Security First : The Swedish Interest in Confidence and Security Building Measures and Questions of Disarmament

• Sweden has a long-standing record of active involvement in international efforts towards disarmament. In 1932, the Nordic country participated in the World Disarmament Conference. During the Cold War, the Swedish government continued to be keen to contribute to related UN efforts. This article explores Sweden's interest in Confidence (and Security) Building Measures in the context of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and its follow-up process between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s. It argues that Sweden prioritized disarmament, stability, and peace over human rights, change, and individual freedom despite the rise and dominance of a rhetoric of morality in Swedish politics in the 1970s. 

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HUMANIORA  -- Historia och arkeologi -- Historia (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- History and Archaeology -- History (hsv//eng)

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Eastern bloc

Détente

Cold War

East-West-Conflict

Helsinki

Sweden

CBM

Disarmament

Östblocket

avspänningspolitik

kalla kriget

öst-väst-konflikt

ESK

Helsingforsfördraget

Helsingforsprocessen

svensk utrikespolitik

förtroendeskapande åtgärder

nedrustning

History

historia

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