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Dr. Heiko Borchert in The Wall Street Journal: state stakes as a way to discipline companies
Dr. Heiko Borchert, Head of Advisory Services at the Economic Security Forum, on the US government’s backing of North American Blue Energy Partners in Venezuela and what a direct state stake means for oil companies.
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Watch Dr. Mikael Wigell's Procurement Executive 2026 talk on deep-tier supply chain exposure
This government seems to believe…to really shape markets, you need to discipline the companies, and what better way to discipline companies than having a direct stake in them?
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Dr. Mikael Wigell in Yle: US sanctions on the International Criminal Court are a precedent
Dr. Mikael Wigell calls planned US sanctions on the court a precedent and argues that Europe's dependence on US financial and technology infrastructure is a strategic weakness.
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Dr. Mikael Wigell in Svenska Yle: the Nordics need joint planning for energy security
Dr. Mikael Wigell presents ESF’s report for Nordic Energy Research and calls for joint Nordic planning for energy security.
View originalDr. Mikael Wigell in Talouselämä: diversified supply chains often lead back to the same source
Dr. Mikael Wigell, Founder & CEO of ESF, on why supply chains that look diversified often lead back to the same source, and what that means for company risk.
View originalDr. Edward Hunter Christie in The i Paper: Europe could impose lawful economic friction around Kaliningrad
Dr. Edward Hunter Christie in The i Paper on Kaliningrad: Europe could impose lawful economic friction around the enclave and the wider Baltic Sea region, scaled to Russian behaviour.
View originalAntti Viktor Rauhala in Nordic Energy Research: energy integration needs a shared view of risk
At the Nordic-Baltic Energy Conference 2026, Antti Viktor Rauhala, Chief Operating Officer, explains why closer Nordic-Baltic energy integration needs to be matched by a shared understanding of risks and stronger regional cooperation.
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Procurement Executive 2026
Dr. Mikael Wigell on deep-tier supply chain exposure: the supplier register showed 15% assumed direct China exposure; mapping showed 85% in a critical input three tiers upstream.
Watch the talkAnnouncements and press releases
Henri Vanhanen joins ESF as Senior Advisor
Henri Vanhanen joined ESF as Senior Advisor in August 2026. He is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center.
Read the announcementESF report for the Nordic Council of Ministers: Energy Security in the Nordics
ESF prepared the Nordic Council of Ministers' mapping of energy security across the region. The report sets out 25 recommendations for operational readiness.
Read the announcementDigital Defence Ecosystem joins the Nordic Economic Security Programme (NESPO) as Knowledge Partner
Digital Defence Ecosystem (DDE) has signed a memorandum of understanding with ESF, bringing expertise in digital defence and cyber resilience to the programme.
Read the announcementUpcoming and recent events
NESPO Forum 2026
Organised with the Nordic Investment Bank at its headquarters: presentation of the Nordic Strategic Competitiveness Report and three panels.
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NESPO Working Dialogue III: Nordic and public-private cooperation
Hosted by the Center for Security and Resilience at the Stockholm School of Economics, the third Working Dialogue explored strategic missions for the Nordics: resilient digital connectivity, advanced manufacturing niches and affordable energy.
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Castrén & Snellman Leaders' Lounge 2026
Dr. Mikael Wigell, Founder & CEO of ESF, gives the keynote at Castrén & Snellman's Leaders' Lounge, a morning event on geoeconomics and where the next growth will come from, and touches on ESF's Geoeconomic Moat Assessment.
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Nordic-Baltic Energy Conference 2026
Antti Viktor Rauhala, Chief Operating Officer, presents the Nordic policy roadmap from the energy security report.
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AI Summit Budapest 2026
Dr. Heiko Borchert presents on the impact of AI on the future of war and discusses defence AI with Gergely Németh and Major General Laszlo Kovacs of the Hungarian Ministry of Defence.
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