Carl Bildt was Sweden’s foreign minister from 2006 to 2014 and prime minister from 1991 to 1994, when he negotiated Sweden’s EU accession. A renowned international diplomat, he served as EU Special Envoy to the Former Yugoslavia, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, UN Special Envoy to the Balkans, and Co-Chairman of the Dayton Peace Conference. He is Co-Chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Jan 18, 2023 Carl Bildt doubts that the Russian leader's ultra-centralized, top-down regime can survive the war he started.
Dec 19, 2022 Carl Bildt explains what the world’s largest democracy will need to do to catch up to China economically.
Nov 17, 2022 Carl Bildt notes that the country continues to build its trade and economic relations while America falls behind.
Oct 18, 2022 Carl Bildt considers the implications of sweeping new US restrictions on semiconductor sales to China.
Sep 20, 2022 Carl Bildt thinks Ukraine’s counteroffensive in the northeast has fundamentally altered the course of the war.
Though the US Federal Reserve’s first interest-rate hike of 2023 is smaller than those that preceded it, policymakers have signaled that more increases are on the way, despite slowing price growth. But there is good reason to doubt the utility – and fear the consequences – of continued rate hikes, on both sides of the Atlantic.
