Dr. Anna Wieslander: Russian Intimidation Actions Affecting the Baltic Region

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                  GLOBAL SPEAKERS PROGRAM

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Biography

Dr. Anna Wieslander serves as Director for Northern Europe at the Atlantic Council and Head of the Atlantic Council office in Stockholm. She is also Chair of the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP), a Stockholm-based think tank with a focus on Central Asia and Asia, and a life-time member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences and the Swedish Society for International Affairs. Dr. Wieslander is an Adjunct Professor at George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, a founding member of the Alphen Group and a member of RUSI European Security Advisory Group. 

Dr. Wieslander is a frequent keynote speaker, lecturer and panelist at international conferences, and comments in national and international mass media, such as the New York Times, BBC, Times Radio, Politico, Reuters, Wall Street Journal and Financial Times. She also publishes extensively related to current international affairs.

Dr. Wieslander previous positions include Secretary General of the Swedish Defence Association, Deputy Director at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI), Head of the Speaker’s Office in the Swedish Parliament, Secretary of the Swedish Defence Commission and Deputy Director of the Swedish Defence Ministry. She has also served as Communications Director in the private sector. 

Dr. Wieslander holds a PhD in International Relations from Lund University and a degree in Journalism from Gothenburg University. Her expertise covers security and defence policy, Northern Europe security, NATO and defence industry.

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