Nordic Security and Defence Cooperation: Differentiated Integration in Uncertain Times

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Abstract

A decade ago, Nordic cooperation on security and defence matters gained momentum, having been largely absent from
the map of Nordic cooperation during the Cold War and its aftermath. This article analyses developments along three dimensions
of Nordic cooperation: military defence (focusing on the Nordic Defence Cooperation), civil security (in the form
of the ‘Haga’ process), and political cooperation (through the implementation of the Stoltenberg report). Three observations
stand out as a result: First, that the three dimensions are intimately related against the background of a common
Nordic conceptualization of security; second, that there is simultaneously variation in significant respects (such as driving
forces, scope, and degree of institutionalization); and third, that Nordic security and defence cooperation has developed
in the context of European and transatlantic security dynamics and cooperation. The second part of the analysis seeks to
interpret this picture from the analytical perspective of differentiated integration. The article ends with a set of reflections
on the future of Nordic security and defence cooperation in light of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)100-109
Number of pages10
JournalPolitics and Governance
Volume8
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020 Nov 3

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Political Science

Free keywords

  • civil security
  • cooperation
  • defence
  • differentiated integration
  • Haga process
  • NORDEFCO
  • Nordic
  • security
  • Stoltenberg

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