This new orientation is expressed by the Swedish Foreign Minister in the shift from the long-standing goal of trying to become a moral world power to the goal of purely focusing on interests and security first. Swedish security.
Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard spoke in Singapore in November 2024
In reality and in essence, this adjustment is not surprising because of logic and it cannot be otherwise, but only sooner or later after the country abandoned its neutral national policy to join the NATO military alliance. Once a member of the military alliance, Sweden could no longer remain neutral but had to choose sides in Sweden’s foreign relations and in all world political affairs. are posed now as well as in the future. Military alliances like NATO always assert that they exist only to ensure security for their members, but in reality they participate at many levels, even participating directly in wars outside their borders. member territories.
It seems that Sweden both wants and is forced to redefine its interests and prioritize them. Rising and being recognized by the world as a moral world power has become impossible for Sweden. Joining NATO while NATO is engaged in an uncompromising resistance to Russia and supporting Ukraine in the war with Russia, of course ensuring its own security and building a political security role for Europe is the benefit. the most practical strategy for this country. Sweden’s approach to national interests here is therefore very timely and this awareness is still timely, not too late for Sweden.
