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Nordic Defence Review (NDR) is an independent publication, focused on defence and security issues in Northern Europe. The publisher of NDR is Kravat Oy.

Editor-In-Chief / Publisher

Jan Erola, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Nordic Defence Review.

MSc. (Pol) Jan Erola (b. 1969, London) is a former journalist and book publisher. He has published more than 350 books, including dozens of military history books by top historians. Erola is a former program director of the Helsinki Book Fair and the founder of Kravat Oy, a Communications Agency. 
He has been a regular news commentator on YLE TV1’s live weekly morning show Jälkiviisaat (“In Hindsight”) since 2000, hundreds of times.

Here is a sample of works that Erola was responsible for publishing during his time in the book publishing industry in Finland from 2004 to 2014.