Carl Bildt’s proposal for a new Swedish civilian intelligence service is on the verge of becoming a reality. The government wants to establish the Foreign Intelligence Service (UND) to strengthen Sweden’s ability to analyze foreign leaders—following the intelligence failure that preceded the outbreak of war in Ukraine in 2022. At the same time, the reform is facing criticism from several quarters.
In an interview with The Economist says Carl Bildt that the Swedish intelligence service had a good grasp of military developments, but that it failed to understand the political developments in the Kremlin.
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