Security & Defense

Wieslander quoted in Politico

Anna Wieslander, Director for Northern Europe, was featured in a Politico article on Thursday, May 28, commenting on the security situation and the recent Swedish military exercise on Gotland, the strategically located Swedish island in the Baltic Sea. Interviewed by Politico’s Victor Jack, Wieslander highlighted that Gotland has faced an increasing frequency of Russian hybrid […]

Braw in Mirror on a Russian warship being spotted 30 miles of the UK coast

By Elisabeth Braw

On May 25, Transatlantic Security Initiative senior fellow Elisabeth Braw was mentioned in an article in Mirror on the Russian cruise missile ship RFN Admiral Grigorovich being spotted 30 miles off the UK coast while escorting sanctioned Russian tankers through the English Channel.

Braw in El Pais on Russia’s hybrid activity in the Øresund Strait

By Elisabeth Braw

On May 25, Transatlantic Security Initiative senior fellow Elisabeth Braw was mentioned in an article in El Pais on how the Øresund Strait has become crucial to Russia’s hybrid operations.

Braw in Future on the risk to seafarers in the Strait of Hormuz

By Elisabeth Braw

On May 25, Transatlantic Security Initiative senior fellow Elisabeth Braw published an article in Future about the risk to seafarers in the Strait of Hormuz – and how this is holding up shipping in the strait.

Wieslander in Swedish media during NATO Helsingborg meeting

On Friday, May 22, Anna Wieslander, Director for Northern Europe, was interviewed on SVT morgonstudion, the radio program Studio Ett, and the national news program Aktuellt following the conclusion of NATO’s Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Helsingborg. Appearing alongside former Swedish Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on Aktuellt, Wieslander discussed the outcome of the […]