Languages: Swedish, English, French
Areas of Expertise: European foreign policy, conflict and crisis management, state-building, counter-piracy, South Caucasus, and Western Balkans
Fredrik Wesslau used to be Director of the Wider Europe Programme and Senior Policy Fellow at ECFR until 2018.
Fredrik Wesslau - 24 November, 2017
Madrid is inadvertently equating Catalonia and Kosovo and, by doing so, revealing itself to be unable to distinguish between legitimate aspirations for self-rule and destabilizing separatism.
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Fredrik Wesslau - 14 November, 2017
Podcast du Black Coffee Morning "Moscou et les extrême-droites européennes, une quête mutuelle de légitimité" du 14/11/2017 avec Anton Shekhovstov, auteur du récemment publié "Russia and the Western Far Right : Tango Noir" aux…
Fredrik Wesslau - 18 October, 2017
Suspendre le processus d'adhésion de la Turquie à l'UE serait une erreur stratégique historique.
Fredrik Wesslau - 17 October, 2017
Suspending Turkey’s EU accession process would be a strategic mistake of historic proportions.
Fredrik Wesslau - 11 September, 2017
L'Occident devrait s'aligner sur la proposition de maintien de paix de la Russie - mais avec scepticisme et des conditions claires.
Fredrik Wesslau - 11 September, 2017
The West should engage with Russia's peacekeeping proposal - but skeptically and with clear conditions.
Fredrik Wesslau, Andrew Wilson - 11 September, 2017
Renewed Minsk-Moscow cooperation in the ‘Zapad’ war games should not see the door to Belarus closed
Gustav Gressel, Fredrik Wesslau - 6 July, 2017
No hay lugar para la complaciencia en la postura de Europa hacia Rusia y Ucrania
Gustav Gressel, Fredrik Wesslau - 19 June, 2017
There is no room for complacency in Europe’s stance towards Russia and Ukraine.
Vessela Tcherneva, Fredrik Wesslau - 5 May, 2017
The ongoing crisis in Macedonia could become destabilizing for the region unless the EU takes more decisive action.
Vessela Tcherneva, Fredrik Wesslau - 5 May, 2017
La crise en cours en Macédoine pourrait déstabiliser toute la région si l'UE n'agit pas plus concrètement.
by Fredrik Wesslau, Andrew Wilson - 11th September, 2017
Renewed Minsk-Moscow cooperation in the ‘Zapad’ war games should not see the door to Belarus closed
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by Gustav Gressel, Fredrik Wesslau - 19th June, 2017
There is no room for complacency in Europe’s stance towards Russia and Ukraine.
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by Fredrik Wesslau, Andrew Wilson - 23rd May, 2016
The future of Europe’s relations with Russia looks bleak as the Kremlin pursues an increasingly aggressive foreign policy.
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by Francisco de Borja Lasheras, with Vessela Tcherneva and Fredrik Wesslau - 21st March, 2016
EU’s weakness is prompting a new scramble for power for the Balkans with Russia, Turkey and other actors.
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by Dennison et al. - 28th January, 2016
The sixth ECFR Foreign Policy Scorecard highlights the EU's diminishing ability to influence its neighbours, and the neighbourhood's growing impact on the EU.
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Fredrik Wesslau - 24 November, 2017
Madrid is inadvertently equating Catalonia and Kosovo and, by doing so, revealing itself to be unable to distinguish between legitimate aspirations for self-rule and destabilizing separatism.
Fredrik Wesslau - 18 October, 2017
Suspendre le processus d'adhésion de la Turquie à l'UE serait une erreur stratégique historique.
Fredrik Wesslau - 17 October, 2017
Suspending Turkey’s EU accession process would be a strategic mistake of historic proportions.
Fredrik Wesslau - 11 September, 2017
L'Occident devrait s'aligner sur la proposition de maintien de paix de la Russie - mais avec scepticisme et des conditions claires.
Fredrik Wesslau - 11 September, 2017
The West should engage with Russia's peacekeeping proposal - but skeptically and with clear conditions.
Gustav Gressel, Fredrik Wesslau - 6 July, 2017
No hay lugar para la complaciencia en la postura de Europa hacia Rusia y Ucrania
Vessela Tcherneva, Fredrik Wesslau - 5 May, 2017
The ongoing crisis in Macedonia could become destabilizing for the region unless the EU takes more decisive action.
Vessela Tcherneva, Fredrik Wesslau - 5 May, 2017
La crise en cours en Macédoine pourrait déstabiliser toute la région si l'UE n'agit pas plus concrètement.
Fredrik Wesslau - 27 April, 2017
La position de l'Union européenne sur la Russie se caractérise par de l'incohérence et une volonté d'apparaître impartial qui la discréditent.
Fredrik Wesslau - 5 December, 2016
Le nouvel axe avec l'Amérique de Trump, la Russie de Poutine, et les populistes européens représente un danger pour l'ordre libéral en Europe.
Fredrik Wesslau - 5 December, 2016
The new axis between Trump’s America, Putin’s Russia, and European populists represents a toxic mix for the liberal order in Europe.
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Fredrik Wesslau - 14 November, 2017
Podcast du Black Coffee Morning "Moscou et les extrême-droites européennes, une quête mutuelle de légitimité" du 14/11/2017 avec Anton Shekhovstov, auteur du récemment publié "Russia and the Western Far Right : Tango Noir" aux…
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Mark Leonard, Vessela Tcherneva, Fredrik Wesslau - 5 May, 2017
Mark Leonard talks with the director of ECFR's office in Sofia, Vessela Tcherneva and the director of ECFR's Wider Europe programme, Fredrik Wesslau about the crisis in Macedonia and the bigger picture of political stagnation and chaos in the Balkans, at a time when…
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Fredrik Wesslau - 14 March, 2017
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Kadri Liik, Fredrik Wesslau - 28 November, 2016
Donald Trump's presidency will be the end of global politics as we know it. Fredrik Wesslau, Director of ECFR's Wider Europe Programme and senior policy fellow, Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs journal and Academic Director of Valdai, and…
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31 August, 2016
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with experts Andrew Wilson, Fredrik Wesslau and Gustav Gressel, about rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine in the Donbass, the Minsk agreement, and whether European sanctions on Russia should be renewed. The…
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Fredrik Wesslau, Andrew Wilson - 22 June, 2016
How will Russia and Europe’s eastern neighbours look 14 years from now? What key trends will play out in Russia and Eastern Europe? What sort of events could throw them off course? What the EU should do about this? Nicu Popescu, Senior Analyst at EUISS, and Andrew Wilson,…
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Mark Leonard, Vessela Tcherneva, Fredrik Wesslau - 17 May, 2016
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Nicola Clase, Swedish Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Fredrik Wesslau, Director of ECFR’s Wider Europe programme, and Vessela Tcherneva, Head of ECFR’s Sofia Office, about the Eurovision Song Contest and its…
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Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Fredrik Wesslau - 7 April, 2016
Conférence du jeudi 7 avril sur les relations entre l'Union européenne et la Russie. Avec: - Sylvie Kauffmann, directrice éditoriale Le Monde - Fredrik Wesslau, Directeur du programme Wider Europe de l'ECFR - Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, directeur du…