Minna Ålander is a Fellow with the Transatlantic Defense and Security Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).

Ålander is an Analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS) at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, an Associate Fellow with the Chatham House Europe Programme, and a Council Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). Her research focuses on Northern European and Arctic security, Nordic defense cooperation, NATO, as well as wider European security and hybrid warfare.

Previously, she worked at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs and at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs.