Mr. Brett Swaney is an Assistant Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University. His work focuses on transatlantic security and defense industrial cooperation. He has published on Baltic security, NATO Partnerships, the German defense industrial base, arctic security, and integrated deterrence in northern Europe. Mr. Swaney also serves as the book review editor of Joint Force Quarterly, the journal of JPME at National Defense University, educating emerging joint force leaders and warfighters.
Mr. Swaney joined INSS in 2016 as a research analyst and had previously worked at the Center for Transatlantic Security Studies at NDU, as well as the Hudson Institute. He holds an M.A. in Global Security Studies and a B.A. in History and International Relations.
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Selected Publications
- The German Defense-Industrial Zeitenwende: Implications for Transatlantic Security, National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies, Strategic Perspectives 44, June 2025.
- Priorities for NATO Partnerships in an Era of Strategic Competition with Lisa Aronsson, National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies, Strategic Perspectives 40, December 2022.
- Baltics Left of Bang: The Southern Shore with Marcel Hadeed, Mariusz Kaminski, Monika Sus, and Amelie Theussen, National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies, Strategic Forum 308, January 2021.
- Baltics Left of Bang: Comprehensive Defense in the Baltic States with Dalia Bankauskaite, Janis Berzins, Tony Lawrence, Deividas Šlekys, T.X. Hammes, National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies, Strategic Forum 307, September 2020.
- Baltics Left of Bang: Nordic Total Defense and Implications for the Baltic Sea Region with Håkon Lunde Saxi, Bengt Sundelius, National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies, Strategic Forum 304, January 2020.
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