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After Crimea: The future of Nordic Defence Cooperation

Written by

Karsten Friis
Research Professor
Håkon Lunde Saxi

Ed.

Summary:

Nordic Defence Cooperation (NORDEFCO) was originally about cost-effectiveness. The Nordic states sought to work together when training and educating their soldiers, procuring new equipment, and logistically supporting their forces. Faced with a relevantly benign security situation at home, with Russia regarded in principle as a partner, operational military cooperation was primarily about expeditionary operations far from northern Europe. Even if NORDEFCO never became the beacon of Nordic cooperation that some political speeches sought to paint it as, it nonetheless provided the Nordics with a flexible and non-bureaucratic framework through which various forms of defence cooperation could be pursued.
  • Published year: 2018
  • Publisher: NUPI/IFS
  • Page count: 6
  • Language: Engelsk
  • Booklet: 6

Themes

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • The Nordic countries

Written by

Karsten Friis
Research Professor
Håkon Lunde Saxi