Defence and Security
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Ett svenskt totalförsvar i Nato – En civil/militär utmaning
Det svenska totalförsvaret står inför en reformering och uppbyggnad vars [...]
Approaching 2024: The anatomy of security concerns – Globally and regionally
As the problematic year 2023 storms towards its conclusion, carrying [...]
Will the West Let Go of its Ties to Central Asia? The OSCE Factor
Svensk sammanfattning: OSSE, fungerar som en viktig plattform för stater [...]
Winds of war over Gaza – and beyond
As conditions in the US Congress, with House GOP:s frantically [...]
On the future of European Defence industry
Swedish summary: Den europeiska försvarsindustrin är fragmenterad, vilket har varit [...]
NATO’s commitment to new members will be tested by Baltic pipeline incident
Coping with multiple crises is a key skill in the [...]
Finlandization: Myths and reality – What will Nato’s archives tell about Finland’s position during the Cold War?
In Finland there has been a lively debate on finlandization [...]
Demise of Nagorno Karabach – Decline of multilateral Peace-keeping
Late September 2023 witnessed the brutal and tragic end by [...]
Looking back on 2019 and the issues of Western continuity and political will – the same problems once again?
Reviewing earlier situations may sometimes be a useful way to [...]
Focus on Russia and NATO – but what about the Global South and the EU?
As Germany already has done and Sweden is in the [...]
An enlarged BRICS – A serious challenge to US/Western hegemony? The jury is still out
The recently concluded summit of BRICS, since 2009 consisting of [...]
Finland´s and Sweden´s NATO entries are a mixed blessing for the old NATO allies
The accession of Finland and, soon, Sweden to NATO has [...]
On the issue of resilience, deterrence and the readiness to accept casualties
The West needs to speak even more openly about its [...]
Making assumptions about the future of Russia and the Russian war against Ukraine – the nuclear factor
Assumptions about the global implications of the war are important [...]
Finland and Sweden are ready. Is NATO?
At the NATO Summit in Vilnius, not only did Sweden [...]