Emelie Thorburn is a researcher at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), in the Program for Northern European and Transatlantic Security. Her main research area is European security and defence policy, focusing primarily on Northern and Central Europe; NATO; and the Baltic Sea. Her latest published work includes reports on Western military capability (Poland and Lithuania), and future political tensions in the European security landscape. Emelie holds a Master’s degree in Politics and War from the Swedish Defence University.