Sweden's Grand Strategy : Predicaments of a Small Liberal State in a Hostile World

In this volume the evolution of Sweden's grand strategy is traced from the end of World War II until the Swedish membership in NATO in 2024. The authors explore how a small state can develop certain roles over time and how the dominant roles can turn into an overarching grand strategy.

Douglas Brommesson, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Linnaeus University, Sweden,Ann-Marie Ekengren, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden,Anna Michalski, Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden

Douglas Brommesson is professor of political science at Linnaeus University, Sweden. His research interests include foreign policy analysis, security policy, and crisis management. He has published several books, among these The Mediatization of Foreign Policy, Political Decisionmaking and Humanitarian Intervention (with Ann-Marie Ekengren, Palgrave, 2017) and his articles have appeared in journals such as Cooperation and Conflict, European Journal of International Security, European Security, Global Affairs, International Affairs, International Politics, Journal of Contingency and Crisis Management, Journal of International Relations and Development, and Scandinavian Political Studies.


Ann-Marie Ekengren is professor in political science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her research revolves around foreign policy decision-making, security policies, and UNSC elections. The monograph The Mediatization of Foreign Policy, Political Decisionmaking and Humanitarian Intervention (with Douglas Brommesson, Palgrave) was published in 2017. Her articles have been published in journals such as International Affairs, European Security, Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations, International Studies Quarterly, Party Politics, and The Hague Journal of Diplomacy.

Anna Michalski is professor in political science at the Uppsala University, visiting professor at the College of Europe, and associate senior fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs. She is chair for the Swedish Network for European Studies in Political Science and series editor of Interdisciplinary European Studies (Palgrave Macmillan). Her research focuses on diplomatic practices in European foreign and security policy and EU-China relations. She has published monographs with Palgrave Macmillan and Edward Elgar as well as articles in Journal European Public Policy, Journal of Common Market Studies, European Journal of International Relations, International Affairs, European Journal of International Security, European Integration, Asia-Europe Journal, European Security, Journal of Development and International Relations, and Foreign Policy Analysis.