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ESF experts are trusted voices in the most critical conversations on economic security, resilience, and strategic capitalism.
Through media interviews, publications, keynote speeches, and leadership dialogues, we shape thinking in governments, industries, and international institutions.

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Transatlantic Economic Security at a Crossroads: CELIS DC Leaders Meeting 2025

Mikael Wigell participating in the roundtable discussion on the Future of Economic Security Policy at the Hudson Institute in Washington D.C. 

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The Very Long Game: 25 Case Studies on the Global State of Defense Artificial Intelligence

Heiko Borchert editing book on how countries around the world are integrating AI into defense strategies.

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Measuring geoeconomic power: An index for 41 major economies

Mikael Wigell launches a new geoeconomic power index as part of his research project 'Power Politics by Economic Means: The Geoeconomic Research Initiative' funded by the Research Council of Finland.

 

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Trump’s tariffs: Ushering in a new age of aggressive strategic capitalism

Mikael Wigell commenting on President Trump's tariff policy. 

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Navigating Geoeconomic Risks: Towards an International Business Risk and Resilience Monitor

Report by Mikael Wigell, Heiko Borchert and Christian Fjäder for the European Commission developing a geoeconomic risk and resilience framework and monitor. 

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Nordic Resilience: Strengthening Cooperation on Security of Supply and Crisis Preparedness

Report for the Nordic Council of Ministers by Mikael Wigell and Christian Fjäder compares the preparedness models in the Nordic countries, and analyses how they can deepen collaboration to enhance security of supply and crisis resilience.

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Storms Ahead: The Future Geoeconomic World Order

Book sponsored by Raiffeisen Bank and edited by Heiko Borchert explores how economic power is projected across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace in a rapidly changing international system. 

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ABC News

Christian Fjäder interviewed by the ABC News on what Australia can learn from Finland about preparedness, 'the prepper nation of the Nordics'.