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Kyiv Post: Europe Must Change Ukraine Strategy Fast, writes Anders Åslund

September 14, 2025
“European leaders – who insist on behaving like gentlemen from a time long past – should step up and leverage their key strengths.”, writes Frivärlds ...

Politico: Voters believe in a sovereign Europe more than elites, writes Minna Ålander

September 5, 2025
“While elites hesitate, it is voters who are demanding more Europe — at least when it comes to defense”, writes Frivärld senior fellow Minna Ålander ...

CEPA: Patrik Oksanen on Russian sabotage against Swedish infrastructure

August 26, 2025
“Sweden is not reacting swiftly enough to grasp the challenge”, says Patrik Oksanen to CEPA regarding Sweden’s reaction to suspected Russian sabotage. ...

Novaya Gazeta Europe: Running out of road – Stagflation is hitting Russia’s war economy as sanctions take their toll on economic growth and price stability, writes Anders Åslund

August 10, 2025
“The Russian economy is not collapsing, but it is stagnant and suffering high inflation. And this economic decline could be a tipping point, because Russia ...

Spending 5 per cent on defence doesn’t make Nato stronger, Minna Ålander in Financial Times

July 30, 2025
“While no one disputes that Europe needs to do more, the focus on how much is spent instead of what it is spent on is ...

Minna Ålander speaks to New York Times on European security leadership

July 25, 2025
“Now you have a format where you have already an established meeting practice and forum to meet,” said Stockholm Free World Forum Senior Fellow Minna ...

Georgia Today: Dr. Anders Åslund on Putin’s Survival and Georgia’s Kremlin Leanings, Anders Åslund interviewed

July 21, 2025
“In Russia, war is popular, and it’s a good way of justifying increased repression. As to what will come out of the decline in GDP ...

Is the Russian Orthodox Church in Sweden a platform for espionage?, Patrik Oksanen inteviewed by France 24

July 4, 2025
Patrik Oksanen, resident senior fellow Stockholm Free World Forum, is interviewed in France 24’s investigative video about the suspicions around the Russian Orthodox Church in ...

Victory or Negotiation? How Ukraine Can (and Must) Win, Anders Åslund in Kyiv Post

June 28, 2025
“After three years of bloody destruction almost all are tired of the terrible war started by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” writes Frivärld senior fellow Anders ...

Minna Ålander mentioned in German Frankfurter Rundschau

June 18, 2025
Minna Ålander, non-resident senior fellow at Frivärld, is mentioned in German Frankfurter Rundschau in relation to President Trump’s stance on Ukraine following the recent G7 ...