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Ukraine can become a major European energy power
The country's natural resources, geography, and human capital position it to be more than an aid recipient. It can be a supplier of energy and expertise to the whole continent.
Experience: Stockholm Free World Forum, Georgetown University, Atlantic Council, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Specialist area: macroeconomics
Dr. Anders Åslund, one of the world's leading economists and experts on Ukraine, specializes in economic transition of russia, Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Dr. Åslund holds the position of adjunct professor at and serves as Chairman of the International Advisory Council at the as well as the Board of International Advisors, Bank of Finland Institute of Transition. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Stockholm Free World Forum and previously served as a resident senior fellow in the Eurasia Center at the .
From 2006 to 2015, Dr. Åslund was a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Dr. Åslund has served as an economic advisor to several governments, notably the governments of russia and Ukraine. Formerly, Dr. Åslund served as the Director of the russian and Eurasian Program at the . He was also the Founding Director of the and a Professor of International Economics at the .
He has published widely and is the author of 16 books and editor of 16 additional books. His latest book, “The Reconstruction, Reform, and Accession of Ukraine” (2023), was co-authored with Andrius Kubilius, MEP and former Prime Minister of Lithuania.
Dr. Åslund served as a Swedish diplomat in moscow, Geneva, Kuwait, and Poland. He earned his doctorate from the . He has also served on four corporate boards and several advisory boards.
