Sweden’s New Government and Its Possible Consequences for Swedish Defence and Security Policy
The Swedish general election of 9 September 2018 generated very unclear results, at least by that country’s standards.
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The 2018 Swedish Elections: Consequences for Defence and Security Policy
In some ways, the 2018 Swedish general parliamentary elections defied expectations. Despite intensive polling, few pollsters made even roughly correct predictions about the outcome. At the time of writing, though, the actual results are not quite all in.
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High-level Finnish and Swedish Support for NATO Membership
On 20 June 2018, seven Finnish and seven Swedish former ambassadors, journalists and military officers published a debate article advocating NATO membership for their two countries. The article was published in Svenska Dagbladet in Sweden and in several newspapers belonging to Lännen Mediat in Finland.
The article is printed below in an English translation.
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If War is Coming to Sweden
A subdued but still dramatic sign of the fundamentally changed security situation in the Baltic Sea region is about to be delivered to some five million Swedish households this week, that is to the entire population of the kingdom of Sweden.
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The United States, Finland and Sweden: A Trilateral Statement of Defense Interest
On 8 May 2018, the Finnish and Swedish Ministers of Defense, Jussi Niinistö and Peter Hultqvist, met with U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis at the Pentagon.
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Swedish Membership in NATO: To Be or Not to Be?
In Sweden, it is Sälen time again. In January each year, Swedes interested in national and international security issues convene in the enchanting Dalarna town of Sälen to debate Swedish defence and security policy.
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The Future of Swedish-Baltic Defence Integration
For many years, the Swedish Navy and the Swedish Air Force have been conducting exercises together with its Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian counterparts.
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The Strategic Ramifications of the Aurora 17 Exercise in Sweden
Aurora 17, by far the biggest military exercise in Sweden since the early 1990s, has recently ended.
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Debate on Societal Security in Helsinki
ICDS research fellow Ivo Juurvee participated as presenter and a panelist discussion on societal security and resilience in Helsinki on 24 August.
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More Allied than a NATO Ally? The – Almost – Fundamental Shift in Swedish Security Policy
At a visit of the Swedish defence minister, Peter Hultqvist, in the Pentagon in mid-May 2017, the U.S. secretary of defence Jim Mattis declared the following:
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