Anna Rennéus Guthrie
@annarguthrie.bsky.social
Director @freeworldforum, Swedish foreign and security policy-oriented think tank. Chef för tankesmedjan Frivärld.
🇵🇱A few days after the drones in Poland, @freeworldforum w KAS Nordics presented ”Russia’s Hybrid War: the Northern Front” (ed Minna Ålander @patrikoksanen). Chapter on Poland by @AleksanderOlech discussed also in our podcast 📻https://shows.acast.com/5f96be7aef607235bdca2c62/68d2766a1215b9b4f6162dc5
#64 Russia's siege of Poland ft. Aleksander Olech | Säkerhetsrådet
shows.acast.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
🇵🇱A few days after the drones in Poland, @freeworldforum w KAS Nordics presented ”Russia’s Hybrid War: the Northern Front” (ed Minna Ålander @patrikoksanen). Chapter on Poland by @AleksanderOlech discussed also in our podcast 📻https://shows.acast.com/5f96be7aef607235bdca2c62/68d2766a1215b9b4f6162dc5
Reposted by Anna Rennéus Guthrie
Interesting from Kallas: "India's participation in Russia's military exercises and its purchase of Russian oil stand in the way of closer ties. Because, ultimately, our partnership is not only about trade, but also about defending rules-based international order"
www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/college...
www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/college...
College readout: press remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Kaja Kallas on the New EU-India Strategic Partnership and on the package of proposals on Israel
Check against delivery! Good afternoon, Before updating you on the college meeting, I would also like to focus on one key issue, which is in recent weeks, Russia has escalated its war against Ukraine...
www.eeas.europa.eu
September 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Interesting from Kallas: "India's participation in Russia's military exercises and its purchase of Russian oil stand in the way of closer ties. Because, ultimately, our partnership is not only about trade, but also about defending rules-based international order"
www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/college...
www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/college...
Thank you Ukraine, thank you Poland for protecting Europe 🇺🇦🇵🇱 Lets us now use available forces, formats and resources to stay sharp on our common purpose, safe-guarding freedom and democracy -our future- pushing Russia out of Europe once and for all.
My thanks and congratulations to the Polish Operational Command and our NATO pilots for shooting down Russian drones over Poland. Actions speak louder than words.
September 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Thank you Ukraine, thank you Poland for protecting Europe 🇺🇦🇵🇱 Lets us now use available forces, formats and resources to stay sharp on our common purpose, safe-guarding freedom and democracy -our future- pushing Russia out of Europe once and for all.
Förra veckan publicerade
@freeworldforum en rapport om digital säkerhet av forskare och resiliensexpert @carlheath.se Europa behöver kunna tänka kring plan B om plan A fallerar: frivarld.se/rapporter/pl... #tech #säkerhet #Europa
@freeworldforum en rapport om digital säkerhet av forskare och resiliensexpert @carlheath.se Europa behöver kunna tänka kring plan B om plan A fallerar: frivarld.se/rapporter/pl... #tech #säkerhet #Europa
Plan B för Europas digitala säkerhet
Europa står inför en digital säkerhetskris med olika inbyggda beroenden. Samtidigt som vi utsätts för ständiga cyberangrepp från Ryssland, Kina och Iran är vår motståndskraft strukturellt försvagad av...
frivarld.se
September 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Förra veckan publicerade
@freeworldforum en rapport om digital säkerhet av forskare och resiliensexpert @carlheath.se Europa behöver kunna tänka kring plan B om plan A fallerar: frivarld.se/rapporter/pl... #tech #säkerhet #Europa
@freeworldforum en rapport om digital säkerhet av forskare och resiliensexpert @carlheath.se Europa behöver kunna tänka kring plan B om plan A fallerar: frivarld.se/rapporter/pl... #tech #säkerhet #Europa
Ukraine’s Independence is crucial for Europe & the future is carried by young generations. @freeworldforum
hosted meeting with
@thordiskolbrun Special Envoy on the situation of Ukrainan children. More focus & action on the abducted children is necessary 🇺🇦🇪🇺photo:
Tove Lifvendahl 🙏
hosted meeting with
@thordiskolbrun Special Envoy on the situation of Ukrainan children. More focus & action on the abducted children is necessary 🇺🇦🇪🇺photo:
Tove Lifvendahl 🙏
August 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Ukraine’s Independence is crucial for Europe & the future is carried by young generations. @freeworldforum
hosted meeting with
@thordiskolbrun Special Envoy on the situation of Ukrainan children. More focus & action on the abducted children is necessary 🇺🇦🇪🇺photo:
Tove Lifvendahl 🙏
hosted meeting with
@thordiskolbrun Special Envoy on the situation of Ukrainan children. More focus & action on the abducted children is necessary 🇺🇦🇪🇺photo:
Tove Lifvendahl 🙏
Started this week
@efntv.bsky.social with
@rikardwest at Centre for Statecraft and Strategic Communication. Topic: Ongoing Ukraine talks. One main point: Ukraine and Europe’s needs, interests and narrative should be the centre of any talk on Ukraine’s future efn.se/play/europas...
