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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 ...

On the 14th of december Patrik Oksanen, Senior Fellow at Stockholm Free World Forum, wrote an article about the resurfacing of the Nato debate in Sweden for the EUobserver. With the Sweden Democrats now supporting the idea of declaring that ...

On November 5th the Washington Times published an article about Sweden’s relationship to Russia and the broader security environment of the Baltic and Arctic regions. Stockholm Free World Forum’s Senior Fellow Patrik Oksanen was one of the interviewees. In fact, ...