Niels Bo Poulsen (born 1968) is a Danish military historian with a PhD in East European Studies from the University of Copenhagen. For many years he headed the Institute for Strategy and War Studies at the Royal Danish Defence College, and since January 2025 he has been a senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies in Oslo. He is one of Denmark's foremost experts on Russian and Soviet military history, and the author or editor of numerous books on war, Russia and European security.
Niels Bo Poulsen published as co-editor the book 'Russia at War - Intention and Military Capability after Ukraine' at Djøf Forlag on February 24, 2025.
From January 1, 2025, Niels Bo Poulsen took up the position of senior researcher at the Institute for Defence Studies in Oslo, after sixteen years as head of the Defence Academy.
As chairman of the Military History Network, Niels Bo Poulsen led a seminar on the media's use of military and security policy history at the Defence Academy on December 2, 2025.
In 2024, Niels Bo Poulsen received Professor Sven Henningsen's Prize for Contemporary History for the book 'Putin's War' (Gyldendal, 2023), written together with Flemming Splidsboel Hansen.
Security policy researcher Niels Bo Poulsen analyses Denmark's role in a transformed European security landscape shaped by war, great-power competition, and Arctic tensions.
Four musicians perform personal interpretations of Neil Young classics at Brønshøj Kulturhus, spanning acoustic ballads and electric rock.