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By Klara Lindström, 29 January 2026   The air raids in Chernihiv are almost constant. Hordes of Russian drones, made with Chinese components, cheap plastic and Belarusian SIM cards, traverse this northern frontline region en route to Kyiv. While the world is busy with dramatic headlines, ordinary Ukrain...

Martin Kragh, Deputy Director at SCEEUS, was awarded the external prize of SEK 100,000 from Örebro University and The Hamrin Foundation on January 26 for outstanding research communication. Read more about the award here .

On 9–10 December, SCEEUS hosted a two-day roundtable titled Russia “Beyond the Battlefield”. The event convened key European stakeholders with expertise in foreign information manipulation and interference, cyber operations and other forms of hybrid warfare “beyond the battlefield” and Russian strategic be...

On December 5, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) held their annual Ukraine-Moldova Development Day conference. Photo: SCEEUS The conference gathered a series of panels discussing Ukraine and Moldova’s paths toward EU membership. Topics of discussion ranged from macroeconomics issue...

By Jakob Hedenskog The second edition of the Moldova Security Forum , held on 18–19 November 2025, was organised by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, the Institute for European Policy and Reforms, the NATO Liaison Office in the Republic of Moldova, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldov...

On 20–21 November, SCEEUS hosted a conference on the theme of total defence together with the Ukrainian think tank Sahaidachnyi Security Center , in cooperation with the Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung , International Renaissance Foundation and the Folke Bernadotteakademin . The conference brought together a del...

How can accountability for Russia’s international crimes in Ukraine be effectively pursued - and what is being done right now to achieve it? On Tuesday, 18 November, SCEEUS hosted a roundtable discussion in cooperation with the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU). The event featured Dani...

On Wednesday, October 22, SCEEUS participated in the workshop “Developments in Ukraine – What Do We Know Together?” The event was organized by the project Ukrainian Security Policy at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) and brought together representatives from various Swedish government agencies....

On Monday, October 10, SCEEUS organised a seminar with Dr. Mihai Popșoi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova. As a minister representing the ruling PAS party, Popșoi shared his reflections on how Moldova managed to resist Russian election interference and what lessons both EU m...

With Russia’s influence waning and NATO’s presence along its Eastern Flank growing,