No. 189: Nordic Security: Moving towards NATO?

Author(s): Jannicke Fiskvik
Editor(s): Christian Nünlist
Series Editor(s): Christian Nünlist, Matthias Bieri
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 189
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Place: Zurich

Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine has also been a wake-up call for the Nordic countries of Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark. Despite a common sense of Nordic identity, their security and defense policies have differed. Since 2014, the renewed Russian threat in their vicinity has triggered closer cooperation. Their defense policies are currently being revised, but the main focal point is NATO rather than the notion of a Nordic security community.

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The Geostrategic Position of the Nordic Countries