Li Bennich-Björkman and the Foreign Minister of Lithuania in interview with Radio Sweden

Today, Ann-Mari Sätre is inaugurated as Professor, and IRES would like to congratulate her on this achievement! More information on the inaugurated Professors can be found here: https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/traditions/inauguration-of-professors/new-professors-2022/

Stefan Hedlund, Professor at IRES, writes in GIS Reports: "The collapse of the Russian military machine"​

Ann-Mari Sätre, Research Director at IRES, participates in Vetenskapsradion: "How well are the sanctions working to stop the war in Ukraine?"​

Stefan Hedlund, professor at IRES, writes in Expressen: "Sweden and Germany amkes up an alliance of shame"

Caroline Hill, PhD student at IRES, in SvD: "Churches pray for peace – the Kremlin without full control" (paywall)

Claes Levinsson, Director of IRES, in Aftonbladet: "To create mistrust and insecurity in the Swedish Nato debate is a given objective"

Kateryna Boyko, PhD student at IRES, interviewed in SVT about the new project Ukrainian Witness.

Martin Kragh, Researcher at IRES and Senior Research Fellow at UI, in SVT: "Russia wants to show some kind of victory on May 9"​

Ann-Mari Sätre, Senior Lecturer at IRES, to Expressen-TV: "Hurry up with ban on Russian natural gas"

Stefan Hedlund, professor at IRES, in Expressen: "How Putin can be convicted of war crimes" (paywall)

Kateryna Boyko, PhD Student at IRES, is interviewed in Radio Sweden about IRES new project "Ukrainian Witness", which collects testimonies and stories from the war in Ukraine. These stories will be published continuously on IRES website, starting this week.

Martin Kragh, Researcher at IRES and Senior Research Fellow at UI, writes in Forskning och Framsteg: "How Putin's view of history shapes contemporary Russia". The text is an excerpt of his newly published book Det fallna imperiet: Ryssland och väst under Vladimir Putin (2022).

Emma Rönngren, PhD student at IRES, is interviewed in Dagens ETC about the Russian minorities in the Baltic states (paywall).

Claes Levinsson, Director at IRES, to Nyheter24: "Sweden could be a target for Russia"

Stefan Hedlund, Professor at IRES, in Expressen about the Russian poision that could be used against Putin: "If anyone dares, it would have to be someone very close to the president" (paywall)

Martin Kragh, Researcher at IRES and Senior Research Fellow at UI, in UNT: "How we can understand Putin" (paywall)

Stefan Hedlund, professor at IRES, writes in GP: "Sweden prolongs Ukraine's suffering by putting business first"

Stefan Hedlund, professor at IRES in Expressen about Putin's wealth: "He gets everything he points at" (paywall)

Kateryna Boyko, PhD Student at IRES, in SVT about the app which has become the number one social media in Ukraine.

Igor Torbakov, Researcher at IRES, och Ann-Mari Sätre, Professor at IRES, i Nyheter 24: "Ways in which the war in Ukraine could end"

Stefan Hedlund, Professor at IRES, in Expressen: "Ryska agenter försöker påverka opinionen"(paywall)

Kateryna Boyko, PhD student at IRES, in DN: "The Azov battalion is the core of the Russian Propaganda"

Sergiy Kurbatov, Affiliated researcher at IRES, in The Guardian: "People have become nicer"​

Ann-Mari Sätre, Associate Professor at IRES, in Expressen TV: "Why Russia could go bankrupt"

Ann-Mari Sätre, Associate Professor at IRES, participates in Radio Sweden's Eftermiddag i P4 Uppland.

Stefan Hedlund, Professor at IRES, writes in Expressen: "The West is heading straight into Putin's trap" (Paywall)

Li Bennich-Björkman, professor at IRES and the Department of Government, to SVT: "Unity on receiving refugees a new phenomenon"

Li Bennich-Björkman, professor at IRES and the Department of Government, comments Svergies Radio P1:s interview with the Foreign Minister of Lithuania.

Martin Kragh, Researcher at IRES and Senior Research Fellow at UI, in SVT: "Mariupol has become an example for Putin"

Igor Torbakov, Senior Fellow at IRES, writes in Eurasianet: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: "It’s worse than a crime, it’s a mistake”

Ann-Mari Sätre, Associate Professor at IRES, in Expressen: ”This could become a return to the Soviet era”

Ann-Mari Sätre, Associate Professor at IRES, participates in Radio Sweden's Förmiddag i P4 Uppland.

Emma Rönngren, PhD student at IRES, interviewed in DN: "Expert om ryska satellitkanalerna: 'Olyckligt att blockera'".

Caroline Hill, PhD student at IRES is interviewed by SVT: "Uppsala university discontinues cooperation with Russia". Watch the clip for the interview.​

Claes Levinsson, Director of IRES in Reuters: Russia's invasion of Ukraine has for the first time seen a majority of Swedes in favour of joining NATO, according to a poll, and signs are the political landscape could to change too in a country long known for neutrality.

Caroline Hill, PhD student at IRES, in an interview with Kyrkans tidning: "The Churches in Ukraine could become a weapon in the conflict" (paywall)

Martin Kragh, Researcher at IRES and Senior Research Fellow at UI, in an interview with SVT: "Society is put on war footing""

Martin Kragh, Researcher at IRES and Senior Research Fellow at UI, writes in Svenska Dagbladet: "Putin is borrowing against the future of the Russian people" (paywall)

Claes Levinsson, Director of IRES, interviewed in Expressen: "So may Putin lose power in Russia" (paywall).

IRES Director Claes Levinsson is interviewed in Aftonbladet: "We are in the same situation as Ukraine"

Stefan Hedlund, Professor at IRES, writes an article for Expressen: "How much suffering do we have to see before the West acts?"

The Director of IRES, Claes Levinsson is interviewed in Aftonbladet: "I think this is a serious miscalculation from Russia. This is not what they planned for."

Martin Kragh, Researcher at IRES and Senior Research Fellow at UI, in an interview with Radio Sweden: "The resistance is probably tougher than Putin anticipated".

Martin Kragh, Researcher at IRES and Senior Research Fellow at UI, interviewed by Svenska Dagbladet: The Nuclear threat is "Enourmously uncomfortable" (paywall).

Johanna Ohlsson, Postdoctoral Researcher at IRES, participates in the podcast "Filosofiska rummet" broadcast by Radio Sweden on the theme "What is a just war?".