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Neutrality in International Relations: Theoretical Foundations Read chapter Read first chapter

2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

10. Political Transition in the Last Decade of the 20th Century

Author : Ryszard M. Czarny

Published in: Sweden: From Neutrality to International Solidarity

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Changes in Europe during the turn of the eighties and nineties have been the greatest geopolitical transformation since WWII. The collapse of the bipolar system, regaining of sovereignty by the Baltic States and the Central and Eastern European countries fundamentally changed Sweden’s geostrategic position.

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Footnotes
1
In the Cold War era, it could have meant a single-handed confrontation with the USSR.
 
2
Sweden’s specific geostrategic setting and its neutrality reinforced by conscription made the downsizing of armed forces less evident compared to other States in Western Europe.
 
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Metadata
Title
Political Transition in the Last Decade of the 20th Century
Author
Ryszard M. Czarny
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Sweden: From Neutrality to International Solidarity

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-77512-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-77513-5

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77513-5_10