Michael Jonsson
Researcher

Mr. Michael Jonsson is an Associate Researcher with the Narcotics, Organized Crime and Security in Eurasia project. He is conducting research on organized crime, money laundering and terrorist financing. Regionally, Mr. Jonsson has focused on the Baltic Region and South East Europe. His current research also includes the usage of financial intelligence and U.S Counter Terrorist Financing policy.

Mr. Jonsson is currently a Ph.D student at the Department of Government at Uppsala University, and he holds a BA and MA in political science from the same faculty. Mr. Jonsson has also been a Fulbright scholar at the Master of Science in Foreign Service Program, at the Edmund. A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University in Washington DC. He has also studied Economics and International Relations extensively at Stockholm University.

Michael Jonsson previously worked at the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the Deparment of Global Development, where he was responsible for Sweden 's contacts with the regional development banks.

Articles
"Going West - Baltic Crime Groups Expand and Diversify", Jane's Intelligence Review, March 20, 2007. With Klas Kärrstrand

"Countering Terrorist Finance: Lessons from Europe", Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Winter/Spring 2007. With Svante E. Cornell

"Money Problems: Tackling Terrorist Financiers in Sweden", Jane's Intelligence Review, 2 February 2007. With Klas Kärrstrand.

”100 år av enighet – Vad kan vi lära oss av unionsupplösningen?” [100 years of unity – Lessons learnt from the dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian union] Världshorisont 3/2005.

Op-eds
"Creating a State of Denial", International Herald Tribune, 22 March 2007. With Svante E. Cornell.

"Samverka mot Banksvindel" [Cooperate against bank fraud], Uppsala Nya Tidning, 3 February 2007. With Klas Kärrstrand.

"Kriminella nätverk föredrar Sverige för att tvätta pengar " [Criminal Networks Prefer Sweden for Money Laundering], Dagens Nyheter , 23 March, 2006. With Svante E. Cornell och Nicklas Swanström.

Reports
“Konflikters Dynamik” Rapport till Föreningen för Utvecklingsfrågor [Report to the Swedish Development Association], 2006 (40p).

Penningtvätt och Finansiell Brottslighet i Östersjöområdet [Money Laundering and Financial Crime in the Baltic sea Region], Rapport till Mobilisering mot Narkotika, Mars 2006.[Report to the Swedish National Drug Policy Coordinator]. With Svante E. Cornell and Nickas Swanström.