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For decades, Western governments believed that trade and economic openness would make China freer and more democratic. Instead, democracies have built critical dependencies on an increasingly authoritarian Beijing. Luke de Pulford, founder and Executive Director of IPAC and a contributing ...

Russia does not stand alone. Only weeks before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow and Beijing proclaimed a partnership “without limits” – and China has since become the decisive enabler of Russia’s war. Where Russia confronts, China cultivates. The grey-zone ...

On 28 September, Stockholm Free World Forum (Frivärld) and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Nordics launched the new anthology Europe’s Next Awakening: China – the Enabler and Hybrid Actor. A Close-Up on Northern and Western Europe at a well-attended seminar at Frivärld’s offices ...

On 17 September, Frivärld hosted a breakfast roundtable together with Brunswick Group in Stockholm on the upcoming US midterm elections and what they mean for the transatlantic relationship. We were joined by Patti Solis Doyle and Lanhee J. Chen, Partners ...

On 5 September, the fourth session of the 2026 Foreign Affairs Academy was held. Now in its second decade, this year-long program offers advanced training and networking opportunities for future experts and decision-makers in foreign and security policy. The fourth ...

Frivärld has contributed to a new report published by NATO Allied Command Transformation’s Open Perspectives Exchange Network (OPEN): Securing the Peace: Informing Resilient Future Generations in Deterrence and Defence – Perspectives from Sweden. The report was co-authored by Eric Adamson, ...

In support of the Monday Movement, Frivärld is offering the ‘Mondays for Freedom’ cap at a special price this summer. Summer offer: 300 SEK (regular price: 350 SEK). Want to stock up on summer reading at the same time? We ...

On June 3, Frivärld supported a screening of the new investigative documentary “The War They Play” made by The Kyiv Independent’s on Russia’s militarization of Ukrainian children in occupied territories.

The transatlantic relationship is undergoing its greatest transformation in decades. As Russia’s war against Ukraine continues and the United States increasingly questions its traditional role as Europe’s security guarantor, the question facing Europe is becoming unavoidable: who will defend Europe? ...

On 30 May, the third session of the 2026 Foreign Affairs Academy was held. Now in its second decade, this year-long program offers advanced training and networking opportunities for future experts and decision-makers in foreign and security policy. The third ...