Wrenn Yennie Lindgren is a Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)and a PhD student in International Relations at the Department of Economic history. She is also affiliated with the East Asia Programme at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI). Wrenn’s doctoral research focuses on Japanese foreign policy repertoires, particularly vis-à-vis China.

Broader research interests are: International relations in East Asia, the politics and foreign policy of Japan, Asian states’ interests in the Arctic, and traditional and non-traditional security issues in the Asia-Pacific region.