dive into the aims, functions, and limitations of NATO, as well as robust training in dialogue and negotiations. Students from not only UiT but also Umeå University (Sweden) and the University of Lapland (Finland) are participating in the course.

For more information, please contact Arsalan Bilal (AB) at a.bilal@uit.no or Professor Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv at gunhild.hoogensen.gjorv@uit.no.