ADAM D.M. SVENDSEN is an intelligence and defence strategist, educator and researcher in the Centre for Military Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He holds a PhD from the University of Warwick, UK, has been a Visiting Scholar at CPASS, Georgetown University, has studied and taught at CSEG, University of Nottingham, researched at Chatham House and IISS, London, and trained at European defence colleges. He holds a BA (Hons) and MA from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, and is the author of several publications.