The SES project
The results will be published in a series of books and papers. Seminars and lectures will be continuously documented and made known in the Academy's Proceedings and Journal and on its website. Selected parts will be communicated to the Government Offices, the Defence Committee, relevant authorities and selected state and private actors.
As the project progresses, results will be continuously presented below under the respective links.
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Cyber defense – an introduction
Cyber defense - an introduction SES Subproject Cyber The increasingly rapid development in information and communication technology has meant staggering progress, but also increasing vulnerabilities through concentration and dependence on society's information and information systems. [...]
Seriously – Swedish security policy in times of trouble
SES final report now published in book form “SERiously – Swedish Security Policy in Times of Trouble – Final Report from the SES Project” Since 2018, the Academy of War Sciences has conducted extensive research and studies in project form, involving all six departments of the Academy, under the name “Security in Tomorrow’s Europe – Swedish Perspectives” (SES) with the aim of clarifying and recommending how security [...]
Introductory words about the SES project's security policy conclusions by Lars-Erik Lundin in Almedalen
The SES steering group asked for scenarios for the study work early on. This turned out not to be necessary: the pandemic, the disaster in Afghanistan and the war against Ukraine provided enough material. Reality surpassed the poem. This facilitated recruitment for the extensive non-profit project work carried out by many inside and outside the Academy. During the traumatic journey, the discussion has become less and less academic. These topics now interest everyone. Many [...]
Reflections on global developments – the SES project's encounter with reality
Speech by Michael Sahlin at the KKrVA Academy Meeting May 18, 2022 Chairman, esteemed members, On May 9, ”Victory Day” was celebrated, not least in Moscow, the victory over Nazi Germany after almost 6 years of uniquely devastating war. The world wondered before that – what would Vladimir Putin have to say on this symbolically charged day, after two and a half months and in a [...]
Highly interesting future study available
The Academy's SES project presented its final report "Security in Tomorrow's Europe - Swedish Perspective" (SES) on 31 May at an event in the Wallenberg Hall at the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in the presence, as opening speakers, of the Minister of Defence, Peter Hultqvist, the Chairman of the Defence Committee, Member of Parliament Pål Jonsson, also a member of the Academy, and the Commander-in-Chief, General Micael Bydén, also a member of the Academy. The event began with a welcome from former [...]
The SES project will be reported on May 31st
For Academy members – Book in your calendar! On May 31, 09:00-12:00, the Academy will present the results of the three-year SES project in the presence of the Minister of Defense, the Chief of Staff and the Chairman of the Defense Committee. The SES project is the final report of the project’s work “Security in Tomorrow’s Europe – Swedish Perspectives” which began in the fall of 2018. The final report is of increased relevance in light of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine on February 24. The report will be presented in [...]
About Germany, the EU and Sweden – arms aid to Ukraine
Lars-Erik Lundin and Cecilia Malmström are interviewed in Study One about Germany, the EU and Sweden - arms aid to Ukraine. DOWNLOAD THE BOOK HERE
Krister Andrén on Nordic defense cooperation
Member Krister Andrén introduces the Nordic chapter in the book Strategic Balance Act 2.0 at the Academy of War Sciences Winter Symposium on February 16, 2022. Also available on YouTube DOWNLOAD THE BOOK HERE
Intro Strategic Balance Act 2.0
Conversation with co-author Michael Sahlin about the final security policy report in the SES project within KKrVA. Listen to the conversation via YouTube or via SoundCloud Can be downloaded for free here »
Winter Symposium 2022 – important messages in times of turmoil
A worrying global situation makes this year's winter symposium particularly urgent. The matter also applies, rather self-explanatory, to the project Security in Tomorrow's Europe – Swedish Perspective (SES), where a central question is how Sweden, in a European context, can optimally meet the challenges we face. This is what member and project manager Per Lodin begins with. The very urgent area of reconstruction [...]