@efntv.bsky.social with
@rikardwest at Centre for Statecraft and Strategic Communication. Topic: Ongoing Ukraine talks. One main point: Ukraine and Europe’s needs, interests and narrative should be the centre of any talk on Ukraine’s future efn.se/play/europas...
Europas mäktigaste möts i USA – ”Vill se att Ukraina sätter villkoren”
Europas mäktigaste möts i USA – ”Vill se att Ukraina sätter villkoren”| Håll dig uppdaterad med aktuella ekonominyheter – gratis.
efn.se
August 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Started this week
@efntv.bsky.social with
@rikardwest at Centre for Statecraft and Strategic Communication. Topic: Ongoing Ukraine talks. One main point: Ukraine and Europe’s needs, interests and narrative should be the centre of any talk on Ukraine’s future efn.se/play/europas...
@efntv.bsky.social with
@rikardwest at Centre for Statecraft and Strategic Communication. Topic: Ongoing Ukraine talks. One main point: Ukraine and Europe’s needs, interests and narrative should be the centre of any talk on Ukraine’s future efn.se/play/europas...
As Sweden hosts trade talks between the U.S. and China, we should seize the opportunity to state clearly that meaningful trade depends on peace and freedom—not just for the sake of markets, but for people and for Europe.
DEBATT: Dags att ställa tuffare krav på frihandelns aktörer
Det är ett faktum att frihandeln ritas om när freden äventyras av de vi vill handla med, skriver debattören.
www.gp.se
July 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
As Sweden hosts trade talks between the U.S. and China, we should seize the opportunity to state clearly that meaningful trade depends on peace and freedom—not just for the sake of markets, but for people and for Europe.
❗️New report from SFWF and @nordicukraine.bsky.social out. The scope of deportations, what is known at this moment as well as recommended actions from Europe: frivarld.se/nyheter/new-...
New report “Stolen Futures” published with Nordic Ukraine Forum
The abduction and forcible deportation of Ukrainian children is a central element of Russia’s war of aggression. Far from isolated abuses, these actions are part of a systematic, state-sponsored campa...
frivarld.se
May 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
❗️New report from SFWF and @nordicukraine.bsky.social out. The scope of deportations, what is known at this moment as well as recommended actions from Europe: frivarld.se/nyheter/new-...
Reposted by Anna Rennéus Guthrie
A lot of good things are happening in Europe: the EU is implementing more sanctions (I won a bet on this) and Ukraine is being integrated into the European defence industrial and technological base.
Some Europtimism on this week’s Europe Dispatch with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
Some Europtimism on this week’s Europe Dispatch with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
Ukraine’s Integration Into the European Defence Industrial Base
In this week’s Europe Dispatch, Minna Ålander takes stock of the latest developments in European and Ukrainian defence industry.
open.substack.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A lot of good things are happening in Europe: the EU is implementing more sanctions (I won a bet on this) and Ukraine is being integrated into the European defence industrial and technological base.
Some Europtimism on this week’s Europe Dispatch with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
Some Europtimism on this week’s Europe Dispatch with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
Idag m @patrikoksanen.bsky.social i
@dagensindustri om varför det långsiktigt är en förlustaffär för demokratier att binda upp sig med kommunikationsverktyg som diktaturer har inflytande över.
@dagensindustri om varför det långsiktigt är en förlustaffär för demokratier att binda upp sig med kommunikationsverktyg som diktaturer har inflytande över.
May 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Idag m @patrikoksanen.bsky.social i
@dagensindustri om varför det långsiktigt är en förlustaffär för demokratier att binda upp sig med kommunikationsverktyg som diktaturer har inflytande över.
@dagensindustri om varför det långsiktigt är en förlustaffär för demokratier att binda upp sig med kommunikationsverktyg som diktaturer har inflytande över.
Thought Germany was embarking on a more sensible path regarding these issues, what happened?
