Neil Melvin is the Head of the Arctic and High North Programme at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.
Dr. Neil Melvin’s research is focused on the security and foreign policy of the Arctic and High North.
Prior to joining UI, he was Director of International Security at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), and he has been the Director of the Armed Conflict and Conflict Management Programme and then Director of Research at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Neil has held senior adviser positions in the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Energy Charter, the European Union, and has been a consultant for the United Nations.
He has also held research positions at the Centre for European Policy Studies and Chatham House, as well as several universities.
Neil holds a DPhil from Oxford University. He has been a visiting fellow at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, Kings College London, and the Department of Government of the London School of Economics. He has published widely on international and regional security issues.
Areas of expertise: Arctic and High North security and foreign policy, European security and defence, international security.