The Swedish Armed Forces were put on high alert this weekend, as there was an apparent intrusion — not for the first or the last time — by a Russian submarine into Swedish territorial waters, in the Stockholm Archipelago. Not a situation that should make Swedes more confident that their centuries old neutrality and non-alignment is enough to provide for the protection their democratic society needs against outside aggression. This aggression could come without warning and in unexpected ways and forms, and no automatic help will be under way.
In his first major speech since becoming Prime Minister of Sweden last …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
