Security Policy at Road’s End? The Roles of Sweden and Finland in the Nordic-Baltic Defence Cooperation Process

Q4 Social Sciences

Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review Pub Date : 2014-12-01 DOI:10.2478/lasr-2014-0007

M. Winnerstig

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Abstract

Abstract The article addresses a number of questions related to Nordic and to an extent also Nordic-Baltic defence cooperation. First of all, how far has Nordic and Nordic-Baltic defence cooperation come today? Secondly, what are the differences in the approaches of Sweden and Finland when it comes to defence cooperation, especially regarding NATO, in the Nordic-Baltic area? As a first analytical result, it is apparent that the rhetorical standing of the Nordic and Nordic-Baltic defence cooperation process is greater than its real achievements, especially in terms of defence integration. Secondly, it seems also to be clear that the defence and security policy debates of Sweden and Finland are quite different. Some problems identified in the debates within the two countries, respectively, are very similar although the suggested solutions vary very remarkably. Regarding the key issue of NATO membership, the developments of the last few years suggest that the Swedish political establishment, as well as the general public, might be closer to a substantial discussion of NATO membership than their Finnish equivalents.

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路尽头的安全政策?瑞典和芬兰在北欧-波罗的海防务合作进程中的作用

本文讨论了与北欧以及在某种程度上也与北欧-波罗的海防务合作有关的一些问题。首先，北欧和北欧-波罗的海防务合作今天取得了多大进展?第二，瑞典和芬兰在北欧-波罗的海地区的防务合作，特别是北约方面的做法有什么不同?作为第一个分析结果，北欧和北欧-波罗的海防务合作进程的口头地位显然大于其实际成就，特别是在防务一体化方面。其次，瑞典和芬兰的国防和安全政策辩论似乎也很明显是完全不同的。在两国内部辩论中分别确定的一些问题非常相似，尽管建议的解决办法差别很大。关于北约成员这一关键问题，过去几年的事态发展表明，瑞典的政治机构以及一般公众可能比芬兰的政治机构更接近于实质性地讨论北约成员问题。

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Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations

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期刊介绍： Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review is a bilingual (Lithuanian and English), peer reviewed scholarly magazine that is published once per year by the Strategic Research Center of the Military Academy of Lithuania in cooperation with Vilnius University (Institute of International Relations and Political Science) and Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas (Political Science and Diplomacy Department). The journal focuses on the global, regional and national security problematique which directly or indirectly influence security and defense issues of Lithuania, the Baltic states and region around. The Review aims to sustain high profile scientific publications delivering rigorous analytical insights into security and defence problematique ofn the region and to be ranked as a regular and high-quality academic periodical. The Review reaches out for academic community and political practitioners and offer ample opportunities for scholarly visibility and potential impact.