Nordic nonalignment/neutrality policies in the 1990s: implications for U.S. security
Given that the Cold War has ended, the utility and future form of Finnish and Swedish nonalignmentneutrality policies is open to debate. Nonalignment may continue to be a practical impediment to these countries' involvement in Pan-European political, economic, and security organizations such as...
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ftnavalpschool:oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/27651 2024-06-09T07:47:30+00:00 Nordic nonalignment/neutrality policies in the 1990s: implications for U.S. security Recca, Stephen Paul Kennedy-Minott, R. Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) National Security Affairs (NSA) Breemer, Jan S. 1990-12 vi, 80 p. application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10945/27651 en_US eng Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School https://hdl.handle.net/10945/27651 This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. Sweden Finland neutrality nonalignment EC CSCE security politics economics Nordic Scandinavia Soviet Union United States regional foreign policy International relations International law European communities Thesis 1990 ftnavalpschool 2024-05-15T01:06:18Z Given that the Cold War has ended, the utility and future form of Finnish and Swedish nonalignmentneutrality policies is open to debate. Nonalignment may continue to be a practical impediment to these countries' involvement in Pan-European political, economic, and security organizations such as the European Community and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. The proximity of Sweden and Finland to the Soviet Union, and in particular to the strategic assets on the Kola Peninsula also will be a factor in future Nordic security decisions. If Sweden and Finland remain outside the collective European framework, the United States will have to recognize the distinct nature of Nordic policy and negotiate bilaterally to ensure continued access to its interests in the High North. This thesis examines the foreign policy challenges facing the Scandinavian neutrals in the 1990s. To that end, four sub-topics are analyzed: the development of neutrality in international law and its impact on modern foreign policy; historical inputs in Swedish and Finnish national interest; regional interests which affect policy decision- making; and, Swedish/Finnish interests in the evolving European order. The concluding sections provide an appraisal of U.S. strategic interests in the region determined from the outlook for neutrality policies in Sweden and Finland. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Lieutenant, United States Navy http://archive.org/details/nordicnonalignme1094527651 Thesis kola peninsula Naval Postgraduate School: Calhoun Kola Peninsula |
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Given that the Cold War has ended, the utility and future form of Finnish and Swedish nonalignmentneutrality policies is open to debate. Nonalignment may continue to be a practical impediment to these countries' involvement in Pan-European political, economic, and security organizations such as the European Community and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. The proximity of Sweden and Finland to the Soviet Union, and in particular to the strategic assets on the Kola Peninsula also will be a factor in future Nordic security decisions. If Sweden and Finland remain outside the collective European framework, the United States will have to recognize the distinct nature of Nordic policy and negotiate bilaterally to ensure continued access to its interests in the High North. This thesis examines the foreign policy challenges facing the Scandinavian neutrals in the 1990s. To that end, four sub-topics are analyzed: the development of neutrality in international law and its impact on modern foreign policy; historical inputs in Swedish and Finnish national interest; regional interests which affect policy decision- making; and, Swedish/Finnish interests in the evolving European order. The concluding sections provide an appraisal of U.S. strategic interests in the region determined from the outlook for neutrality policies in Sweden and Finland. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Lieutenant, United States Navy http://archive.org/details/nordicnonalignme1094527651 |
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