In June, Anna Wieslander was interviewed for the new edition of the European Defense Agency’s European Defense Matters Magazine.

Some of her main messages include:

  1. 1. On burden-sharing: It’s more realistic to move up towards a target of spending 3% on defence, and I would like to see that as a NATO pledge for 2030.
  2. 2. On Russia: Everyone should know that Russia has entered into a war economy. We are also facing massive hybrid threats from Russia. So, in a sense, Europe is in a low intensity war with Russia, as Russia is targeting our society day in and day out in various ways, although not militarily. 
  3. 3. On more Europe in NATO: A European pillar in NATO would need to encompass all European assets, including Norway, Britain, and even Turkey, countries ready and willing to act, perhaps as first responders if the United States is strained elsewhere, such as in the Indo-Pacific theatre. The United States no longer has the ability to conduct two regional wars in parallel, as it did during the Cold War.

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