Swedish National Defence College

About: Swedish National Defence College is a education organization based out in Stockholm, Sweden. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Crisis management & European union. The organization has 218 authors who have published 569 publications receiving 8074 citations.

Using the English School to Understand Current Issues in World Politics

Abstract: This chapter asks in what way the English School (ES) is a helpful framework for addressing questions that are likely to concern International Relations researchers in the years to come. We draw on recent scholarship to demonstrate the utility, often underestimated, of the English School in making sense of topical issues in world politics. We revisit research on, first, the role of emerging powers and the future of world order; second, globalization and regionalization; and third, European security and Brexit. In each case, the ES sensitivity to nuance and its historical awareness make sense of the complexity and apparent contradictions of ongoing transitions. We conclude that the unique theoretical, conceptual and methodological approach of the English School makes it an essential resource for understanding and critically investigating current world politics.

The Implementation and Impact of a Gender Perspective in Operations

Abstract: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 was comprehensive in its approach to women, peace, and security, and called for implementation in individual states and organizations, as well as in the conduct of international operations for peace, security, and development. Despite the processes described in the previous chapter, the focus of the Swedish Armed Forces has mainly been on the latter — implementing a gender perspective in the field of operations. In this pursuit, the organization has both integrated a gender perspective in operations with a mainstreaming ambition, as well as developed specific gender functions in international operations. These two areas cannot, however, be separated as two entirely distinct things.

International Aid and the Process of Legalization: The Extreme Case of the European Union’s Eastward Enlargement

Abstract: This chapter analyzes the pre-accession process created to prepare Central and East European (CEE) countries for membership in the European Union (EU) as a set of evolving donor-recipient relations. CEE-EU ties constitute a highly unusual example of donor-recipient relations for three main reasons, namely its enormous scope, its ambitious short-term objectives, and its highly legalized character. By March 2006 the European Commission reported that 99 per cent of the acquis communautaire, including the crucial internal market regulations, had been transposed into domestic legislation of the new members states. Whereas many commentators on international aid have emphasized the detrimental effects of ‘donor congestion,’ this phenomenon is inherently problematic only insofar as donors promote different objectives or set up institutions that will not co-exist easily with structures established by others. In fact, ‘donor saturation’ may be an important explanation behind the substantial progress achieved in fifteen years of enlarging the EU to encompass CEE countries, through what began as traditional aid and in the pre-accession stage was transformed into a more symmetric relationship, one that eventually made the very concept of aid obsolete.

Structural and Stratigraphic Controls of Malawi's Hotsprings : a Review

Abstract: Active continental divergent zones such as those in the East African Rift System (EARS) hold significant potential for commercially exploitable geothermal resources. Evaluating these zones and characterizing the structural and stratigraphic controls may give insights of the most favourable locations for geothermal activity in a particular area. Due to the geological setting in the western branch of the EARS, several surface manifestations of geothermal energy mostly in the form of hotsprings have been found throughout Malawi. According to our results it seems that there is a strong correlation between the strike of the hotsprings, rock type, regional faulting and the seismic rupture in 2009. However, the country’s full potential has not been evaluated despite these hotspring manifestations throughout this rift segment. Those hotsprings with a high probability of containing easily extractable, commercially viable energy have still to be re-evaluated in order to locate the most favourable areas for geothermal exploration in the area. To achieve this, more local studies are necessary in order to understand better the stratigraphic and structural controls of the hotsprings in the studied area, in order to attract local and international investors. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to give an overview of the geological, structural, geochemical and seismic characteristics in northern Malawi for the exploration of geothermal energy. Once explored, this resource could become crucial in the country’s future development and economy.

Limiting Diplomatic Friction : Sweden, the United States and SKF's ball bearing exports to Eastern Europe, 1950-52

Abstract: This article deals with the US government's efforts to curb the Swedish ball bearing producer SKF's exports to the East early in the Cold War, 1950–1952, and interprets this process within the framework of hegemony theory. In doing this, the article makes use of previously unutilised US archival material. The period up to mid-1951 saw increasing US pressure upon Sweden and SKF to consent to US hegemony by abiding by the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (CoCom) embargo. To achieve its objectives US policymakers developed a flexible ‘carrot and stick’ approach, and the article adds considerable detail regarding the US government's handling of SKF. US tolerance and flexibility was dependent upon Swedish consent to American hegemony in Western Europe, which was received through the signing of the Stockholm agreement – a hegemonic apparatus through which Sweden's abidance by the embargo was handled – in mid-June 1951. A small amount of exports was accepted by Washington as long ...