Tuesday November 26, 2024
When Sweden acceded to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in March 2024, the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs stated that the membership in the organization “is an epoch-making event for our country and entails a profound and immediate change in Sweden’s foreign-and security policy.” Please join us on November 26 for a discussion of legal aspects of the NATO membership, including issues of collective self-defence in the Washington Treaty, developments in the domestic legal system, and defence cooperation.
Moderator: Robert Egnell, Vice-Chancellor of the Swedish Defence University and Professor of Leadership and Command and Control.
Opening Address: Jacob Westberg, Associate Professor in War Studies at the Swedish Defence University, on Idealism and Realism in Sweden’s Security Strategies Before and After the NATO Membership.
Speakers: Jann Kleffner, Professor of International Law at the Swedish Defence University, will address implications for collective self-defence and article 5 of the Washington Treaty; Pål Wrange, Professor of International Law at Stockholm University and Director of SCILJ, will address the Defence Cooperation Agreement between Sweden and the United States; and Marika Ericson, Head of the Department of International and Operational Law at the Swedish Defence University, will address developments in the domestic legal system. The discussion will be followed by Q&A.
Date: Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at 17:00-19:00.
Venue: Lokal L1, Swedish Defence University, Drottning Kristinas väg 37, 114 28 Stockholm. Please ask for further directions at the reception if required.
Registration: Please register your participation at sekretariat@ilasweden.se by Monday, November 25, at 12:00 at the latest.
