
Tor-Erik Hanssen
Unit
Norwegian Military Academy
Position
Head teacher
Title
Lieutenant Colonel/PhD
Email:
[email protected]
Education
- Military Academy basic and advanced course, Norwegian Military Academy
- Command and Staff College, Norwegian Staff College
- MA War Studies, King’s College London
- Thesis: Clausewitz and US Military Doctrine (Distinction)
- PhD War Studies. Kings College London
- Thesis: “Coalition Strategy in Complex Conflicts: The Strategic Behaviour of Three NATO-States in Afghanistan 2003–2008”Link: Tor-Erik Hanssen - Theses - Research Portal, King's College, London (kcl.ac.uk)
Leadership positions
- Dean Norwegian Defence University College 2018–2022
- Dean Norwegian Military Academy 2017–2018
- Head of Analysis JTEC Georgia 2015–2016
- CO 1 Coy His Majesty the King’s Guards 2005–2006
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- Military theory
- Strategic theory and strategic studies
- Strategi and civil-military relations
- Western and Norwegian military doctrine
- War and Society in military history