A National Security Strategy for Sweden

<p>National security strategies should entail all instruments of power and not just the military. Furthermore the strategy needs to identify both threats and opportunities. A national security strategy must consider the long-term if the state concerned shall stand any chance to take appropriate action and try to shape the environment in order to avoid or counter threats mitigate undesired effects and benefit from arising opportunities. Strategy development requires predictions of the future. A method well suited to strategy development is trend analysis. Trends are broad enough to capture all overarching patterns of change and do not include the degree of detail and speculation that scenario analysis can contain. Each trend consists of drivers and consequences. The role of strategy is to shape undesired drivers support desired drivers mitigate undesired consequences and take advantage of desired consequences in accordance with core national interests and the strategic situation of a particular country.<br>The paper begins by identifying four foundational trends: climate change globalization energy transformation and global demographic change. It goes on to describe Swedish core national values and interests and evaluates the Swedish strategic position in the world. Finally it develops a suggestion for a Swedish national security strategy focusing on global regional and local actions. The paper illustrates a method for small states to develop a national security strategy.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>