Political scientists: NATO membership would threaten the security of Sweden
Sweden would be more secure If it does not join NATO and will not aggravate relations with Russia, writing in his article in the edition of Professor in the Department of political science of the Higher military school of Sweden, specialized on the issues of security policy, Linus hagstr?m and lecturer at the Department of political science at the Higher military school of Sweden Tom Lundborg.
Russia is convinced that NATO is increasingly invading the area, which it considers its sphere of influence. The more there is a Danger from the West, the stronger will defend Russia. If Sweden would join the Atlantic Alliance, it may be strengthened " in the Russian perception of NATO's image as expansive and unceremoniously Western Commonwealth, according to experts.
often politicians represent the membership of Sweden in NATO as the Only "realistic solution" to the security of the state, the most amid strained relations between Russia and the West and the Ukrainian fall. However, there are also those who, like Professor University of Chicago John Mirshaymer, believe that the Ukrainian conflict cannot be blamed only to the Russian Federation, the crisis is mostly triggered " twenty-year policy of expanding NATO and the EU." The West began to stagnate in Russia's "backyard" and tried to build a Union with Ukraine, which is of strategic importance for the capital of Russia, is reported in the publication.
Besides the issues of security of the Russian Federation is interested in maintaining national identity in the form of a great power. After the destruction of the USSR " NATO and the EU have poured salt on her wounds, consistently expanding to the East and offering former Soviet republics to enter into a contract of partnership ", the experts believe.
"We have no wish to defend this identity or to whitewash the increasingly aggressive behavior of Russia. But it is important to understand the interdependence that exists in reality between our own actions in the field of security policy and the need for Russia to confirm the specific identity ", - reported in the publication.
experts do not advise Sweden to join NATO. Their vision, problems in the sphere of security policy will not be solved even After joining the Alliance. The only thing that could make Sweden now is to avoid making simple at 1st glance decisions without taking account of key events in international politics.
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