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Agnes Hellström and Wendela Rudner serve as policy analysts at Svenska Freds- och Skiljedomsföreningen, Sweden's peace and arbitration association, where they specialize in nuclear weapons policy and European security frameworks. Their research and commentary appear regularly in Göteborgs-Posten, Sweden's second-largest morning newspaper. Their published work examines the intersection of nuclear deterrence theory, NATO expansion, and regional security dynamics in the context of the Ukraine conflict. The analysts focus on three core areas: humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons, Sweden's potential ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and critical assessment of NATO's nuclear posture. Their policy recommendations emphasize verifiable disarmament protocols, multilateral security agreements, and alternatives to nuclear deterrence strategies. Through mainstream media platforms, they contextualize technical nuclear policy issues for public discourse. Hellström and Rudner's analysis challenges established security doctrines by documenting specific escalation risks in current nuclear strategies. Their work maps the relationship between regional military buildups and increased nuclear tensions. The analysts contribute to policy debates through evidence-based examination of arms control frameworks, deterrence theory, and paths toward comprehensive disarmament.