Anders Aslund

Anders Aslund

Anders Åslund is a senior fellow at the Stockholm Free World Forum and Adjunct Professor Georgetown University. A leading specialist on the East European economies, he has authored 15 books, most recently Russia’s Crony Capitalism: The Path from Market Economy to Kleptocracy. He has advised the Russian and Ukrainian governments and earned his D.Phil. from Oxford University.
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR ( 72 )
What the US-Iranian Ceasefire Agreement May Mean for Ukraine US

OPINION: What the US-Iranian Ceasefire Agreement May Mean for Ukraine

By Anders Aslund
June 20, 2026
What Can Ukraine Learn from Churchill’s Electoral Defeat in 1945? Ukraine

OPINION: What Can Ukraine Learn from Churchill’s Electoral Defeat in 1945?

By Anders Aslund
May 24, 2026
Did May 9 Mark a Turning Point in the War? War in Ukraine

OPINION: Did May 9 Mark a Turning Point in the War?

By Anders Aslund
May 11, 2026
Hungarian Election: Ukraine and EU Are Major Winners, Putin and Trump Losers Europe

OPINION: Hungarian Election: Ukraine and EU Are Major Winners, Putin and Trump Losers

By Anders Aslund
April 13, 2026
Ukraine Must Thrive on the Global Gas Boom Europe

OPINION: Ukraine Must Thrive on the Global Gas Boom

By Anders Aslund
April 6, 2026
Trump’s Disastrous War on Iran US

OPINION: Trump’s Disastrous War on Iran

By Anders Aslund
March 29, 2026
The Disastrous Consequences of Trump’s Mad War EXCLUSIVE Russia

OPINION: The Disastrous Consequences of Trump’s Mad War

By Anders Aslund
March 16, 2026
Trump’s Foolish Foreign Policy

OPINION: Trump’s Foolish Foreign Policy

By Anders Aslund
March 7, 2026
Rubio in Munich Europe

OPINION: Rubio in Munich

By Anders Aslund
Feb. 16, 2026
Zelensky Should Kick the US Out of Peace Negotiations Zelensky

OPINION: Zelensky Should Kick the US Out of Peace Negotiations

By Anders Aslund
Feb. 14, 2026
Europe and Ukraine After Davos Ukraine

OPINION: Europe and Ukraine After Davos

By Anders Aslund
Jan. 25, 2026
Don’t We All Understand That Trump Works for Putin? Ukraine

OPINION: Don’t We All Understand That Trump Works for Putin?

By Anders Aslund
Jan. 12, 2026
Keep Putin’s Servant Trump out of Ukrainian Foreign Policy Putin

OPINION: Keep Putin’s Servant Trump out of Ukrainian Foreign Policy

By Anders Aslund
Dec. 14, 2025
A New Perspective on Ukraine War in Ukraine

OPINION: A New Perspective on Ukraine

By Anders Aslund
Oct. 3, 2025
15 Reasons Why We Know Trump Supports Putin Zelensky

OPINION: 15 Reasons Why We Know Trump Supports Putin

By Anders Aslund
Sept. 18, 2025
Europe Must Change Ukraine Strategy Fast Europe

OPINION: Europe Must Change Ukraine Strategy Fast

By Anders Aslund
Sept. 14, 2025
Press Freedom in US Undermined by Trump Administration US

OPINION: Press Freedom in US Undermined by Trump Administration

By Anders Aslund
Aug. 3, 2025
How to Handle Mr. Trump Ukraine

OPINION: How to Handle Mr. Trump

By Anders Aslund
Aug. 2, 2025
Victory or Negotiation? How Ukraine Can (and Must) Win War in Ukraine

OPINION: Victory or Negotiation? How Ukraine Can (and Must) Win

By Anders Aslund
June 28, 2025
Forward Together in Support of Ukraine? NATO

OPINION: Forward Together in Support of Ukraine?

By Anders Aslund
May 19, 2025