NATO, nuclear weapons and disarmament: Perspectives on Finland and Sweden's membership
Following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Finland and Sweden applied for membership of a military alliance dependent on nuclear weapons: NATO. This is particularly interesting because neutrality and nuclear disarmament have historically been central to Finnish and Swedish security policy and national identity. This project analyzes the nuclear and identity aspects of Finland and Sweden's NATO membership. How has disarmament policy developed in these countries after the end of the Cold War, and how has national identity been renegotiated in relation to it? How are nuclear weapons discussed in Finnish and Swedish debates on NATO membership? What is the future of nuclear disarmament within NATO?
Publications
- Juntunen, T. & Rosengren, E. (2024) Naturalising nuclear deterrence: A comparative analysis of Finnish and Swedish discourses on nuclear weapon politics, 2016-22. Nordic Review of International Studies.
- Jonter, T. & Rosengren, E. (2024) Advocating nuclear disarmament as NATO members - lessons from the past and possible routes ahead for Finland and Sweden. Policy Roundtable III-2.
- Malmén, S. & Rosengren, E. (2023) Drömmen som kraschade. Könade känslor och kroppar i medierapporteringen om Jas 39 Gripens krasch på Långholmen 1993. Tidskrift för genusvetenskap.
Video material
Can Sweden work for nuclear disarmament as a NATO member?
Emma Rosengren discusses how Sweden can promote nuclear disarmament as a NATO member (Swedish).
What does gender have to do with nuclear weapons?
Emma Rosengren gives us an insight into the relationship between nuclear weapons and gender (Swedish).
Podcast Episodes
Live podcast: Gender equality and security policy - how they are connected
Emma Rosengren, Agnes Hellström, and Petra Tötterman Andorff discuss the connection between gender equality and security policy (Swedish).
The Swedish nuclear weapons program - the secrets and the path to disarmament
Emma Rosengren and Thomas Jonter talk about the Swedish nuclear weapons program (Swedish).