Anna Wieslander

Dr. Anna Wieslander is the Chairman of the ISDP Board since 2018. She serves as Director for Northern Europe at the Atlantic Council and Head of the Atlantic Council office in Stockholm. She is also Chair of the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP), a Stockholm-based think tank with a focus on Central Asia and Asia. Dr. Wieslander concurrently serves as secretary general of the Swedish Defence Association, a non-political NGO which for more than 130 years has promoted knowledge on defence and security among the Swedish public. She is as a life-time member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences and the Swedish Society for International Affairs. She is an Adjunct Professor at George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, a founding member of the Alphen Group and a member of RUSI European Security Advisory Group.

Dr. Anna Wieslander is a frequent keynote speaker, lecturer and panelist at international conferences, and comments in national and international mass media, such as the New York Times, BBC, Time, Politico, Reuters, Wall Street Journal and Financial Times. She also publishes extensively related to current international affairs.

Dr. Anna Wieslander was previously Deputy Director at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI). She has held positions as Head of the Speaker’s Office in the Swedish Parliament, Secretary of the Swedish Defence Commission and Deputy Director of the Swedish Defence Ministry. She has also served as Communications Director in the private sector.

Dr. Anna Wieslander holds a PhD in Political Science from Lund University and a degree in Journalism from Gothenburg University. Her expertise is in security and defence policy, Northern Europe security, NATO and issues affecting the defence industry.