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The Economic Security Forum, in partnership with Hanken & SSE Executive Education, is launching Mastering Geoeconomic Strategy, a multi-company executive programme for CEOs, CFOs, and senior strategy leaders. 

This ESF Brief presents survey insights from Nordic companies on their exposure to geoeconomic disruption, highlighting the growing impact of policy-driven risks, operational pressure points, and the structural constraints shaping corporate adjustment capacity in an increasingly uncertain global economy. 

Digital Defence Ecosystem has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ESF to join the Nordic Economic Security Programme as a Knowledge Partner, bringing expertise in digital defence, cyber resilience and security-critical technologies into NESPO’s cross-sector work on economic resilience and strategic competitiveness.

Written by Heiko Borchert and Mikael Wigell, this article introduces the concept of the geoeconomic moat, explaining how companies can protect competitiveness by managing political-economic risk in an era of state-driven markets.

In this Investment Monitor opinion piece, Mikael Wigell argues that in today’s strategic capitalism, efficiency and comparative advantage are no longer the primary drivers of investment decisions; instead, security, resilience and strategic advantage increasingly shape where and how capital flows.

Our CEO Mikael Wigell’s report offers a structured framework for analysing geoeconomic risks and a practical preparedness toolbox—offering states a playbook to map vulnerabilities, reduce dependencies, and strengthen resilience in an era of strategic competition.

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

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