Sweden joined NATO on March 7th 2024. As a member of both NATO and the EU Sweden will now work through both institutions to enhance Swedish security and provide security for NATO and EU partners.

The EU has been and will continue to be an important part of Swedish security policy. The discussions about the future role of the EU have intensified after the illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia over two years ago.

This seminar will focus on Europe as a security provider and dive into the discussion about a sovereign Europe and strategic autonomy that several prominent European leaders have mentioned. Perhaps in detail most described by Emmanuel Macron, president of the French Republic and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission.

This seminar will focus on the future of Europe as a security provider, the relationship between NATO and the EU and how they work with each other. The seminar also looks at the European Commission and how the commission has taken a greater role in security policy and how things might change in the area of defence policy in the next commission.

10.00 Introduction
Pasi Huikuri, Programme Manager Security Policy, Folk och Försvar

Reflections on European security and sovereignty
Étienne de Gonneville, Ambassador of the French Republic to the Kingdom of Sweden

EU and NATO – The current state and future of the relationship
Jens Nykvist, former Swedish military representative to NATO and the EU

The Future of the European security order
Göran von Sydow, director, The Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies
Alina Engström, researcher, Swedish Research Defence Agency’s Department for Security Policy and Strategic Studies

Q&A

11.10 End of seminar

It is only necessary to register to attend the seminar if you intend to do so in person. The seminar will be livestreamed and available afterwards on this site and on our Youtube channel. This seminar will be held in English.