The Threat Next Door

Full transcript (EN + FR) available here: https://thethreatnextdoor.wordpress.com/2026/07/06/2-finland-managing-proximity/ In the second episode of The Threat Next Door , I had the pleasure of speaking with Katri Pynnöniemi , Associate Professor at the University of Helsinki and holder of the Mannerheim Chair in Russian Security Studies, alongside Matti Pesu , Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish...

Full transcript (EN + FR) available here :  https://thethreatnextdoor.wordpress.com/2026/06/22/1-sweden-the-limits-of-neutrality/ In the first episode of The Threat Next Door , I had the pleasure to receive Joakim Paasikivi , former Swedish Army lieutenant colonel, military strategist, and geopolitical analyst to discuss about how Russia's invasion of Ukraine transformed Swedish security think...

Full transcript (EN + FR) available here : https://thethreatnextdoor.wordpress.com/2026/06/10/0-introduction-getting-closer/ In this introductory episode, I explain the origins of the project, the questions that motivated it, and why I decided to travel across Northern and Eastern Europe to speak with experts from Finland, Sweden, and Estonia about how they perceive the war in Ukraine and the Russ...