Stockholm Free World Forum (Frivärld) and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Nordics invite you to the launch of the new anthology “Europe’s Next Awakening: China – the Enabler and Hybrid Actor. A Close-Up on Northern and Western Europe”
Behind the anthology stand leading figures working in the field of hybrid warfare and European Security in Northern-Western Europe. Each contributor brings country-specific accounts, grounded in research and experience working with governments, corporations, and defence institutions on China’s growing role as a hybrid actor in the region:
- Dr. Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova, China scholar & Director of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and Head of the Global Studies Centre at Riga Stradins University. Murky Waters: Latvia’s Strategic Communications on Kinetic Maritime
- Ferdinand A. Gehringer, Director and Lead Defense & Security at FTI Consulting Germany. Access as Influence: China’s Strategic Embeddedness in Germany
- Jeanette Serritzlev, Military Analyst, Royal Danish Defence College. Chinese Influence and Espionage Activities in Denmark
- Luke de Pulford, Founder & Executive Director, Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC). Beyond the Mirage: A Decade of UK-China Relations and the Price of Asymmetry
- Patrik Oksanen, Senior Resident Fellow and Head of CIDA, Frivärld. Beyond an Alliance: The Sino-Russian Relationship
All authors but Dr Una Alexandra are present at the release (Ferdinand A. Gehringer via link), which will involve a discussion moderated by Anna Rennéus Guthrie, Director of Frivärld and editor of the anthology. Introductory remarks will be given by Christine Leuchtenmüller, Resident Representative to the Nordic Countries, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and Gunnar Hökmark, Chairman of Frivärld.
Date & Time: September 28, 16.00 – 17.30
Venue: Frivärld, Kungsgatan 60 Stockholm
RSVP: by September 25 via this link.
Europe has woken up to Russia’s hybrid war. This anthology turns to the next layer of the threat. Building on Frivärld’s 2024 report Tracking the Russian Hybrid Warfare and the 2025 anthology Russia’s Hybrid War: The Northern Front, this new volume examines China as the decisive enabler of Russia’s war and as a hybrid actor in its own right. Where Russia confronts, China cultivates; through disinformation, elite capture and the patient creation of economic and technological dependencies. Leading experts on hybrid warfare and China from Sweden, Latvia, Germany, the UK and Denmark map how this quieter form of pressure is already at work in Northern and Western Europe and what a European response should look like.
For any questions, contact info@frivarld.se. Please await confirmation after registering your interest.