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Book release Oct 31: "Är Sverige säkert nu?" 

Nov 6 "Är Sverige säkert nu?" | Allmänna seminariet Nov 6

Nov 12 UI/Folk och försvar: "Sveriges säkerhet efter Nato-inträdet - hela folkets angelägenhet?"

Abstract

Is Sweden secure now, after joining the North-Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)? To answer this question, other questions must first be addressed: What is security and insecurity, and how can we recognize such phenomena? Furthermore, what or whom does security policy aim to protect?

Security policy analysis and debate should address these and similar fundamental questions, but paradoxically tends to overlook them. This circumstance, in turn, raises additional questions: What perspectives have been shaping the Swedish public debate? Who has been allowed to speak about security policy in Sweden, and why?

This talk will present a new edited volume that aims to highlight perspectives that have been neglected in Swedish public debate, despite their central place in research on security policy. It will discuss the rationale behind the book as well as some of its main findings. As such, it will discuss Sweden's changing security policy, including the decision to join NATO and provide some historical background.

It will also address potential implications of a shifting security policy, clarifying what Swedish security policy must not lose sight of in the future.
 

Bio

Linus Hagström is a Professor of Political Science at the Swedish Defence University. His research revolves around issues related to power, identity, narrative and emotions, in Swedish and Japanese security policy, as well as in great power politics. He has recently published articles in Review of International Studies, European Political Science, Life Writing, Alternatives, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, European Journal of International Relations, Contemporary Security Policy, and International Studies Quarterly. He initiated and edited the book in question.