The disillusionment and hope of Western sanctions against Russia
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Stefan Hedlund
Stefan Hedlund is a widely published author, researcher and lecturer focusing on Nordic, Russian, Central Asian and post-Soviet affairs. He is based in Sweden.
Currently, he is director of research at the Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Uppsala University.
He trained as an economist and has specialized in Russian affairs since the final days of Leonid Brezhnev in the early 1980s. His research interests have branched far beyond economics over the years but have, above all, included an interest in Russian history.
Professor Hedlund has published extensively on matters ranging from the Soviet system to post-Soviet transition, and institutional dimensions of the interaction between state and market in a modern economy. He has published more than 20 books, some 200 journal and magazine articles and well over 300 reviews and op-ed pieces.
He has traveled and lectured widely in academic as well as business contexts. He has taken two sabbatical semesters at Harvard University in the United States and been a visiting scholar in academic institutions ranging from Stanford University in California to Hokkaido University in Japan and Washington, D.C.
His book “Putin’s Energy Agenda: The Contradictions of Russia’s Resource Wealth” was published by Lynne Rienner Publishers of Boulder, Colorado, United States in May 2014. He wrote “Invisible Hands, Russian Experience and Social Science: Approaches to Understanding Systemic Failure,” which was published by Cambridge University Press, in 2011.
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Finland stands tall against Russia
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A tough test for Georgian democracy
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India-Russia relations show renewed spark
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Sweden looks into the abyss
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Turkmenistan’s bid to link up with gas-hungry Europe
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New masters in the South Caucasus
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Uzbekistan may have another president for life
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The fate of the Russian Far East takes on greater urgency
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Russia’s PMC Wagner dies, but its spirit lives on
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The fallout of Azerbaijan’s victory over Armenia
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Russian arms exports in a tailspin
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The problem-ridden development of a Russia-Iran axis
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Greenland moves slowly toward independence
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Kazakhstan helps Russia evade Western sanctions
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Georgia’s divide between Russia and the West
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Tajikistan: A litmus test for China in Central Asia
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Nordic media take aim at Russian threats
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China courts Central Asia as Russia falters
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Russia’s emerging war economy
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The Arctic in Russia’s crosshairs
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Georgia’s future may hinge on Russia’s war in Ukraine
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Geopolitical transformation in the South Caucasus
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Swedes may sink their own NATO bid
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Central Asia is coming into its own
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Ensuring Ukraine’s postwar security
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End of the American Century?
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Scenarios for a postwar Russia: Survival or collapse?
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Moldova’s future is tied to Russia’s war in Ukraine
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NATO’s Nordic bloc: Big promise, lurking problems
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Uzbekistan’s bumpy ride out of Russia’s orbit
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Kazakhstan gives Russia the cold shoulder
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Contours of a postwar Europe take shape
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Scenarios for Russia’s strategic Kaliningrad exclave
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What President Putin could have learned from history
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The collapse of the Russian military machine
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Will Finland, Sweden make a joint NATO bid?
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Values vs. spheres of influence
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The wider implications of the attempted coup in Kazakhstan
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Norway’s oil fund braces for climate challenges
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A tipping point for climate change activism
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Asylum seekers versus economic migrants
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Do sanctions regimes have endgames?
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Winners and losers from the Karabakh war
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Is Sweden beginning to turn sour on immigration?
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Ukraine remains firmly in its oligarchs’ grip
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The unequal Russia-China partnership
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The Tajikistan factor
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How Russia has weaponized Belarus against the EU
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Latvia and the Russia factor
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Norway and Russia clash over Svalbard
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The costs of annexing Crimea keep rising for Russia
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Sweden and Finland in a mutual defense pact
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Georgia is slowly moving into Turkey’s orbit
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Lukashenko’s Belarus in Russia’s embrace
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Sweden’s Covid-19 response deepens Nordic disharmony
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Biden lacks strategy for Central Asia
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Turkey winning ground in Central Asia
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Central Asia deals with the Taliban
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Turkey’s push for greater influence in Central Asia
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Myths and realities of the Nordic welfare state
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New realities in the South Caucasus
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The Nagorno-Karabakh war’s double tragedy for Armenia
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Turkey maneuvers to become a regional energy baron
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The Kremlin’s Chechen factor
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Iran’s choices in the Caucasus
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Renewed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh
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Lithuania in the limelight
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Waning prospects for Russia’s Eurasian vision
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The EU won’t let a good crisis go to waste
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Putin forever
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Assessing President Zelenskiy’s first year
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Belarus in the crosshairs
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Finland: On top of the world, but for how long?
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Azerbaijan takes a triple hit
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Armenia’s velvet revolution wears thin
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Emerging contours of a weakened Europe
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Georgia snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
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Romania’s moment to make progress against corruption
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Estonia outperforms the EU
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Uncontrolled immigration damages the Danish welfare system
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Sweden is inching toward political transformation
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A faltering Eastern Partnership
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Sweden rebuilds its military force, maybe
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Russian rail: Behind the curve
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Can Moldova set an example for Ukraine?
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Nonrecognition and trouble in international relations
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The implications of Russia’s agriculture boom
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Russia’s European future
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Shifting power in Central Asia
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The militarization of space: separating the hype from the real risks
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Ukraine gridlocked
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China finds investment in Kyrgyzstan a risky necessity
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Turkmenistan comes into focus
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The future of Russia’s Special Operations Forces
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Uzbekistan emerging from isolation
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Russia’s Strategic Rocket Forces and the new arms race
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2019 Global Outlook: The volatile Moscow-Kiev-Brussels triangle
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Tajikistan: A Sino-Russian flashpoint?
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Russia’s ground forces: No return to large tank armies
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Kazakhstan: Russia’s staunchest ally wavers
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