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Although US intelligence agencies are warning that Russia is mobilizing its ground forces for an attack on Ukraine, it is still tempting to think that Russian President Vladimir Putin would never actually follow through on such a risky move. Yet ...

In recent weeks, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been escalating his hybrid war against the Western world. However, his annual speech to Russian ambassadors on November 18 saw Putin at his most uninspired and defensive. Freeworld Forum’s Senior Fellow Anders Åslund ...

With the Kremlin intent on dividing and weakening the European Union, and now probing for vulnerabilities, Western powers must come together and issue a forceful response. History has shown that there must be no accommodation or turning a blind eye ...

The landmark new US-Ukraine Charter on Strategic Partnership adopted on November 10 is worthy of close attention. Freeworld Forum’s Senior Fellow Anders Åslund argues, in an article for the Atlantic Council, that the Charter truly underlines American commitment to Ukrainian ...

Electricity grid integration must be viewed as a geopolitical priority for Ukraine, Moldova, and the European Union. It can and should be done now. Russia’s recent moves underline the Kremlin’s readiness to use energy in its ongoing hybrid war against ...

The world is currently experiencing its greatest energy crisis since the 1970s. Free World Forum’s Senior Fellow Anders Åslund argues in an article for the Atlantic Council that the US and the EU must react. The current energy impasse started ...

After having created a mess in the electricity market, President Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People party now appears intent on doing the same with the gas market. Faction leader David Arakhamia has proposed a law to “temporarily” prohibit private companies from ...

How stable and sustainable is the Belarusian economy? Freeworld Forum’s Senior Fellow Anders Åslund writes about the effect of Western sanctions on the economy. Alyaksandr Lukashenka rose to power as manager of a state farm. To a significant degree, this ...

The World Bank’s “Doing Business Index,” is a thorn for Kleptocrats, and must therefore be protected, argues Freeworld Forum’s Senior Fellow Anders Åslund in Just Security. This index is contentious among authoritarian kleptocrats because it has given outside observers from ...

The SFWF’s Senior Fellow Patrik Oksanen has been interviewed by the British Sunday Times. The article was published on the 24 January and concerns the Swedish Coronavirus management and the latest spread of disinformation about vaccination. Patrik Oksanen comments: “We’re ...