Swedish Foreign Policy, 1809-2019: A Comprehensive Modern History

This book explores the relationship between Sweden and its environment, foreign policy, and security and defense policies, showing how Sweden's behavior has shifted depending on the actions of larger powers in its neighborhood. It also examines Sweden's Europeanization and post-neutral stance, and looks towards Swedish policy ambitions for the 2020s.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 424 pages
\n Publication date: 08 October 2020
\n Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
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This book delves into the intricate relationship between Sweden and its environment, foreign policy, and overlapping security and defense policies, spanning from 1809, a year marked by profound national trauma. It explores the dynamic pattern of Swedish foreign policy behavior, oscillating between solidarity, involvement, and disengagement, contingent upon the actions of larger powers in its neighborhood. The author conducts a comprehensive examination of Sweden's independence from, dependence on, orientation towards, and eventual acquiescence in Europe, as well as the emergence of a transformative "revolution" in Swedish foreign policy during the early 1990s. Additionally, the book investigates a gradual process of Swedish Europeanization and the development of a post-neutral stance. The culmination of this scholarly endeavor is the European Parliamentary election of 2019, which witnessed a significant decline in the populist tide in Sweden, stemming from the growing disconnection between a Europe-reluctant electorate and Europe-enthusiastic politicians. Furthermore, the book casts a forward-looking gaze, examining Swedish policy ambitions and prospects for the 2020s, with a commitment to sustaining and furthering the transformative "revolution."

This book delves into the intricate relationship between Sweden and its environment, foreign policy, and overlapping security and defense policies, spanning from 1809, a year marked by profound national trauma. It explores the dynamic pattern of Swedish foreign policy behavior, oscillating between solidarity, involvement, and disengagement, contingent upon the actions of larger powers in its neighborhood. The author conducts a comprehensive examination of Sweden's independence from, dependence on, orientation towards, and eventual acquiescence in Europe, as well as the emergence of a transformative "revolution" in Swedish foreign policy during the early 1990s. Additionally, the book investigates a gradual process of Swedish Europeanization and the development of a post-neutral stance. The culmination of this scholarly endeavor is the European Parliamentary election of 2019, which witnessed a significant decline in the populist tide in Sweden, stemming from the growing disconnection between a Europe-reluctant electorate and Europe-enthusiastic politicians. Furthermore, the book casts a forward-looking gaze, examining Swedish policy ambitions and prospects for the 2020s, with a commitment to sustaining and furthering the transformative "revolution."

\n Weight: 698g\n
Dimension: 158 x 229 x 32 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781433174827\n
Edition number: New ed\n