Domestic Politics Analysis of Swedish Post-cold War Neutrality Policy

Dinda Claudia Eka Putri, Siti Rokhmawati Susanto

2018

Abstract

Sweden is known as a state which would not only play its role to pursue social welfare but also run its commitment to establish foreign policy with neutrality. These two sets of principle were not only valued by Swedish people and government but also known as Swedish character in international politics. Through the principle of neutrality, Sweden orientated its foreign policies of non-military engagement and non-alignment in conflicts. Swedish policy of neutrality itself has been consistently implemented for a long period before it came to a reorientation of post-Cold War foreign policy. Compatibility of neutrality with national interests and international objectives raised a question for Sweden's foreign policy because the collapse of Soviet Union and the end of bipolarization became a turning point for world politics which not only led to new conception of security but also challenge Sweden economic viability. Sweden's reorientation of foreign policy and the principles of neutrality relevance changes not were not only influenced by the end of Cold War itself, but also by various driving factors of Swedish domestic politics in pursuit of national welfare.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Putri D. and Susanto S. (2018). Domestic Politics Analysis of Swedish Post-cold War Neutrality Policy. In Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR, ISBN 978-989-758-493-0, pages 462-468. DOI: 10.5220/0010278800002309

in Bibtex Style

@conference{acir18,
author={Dinda Claudia Eka Putri and Siti Rokhmawati Susanto},
title={Domestic Politics Analysis of Swedish Post-cold War Neutrality Policy},
booktitle={Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,},
year={2018},
pages={462-468},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010278800002309},
isbn={978-989-758-493-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,
TI - Domestic Politics Analysis of Swedish Post-cold War Neutrality Policy
SN - 978-989-758-493-0
AU - Putri D.
AU - Susanto S.
PY - 2018
SP - 462
EP - 468
DO - 10.5220/0010278800002309