Fredrik Wesslau

Fredrik Wesslau is a distinguished policy fellow at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies and a senior advisor at Rasmussen Global.

Articles by Fredrik Wesslau

Ukrainian soldiers hold the Ukrainian and Lithuanian flags over the coffin of Tomas Valentelis, a Lithuanian volunteer in the Ukrainian army who was killed in battle in Ukraine, at a funeral ceremony in Kyiv on April 16.

To Deter Russia, Europe Needs Ukraine

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Fredrik Wesslau

October 30, 2025, 1:51 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump walk together at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019.

The Pitfalls for Europe of a Trump-Putin Deal on Ukraine

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Fredrik Wesslau

November 27, 2024, 4:52 AM

Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter jets of the Polish Air Force take part in a NATO shielding exercise at Lask Air Base, Poland, on Oct. 12, 2022.

NATO Frontline States Need an Air Defense Shield Now

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Fredrik Wesslau

September 10, 2024, 4:14 AM

A Ukrainian mother hugs her son after a bus delivering him and more than a dozen other children from Russian-held territory arrives in Kyiv on March 22, 2023.

There Must Be a Reckoning for Russian War Crimes

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Fredrik Wesslau

February 20, 2024, 2:22 PM

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