Jakob Hedenskog Editor

Jakob Hedenskog, researcher at the Swedish Defence Research Agency, has published extensively on Russia and the CIS, including The Ukrainian Dilemma: Relations with Russia and the West in the Context of the 2004 Presidential elections.
Vilhelm Konnander coordinated and edited the present volume for the NNSS. He currently works with Sodertorn University College, Sweden and his main interest are in Russian and Baltic Sea affairs.

Bertil Nygren, associate professor in political science at Stockholm University has published extensively on Russian domestic and foreign policy, including Putin I and Putin II: Results of the First Term and Prospects for the Second.
Ingmar Oldberg, deputy director of research at the Swedish Defence Research Agency, has published extensively on Russian foreign, regional and military affairs, including Reluctant Rapprochement: Russia and the Baltic States in the Context of NATO and EU Enlargements.
Christer Pursiainen, Senior Research Fellow at the Nordic Centre for Spatial Development in Stockholm is associate professor of international relations at the University of Helsinki.