German governments have listed the protection of critical infrastructure as a top priority for years. The reality tells a different story.
www.newsweek.com/china-nato-g...
www.newsweek.com/china-nato-g...
Exclusive: Chinese firm behind NATO ally's windfarm Is tied to army
A Chinese company supplying a new wind farm in Germany is run by a military veteran who has sworn eternal loyalty to the CCP and is staffed by many ex-soldiers
www.newsweek.com
May 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Thought Germany was embarking on a more sensible path regarding these issues, what happened?
Tiktok hit with fine for data sharing w China: www.politico.eu/article/tikt..., want to know more about Tiktok? Reports from Stockholm Free World Forum (2023&2024) here: frivarld.se/rapporter/ti...
TikTok hit with €530M fine after illegally sending users’ data to China
Video-sharing app had for years claimed it did not store European personal data on servers in China.
www.politico.eu
May 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Tiktok hit with fine for data sharing w China: www.politico.eu/article/tikt..., want to know more about Tiktok? Reports from Stockholm Free World Forum (2023&2024) here: frivarld.se/rapporter/ti...
Why does Europe need more of a NBP-leadership? In a short piece @defence24pl.bsky.social I argue there are several reasons: defence24.com/defence-poli...
Europe needs more of a Nordic-Baltic-Poland-leadership
The world as we know it is slipping through our fingers. It is a fact that cannot be compartmentalized away. Global developments between the dominant superpowers are accelerating and need to be addres...
defence24.com
April 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Why does Europe need more of a NBP-leadership? In a short piece @defence24pl.bsky.social I argue there are several reasons: defence24.com/defence-poli...
❗️New report out from Stockholm Free World Forum/Frivärld on NBP and the critical leadership. Signed @patrikoksanen.bsky.social frivarld.se/rapporter/ti...
TIME IS UP – SANTA IS IN A SNOWSTORM: NORDICS-BALTICS-POLAND IN AN ERA OF ESCALATING AND EXISTENTIAL THREATS
At a time when the European security environment is increasingly defined by the growing threat from Russia, the need for strong leadership is greater than ever. In the Baltic Sea region – directly bor...
frivarld.se
April 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
❗️New report out from Stockholm Free World Forum/Frivärld on NBP and the critical leadership. Signed @patrikoksanen.bsky.social frivarld.se/rapporter/ti...
Appreciate being part of Hanalys 2025, listening to 🇸🇪🇫🇮foreign ministers and expert panels from our countries. Intensified dialogue and relations between warm partners is very much was is needed at the moment. And yes, the joint Fi-Se Eurovision contribution has been mentioned.
April 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Appreciate being part of Hanalys 2025, listening to 🇸🇪🇫🇮foreign ministers and expert panels from our countries. Intensified dialogue and relations between warm partners is very much was is needed at the moment. And yes, the joint Fi-Se Eurovision contribution has been mentioned.
Viktig bok av @patrikoksanen.bsky.social och intressant samtal på och av scen med kunnig panel @alanderminna.bsky.social @torbjornbecker.bsky.social @gunnarhokmark.bsky.social , tack @neretnieks.bsky.social & alla som deltog hos oss på Frivärld igår.
Bra bokpresentation av @patrikoksanen.bsky.social nya bok "Rysslands hemliga krig" hos Frivärld. Givande diskussion med @alanderminna.bsky.social , @gunnarhokmark.bsky.social , @torbjornbecker.bsky.social väl ledd av @annarguthrie.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Viktig bok av @patrikoksanen.bsky.social och intressant samtal på och av scen med kunnig panel @alanderminna.bsky.social @torbjornbecker.bsky.social @gunnarhokmark.bsky.social , tack @neretnieks.bsky.social & alla som deltog hos oss på Frivärld igår.
Interesting read signed @davidpriess.bsky.social on the rapid changes and challenges posed by current US leadership affecting NATO ⬇️
History tells us keeping alliances together is hard.
But Reinhold Niebuhr, George Kennan, and other classical realists knew that cultivating a shared identity and leading responsibly could delay alliance disintegration—wisdom relevant for NATO now.
New from me:
engelsbergideas.com/essays/regim...
But Reinhold Niebuhr, George Kennan, and other classical realists knew that cultivating a shared identity and leading responsibly could delay alliance disintegration—wisdom relevant for NATO now.
New from me:
engelsbergideas.com/essays/regim...
