Marcus Nordenman

Magnus Nordenman is the author of “The New Battle for the Atlantic: Emerging Naval Competition with Russia in the Far North,” published by the U.S. Naval Institute. A noted NATO, Arctic, and maritime expert, Magnus has served as the Director of the Transatlantic Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC. He has provided commentary about Arctic security and European defense for several outlets including the New York Times, the Atlantic Monthly, C-SPAN Washington Journal, the BBC, MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Defense News, Defense One, and Al Jazeera. He has also lectured at numerous defense institutions, including NATO’s Maritime Command, the Norwegian Defense Academy, NATO’s Allied Command Transformation, the US Naval War College, NATO Defense College, and the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School

As part of his work Magnus has traveled extensively in the Arctic region and has spent time underway aboard U.S. and allied aircraft carriers, amphibious ships, destroyers, frigates, and submarines. 

A graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, he earned his MA in national security affairs from the University of Kentucky. He is currently a non-resident fellow with the Atlantic Council and a strategist with the Lockheed Martin Corporation.

European security is more uncertain than it has been for decades. Putin’s Russia has launched a war with Ukraine on its doorstep, and America’s uncertain role as leader of NATO and security provider has been called into question with the failure of Congress to pass supplemental military support for Ukraine. What are Europe’s options, and how might developments on both sides of Western Europe—in Ukraine and across the Atlantic—impact its choices? What are America’s stakes in NATO and Europe’s strategic dilemmas?