On June 10, the Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication (CSSC) at the Stockholm School of Economics and the Ax:son Johnson Institute for Statecraft and Diplomacy welcomed historian Stephen Kotkin for a lunch seminar in Stockholm.

What role can middle powers play in an international order increasingly shaped by competition between major powers? On June 10, the Ax:son Johnson Institute for Statecraft and Diplomacy together with the Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication will host historian and geopolitical analyst Stephen Kotkin for a lunch seminar in Stockholm.

How should businesses respond when cyberattacks, disinformation, and AI-generated fraud increasingly overlap? That was the central question when the Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication (CSSC) and the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) hosted an open lecture with cybersecurity expert Mary Prokhorova at the Stockholm School of Economics on May 25.

A new podcast episode based on research from the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) makes findings on the cost of decarbonizing steel production accessible to a wider audience. The 11-minute episode builds on an academic article by Mara Bălașa, PhD student at SSE, and Rickard Sandberg, professor at SSE.

The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) welcomes Professor Fredrik Logevall as Visiting Professor, affiliated with the Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication. The appointment is made possible through SSE's engagement in the Ax:son Johnson Institute for Statecraft and Diplomacy (AJI).

How costly is it for a democracy to ignore antagonistic information threats? That question brought together Ukrainian and international researchers, policymakers, and security experts at the Stockholm School of Economics on February 12, 2026, for a high-level discussion examining the economic, political, and societal consequences of disinformation and hybrid information aggression.

In this reflective account, Sam Elfström, an alumnus of the Applied History course, shares insights from an intensive week in the YROW program, highlighting the value of cross-sector exchange, lessons from Ukraine’s wartime resilience, and the growing strategic importance of Europe’s southern neighborhood.

New research from the Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication (CSSC) by Dr. Rikard Westerberg has been featured in Dagens Industri, highlighting historical links between the Wallenberg sphere and intelligence cooperation in Sweden.

The Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication (CSSC), located at the Department for Marketing and Strategy at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), is pleased to announce fellowships for three two-year postdoctoral fellows wishing to pursue historically informed research about strategic communication in statecraft.

CSSC and the Ax:son Johnson Institute for Statecraft and Diplomacy Open Applications for Two Fully Funded PhD Positions