Glenn Diesen

Glenn Diesen
Glenn Diesen
	Diesen on the Wolfgang Wee podcast
Born	Glenn Eric Andre Diesen; 1979 (age 46–47)
Academic background
Education	University of Wollongong (B.Com., 2001); University of Sydney (M.Bus., 2004); Macquarie University (M.A., 2009; Ph.D., 2014); Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Ph.D., 2014); Saint Petersburg State University;
Thesis	Inter-democratic Security Institutions and the Security Dilemma: EU and NATO Relations with Russia after the Collapse of the Soviet Union (2014)
Doctoral advisors	Wolfgang Wagner; Steve Wood;
Academic work
Discipline	Political scientist
School or tradition	Neorealism
Institutions	University of South-Eastern Norway (2020–); Higher School of Economics (2017–2020); Western Sydney University (2016–2019); Macquarie University (2011–2017);
Main interests	International relations; Geopolitics; Geoeconomics; Russian foreign policy;

Glenn Eric Andre Diesen (born 1979) is a Norwegian political scientist, political commentator and politician currently serving as a professor at the Department of Business, History and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway.

Diesen's primary field of research is Russia's Greater Eurasian Partnership strategy, with a focus on the political economy of Russia, conservatism in Russia, Russian foreign policy, and Eurasian economic integration.

He has been a regular commentator on the Russian state-controlled international television network RT for several years, and has been accused of promoting Russian propaganda. In May 2025, he was reported to be a candidate for the pro-Russian party Peace and Justice in Akershus.