Regime change and the breaking of alliances
The classical realists remind us that America's global power depends on durable alliances and enlightened leadership. Responsible leaders do not use their relative strength to humiliate their partners...
engelsbergideas.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Interesting read signed @davidpriess.bsky.social on the rapid changes and challenges posed by current US leadership affecting NATO ⬇️
”The Nordics in NATO: Where are we headed?” @oajonsson.bsky.social
@gunnarhokmark.bsky.social
F. Johansson O. Ehrenkrona & Föreningen
Norden 🙏Take-aways? Nordics play a decisive role, formats can be strengthened, cultural shift towards more agency and action demanded: frivarld.se/nyheter/nord...
@gunnarhokmark.bsky.social
F. Johansson O. Ehrenkrona & Föreningen
Norden 🙏Take-aways? Nordics play a decisive role, formats can be strengthened, cultural shift towards more agency and action demanded: frivarld.se/nyheter/nord...
Nordics in NATO: Where are we headed?
On March 18, Stockholm Free World Forum and the Norden Association held the seminar “The Nordics in NATO: Where are we headed?”. Over 70 participants attended the seminar. Oscar Jonsson, war studies a...
frivarld.se
March 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
”The Nordics in NATO: Where are we headed?” @oajonsson.bsky.social
@gunnarhokmark.bsky.social
F. Johansson O. Ehrenkrona & Föreningen
Norden 🙏Take-aways? Nordics play a decisive role, formats can be strengthened, cultural shift towards more agency and action demanded: frivarld.se/nyheter/nord...
@gunnarhokmark.bsky.social
F. Johansson O. Ehrenkrona & Föreningen
Norden 🙏Take-aways? Nordics play a decisive role, formats can be strengthened, cultural shift towards more agency and action demanded: frivarld.se/nyheter/nord...
From DC earlier this week, met a single couragous soul who was visibly demonstrating outside of the White House. For the sake of Ukraine. Waiting to see more of the U.S that stands up for that which is, and just a few weeks ago even in the U.S was, the right thing 🇺🇦🇪🇺
March 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
From DC earlier this week, met a single couragous soul who was visibly demonstrating outside of the White House. For the sake of Ukraine. Waiting to see more of the U.S that stands up for that which is, and just a few weeks ago even in the U.S was, the right thing 🇺🇦🇪🇺
"Den fasa som Trump skapar har tidigare hanterats delvis med att skilja på det han säger och det han gör. Då har man bortsett från att kommunikation också är att agera. Och vad som händer med relationer när man inte vet om kommunikationen är sann eller ej", skriver om ett USA som nu sviker Europa.
Störningar i transatlantiska länken stärker auktoritära krafter - Altinget.se
Om USA nu marginaliserar sig till osynlig och hämndlysten lillebror i den fria världen så behöver Europa både växa och växla upp fort, skriver Anna Rennéus Guthrie.
www.altinget.se
March 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"Den fasa som Trump skapar har tidigare hanterats delvis med att skilja på det han säger och det han gör. Då har man bortsett från att kommunikation också är att agera. Och vad som händer med relationer när man inte vet om kommunikationen är sann eller ej", skriver om ett USA som nu sviker Europa.
Reposted by Anna Rennéus Guthrie
Nödvändig lyssning ; frivarld.se/nyheter/avsn...
Avsnitt #58 av Säkerhetsrådet: Den transatlantiska länken i förändring
En månad in i Donald Trumps presidentskap tar Frivärld temperaturen på den transatlantiska länken. Gunnar Hökmark, ordförande Frivärld gästar Patrik Oksanen och Anna Rennéus Guthrie för att diskutera ...
frivarld.se
February 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Nödvändig lyssning ; frivarld.se/nyheter/avsn...
Thank you @tonysilberfeld.bsky.social and @bertelsmannfdn.bsky.social for our joint discussion on pressing matters: frivarld.se/nyheter/semi...
February 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Thank you @tonysilberfeld.bsky.social and @bertelsmannfdn.bsky.social for our joint discussion on pressing matters: frivarld.se/nyheter/semi...
First episode of this years podcast out. Stockholm Free World Forum @patrikoksanen.bsky.social and myself talk to Angela Gui about
transnational repression: open.spotify.com/episode/4kLH...
transnational repression: open.spotify.com/episode/4kLH...
#57 Angela Gui
Säkerhetsrådet · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
First episode of this years podcast out. Stockholm Free World Forum @patrikoksanen.bsky.social and myself talk to Angela Gui about
transnational repression: open.spotify.com/episode/4kLH...
transnational repression: open.spotify.com/episode/4kLH...