Sweden

Security as Nation Branding: Sweden’s Status-Seeking Strategy

Wayne Stephen Coetzee • Feb 22 2024 • Articles

The literature on nation branding provides insights into the social power of states and how various actors use nation brand tropes for political and commercial goals.

Cold War Heritage in Sweden: Pastime Threats, Cosy Cavers and Gendered Nostalgia

Mattias Frihammar • May 15 2021 • Articles

Despite Sweden’s neutrality image, its Cold War period was characterized by a total defence strategy resulting in a deeply militarized society.

Identity and Foreign Policy: Competing Narratives in Swedish State Autobiographies

Nico Edwards • Mar 10 2021 • Articles

Proponents of arms exports ultimately succeeded in ensuring that Wallström’s feminist foreign policy wouldn’t realise its professed intentions.

Review – From Righteousness to Far Right

Alvina Hoffmann • Aug 29 2019 • Features

Mc Cluskey proposes an anthropological rethinking of critical security studies by focusing on the response of a small Swedish village to 100 resettled Syrian refugees.

Interview – Emma Mc Cluskey

E-International Relations • Oct 4 2018 • Features

Emma Mc Cluskey talks about her forthcoming book Righteousness to Far Right, anthropological approaches to International Political Sociology and radical reflexivity.

Northern Fears: Preparing for and Watching Norden’s Doom

Robert Saunders • May 27 2018 • Articles

Netflix’s “The Rain” has been released at the beginning of a new era of insecurity for the notoriously peaceful nation of Sweden.

Review – Humane and Dignified?

Anna Lindley • Sep 25 2016 • Features

Despite some missed opportunities, this is a relevant and illuminating book for anyone interested in the experiences of people on the hard end of the immigration regime.

Does European Recognition of a Palestinian State Mean Anything?

Mira Sucharov • Nov 5 2014 • Articles

As long as Israel believes it has no partner in the Palestinians, acts of recognition may serve as a moral signal to the world, buttressing the identity of the signaller.

Strangers in the Archipelago: Hunting for ‘Something’ in Swedish Waters

Rachael Squire • Oct 28 2014 • Articles

The search for foreign activity in Swedish waters – the ‘Hunt for Reds in October’ – has been called off. Yet, there is much to be said about this geopolitical incident.

The International Law Dimensions of the Plight of Julian Assange

Donald Rothwell • Oct 9 2012 • Articles

The Assange saga has taken a number of unexpected turns. The only way forward would appear to be a political solution. Yet, there is no immediate prospect of such a resolution occurring.

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