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Kyiv Post: The Disastrous Consequences of Trump’s Mad War, writes Anders Åslund

March 16, 2026
“Donald Trump was convinced that launching without sufficient contingency planning would turn out well. Now he has upended the world economy and handed Russia the ...

Svenska Dagbladet: Sweden is doing more than resisting now, writes Patrik Oksanen

March 13, 2026
“Hybrid warfare demands more of us. It requires the ability to influence the adversary’s calculations. To make their operations more expensive. More risky. Less attractive. ...

Kyiv Post: Trump’s Foolish Foreign Policy, writes Anders Åslund

March 12, 2026
“Trump has no coherent foreign policy – just chaos, wasted missiles, and a dangerous alignment with the world’s autocrats.”, writes Frivärld Senior Fellow Anders Åslund ...

Dagens Industri: Gunnar Hökmark interviewed about the anniversary of the war in Ukraine

February 24, 2026
“It was a new world we lived in and the old one was gone. The entire security system we had was torn apart,” says Frivärld ...

LSM: Anna Rennéus Guthrie interviewed on deepended cooperation between Baltic Sea countries

February 18, 2026
“I would say that the NB8 should be seen on a broader scale, including Poland with its growing economic and military weight, which strengthens the ...

Marketplace: Anders Åslund interviewed on Sweden and the euro

February 18, 2026
“If you have a small economy, you want to have a stable exchange rate. […] Sweden is the odd man out. Sweden was proud of ...

Kyiv Post: Rubio in Munich, writes Anders Åslund

February 16, 2026
“US Secretary of State Marco Rubio went to the Munich Security Conference. Although he was polite, his sugarcoated message was unmistakably MAGA. And his actions spoke much louder than his words.” writes Frivärlds Senior Fellow Anders Åslund in the Kyiv ...

Kyiv Post: Zelensky Should Kick the US Out of Peace Negotiations, writes Anders Åslund

February 14, 2026
“It’s become hard to ignore the fact that Trump is doing everything he can to aid and abet Putin’s failed attempt to conquer Ukraine. The ...

Newsweek: Anders Åslund quoted regarding Lindsey Graham comments on Greenland

February 13, 2026
Frivärlds Senior Fellow Anders Åslund has been quoted in Newsweek on Senator Lindsey Graham’s disregarding comment on Greenland saying “What a disastrous disrespect for national ...

Dagens Industri: Arctic security should rest on Northern European agencies, writes Katarina Tracz & Anna Rennéus Guthrie

February 13, 2026
“Europe’s security is created partly through partnership and joint planning with the US, when the US is constructive, but European security must not be dependent ...