Fredrik Wesslau
Distinguished Policy Fellow
Fredrik Wesslau is a Distinguished Policy Fellow at SCEEUS. He has previously worked for the UN, EU, and OSCE in Kosovo, South Caucasus, and Sudan/South Sudan, as well as on counter-piracy off the Horn of Africa. Until December 2022, he worked in Kyiv as Deputy Head of the EU Advisory Mission in Ukraine. Fredrik has also worked as Director of the Wider Europe Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). Fredrik has masters degrees from Columbia University and Sciences Po Paris and an undergraduate degree from the London School of Economics.
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latest Publications
12 February, 2025
A man with a plan? Trump’s bad deal for Ukraine and European security
By Fredrik Wesslau. Trump does not seem to have much of a plan for stopping the war in Ukraine. But the sig...
16 June, 2023
Securing Ukraine: NATO, Security Guarantees, and Weapons
By Fredrik Wesslau. The West’s military assistance to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion in February 2022 has...
7 February, 2023
The 24th EU-Ukraine Summit – A Reason for Optimism
By Hugo von Essen, Anna Lundbladh, Andreas Umland and Fredrik Wesslau. Last week, the President of the Euro...
25 January, 2023
The Context of the Leopard 2 Decision: Political and Military Dimensions of the Western Tank Initiative
By Johan Huovinen, Andreas Umland and Fredrik Wesslau. Three brief comments from Stockholm, on the emerging...
In the media
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Council on Foreign Relations
3 February 2026
Ukraine, NATO, and War Termination
With Fredrik Wesslau.
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POLITICO
18 March 2025
Establish an international tribunal for aggression against Ukraine before it’s too late
By Fredrik Wesslau.
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Sveriges Radio
28 February 2025
The US is thawing relations with Russia – what are the consequences?
With Fredrik Wesslau.
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