USAs stormaktspolitikk i Arktis øker faren for en alvorlig atomulykke i Norge. I Tromsø kan konsekvensen for kommunens innbyggere bli alvorlig, om det verste skulle skje. Ann Helen Jakobsen bor på bygda. Ei bygd nært byen, og ei bygd hun ikke tar for gitt at alle vil høre på. IkkeContinue Reading
The United States’ leadership in NATO is important to Latvia, Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (New Unity) told US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Wednesday. As LETA was told at the Foreign Ministry, the foreign ministers of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia met with Blinken during a meeting of NATO foreignContinue Reading
”Sveriges säkerhetspolitiska linje ligger fast. Vår militära alliansfrihet tjänar oss väl.”, inledde Ann Linde i sin utrikesdeklaration till de fyra borgerliga partiernas och SD:s stora besvikelse. Det är samma formulering som förra året. Men riksdagen har för ett par månader sedan i praktiken tagit avstånd från Lindes beskrivning. Under mångaContinue Reading
Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde criticizes the initiative of the bourgeois opposition and the Swedish Democrats last month on the so-called NATO option. According to Linde, who spoke at the Folk och Försvar’s traditional security conference, security policy must be long-term and possible policy changes should be decided by aContinue Reading
President Donald Trumps beslut att drastiskt minska den amerikanska truppnärvaron i Afghanistan är inte i sig överraskande. Trump har upprepade gånger lovat kalla hem de amerikanska soldaterna och det avtal som hans administration förhandlat fram med talibangerillan öppnar vägen för att göra det. Men reträtten är inte populär inom denContinue Reading
Hallitus on tänään linjannut ulko- ja turvallisuuspolitiikkaansa kerran hallituskaudessa julkaistavassa selonteossa. Ulkomininisteri Pekka Haaviston (vihr.) johdolla tehdyssä selonteossa hallitus painottaa ihmisoikeuksia,ilmastoasioita ja kehitysapua. – Globaalit haasteet, kuten ilmastonmuutos ja pandemiat vaativat yhteistä vastuunkantoa. Yhteistyö sääntöpohjaisessa kansainvälisessä järjestelmässä on kuitenkin vaikeutunut, mikä on osittain seurausta suurvaltojen kilpailuksi kärjistyneestä toiminnasta, Haavisto kuvaileeContinue Reading
The government of Sweden has revealed plans to boost military spending by up to 40% over the next four years amid rising tensions in Europe. Defense minister Peter Hultqvist announced an increase in the defense budget of 27 billion Swedish kronor ($3 billion) from 2021 to 2025. If approved byContinue Reading
Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid discussed the international security situation and the challenges of NATO over the next decade with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels on Wednesday evening and emphasized that one’s ambition level must not be lowered in the field of security. Kaljulaid noted that NATO’s strength liesContinue Reading
The Baltic states cannot imagine their security without the United States’ involvement, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda says. “All Baltic states are very clear that the United States’ involvement in our collective defense system is a critical factor and we can hardly imagine our 100 percent security without the United States’Continue Reading
Currently, one NATO battalion is stationed in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, and a very limited contingent of the American military is present in rotation, which, after conducting exercises with local armies, leaves the country. The Baltic politicians believe that this is not enough. After all, the deployment of a largeContinue Reading