The Nordic security policy dimension
Recording from the Swedish Academy of War Sciences Autumn Symposium on October 27, 2021 with Michael Sahlin and Lars-Erik Lundin, here focusing on the Nordic chapter in the security policy final report from the SES project. Watch the recording via YouTube or listen via SoundCloud More posts from the SES project »
The SES project's security policy final report "Balance Sheet 2.0" presented in advance
Balance Sheet 2.0 Swedish Security in a European Perspective: Existential Challenges and Responses Lars-Erik Lundin and Michael Sahlin What does the European dimension mean for Swedish security policy? Militarily, the transatlantic link is still largely crucial, but the importance of European strategic autonomy is increasing. Civilly, however, the European dimension is absolutely central from the perspective of security of flow that the report advocates. This [...]
About the Swedish handling of the corona pandemic
In Svenska Dagbladet on Sunday 17 October, Olof Ehrencrona discusses the Swedish handling of the corona pandemic in an editorial based on an article in a special issue of Statsvetenskap Tidskrift. This issue contains a total of twenty articles by qualified researchers under headings such as Trust, Responsibility, Crisis Communication, Legal Policy, etc. Under the leadership of the Academy Member, Professor Magnus Jerneck, the underlying research assignments have been part of the Academy of War Sciences [...]
Podcast series with Björn Körlof on the importance of values for security policy
Part 1: On truths and claims in security policy with Björn Körlof In a postmodern world where the very existence of facts and truths is increasingly questioned, Swedish society is exposed to great strains in both domestic and security policy. Former Director General Björn Körlof has edited and co-authored a valuable paper on these problems from a European perspective [...]
Total Defense – from words to action – Our country's preparedness and ability to meet crises and threats
During Almedalen 2021, the Academy has conducted a seminar within the framework of the Defence Forum and the project Security in Tomorrow's Europe - Swedish Perspective. The seminar aims to provide information on current security and defence issues. Total Defence - from words to action - Our country's preparedness and ability to meet crises and threats Investments in military defence have been made gradually. But for [...]
An anthology about the EU and the explosive power of ideologies
Are the changes in values in the EU Member States threatening the cohesion of the Union? Values in a democratic society like ours are about an interplay between the individual citizen and the social organisation and its leaders. There is also a constant interplay between the Member States and their organisation, the EU. The values that permeated the communist system have left their mark in several Eastern and Central European countries. [...]
Oral presentation of draft final report SES/Subproject Security Policy in four podcast episodes
In four videos - see the links below - a first draft of the Security Policy Subproject final report is presented for preliminary views from the Academy's members. A shorter presentation of the report and its conclusions has previously been submitted to Section VI members and Swedish-speaking invited members (part 1 below): Part 1: Presentation summary DP Säk final report Part 2: Presentation DP Säk final report (introduction-global-south) Part [...]
Podcast in four parts with member Robert Dalsjö about Russia, China and European helplessness
Nuclear weapons a status builder - the goal: Russian capacity to intimidate into submission - rather than win wars. Important to reduce European helplessness towards China. Some excerpts from the discussion about European defense over four short podcast episodes on Soundcloud and elsewhere where podcasts are available. With Michael Sahlin and Lars-Erik Lundin.
OSCE and the future of European security
Recording from the seminar on May 5th about the Swedish OSCE Chairmanship and the future of the European security order. Participants are Ulrika Funered, Rosaline Marbinah, Lars-Erik Lundin (47 minutes into the broadcast), Carina Ödebrink, and Hans Wallmark.
Part 3: Conversations about defense equipment in a new era
Niklas Alm on defense equipment cooperation at the European level (EDF PESCO) Conversation about defense equipment in a new era with Niklas Alm from the security and defense companies' cooperation organization SOFF with Michael Sahlin. Part 3 of 4.
Part 2: Conversations about defense equipment in a new era
Niklas Alm on flow security and strategic autonomy: Europe, 5G and more Conversation about defense equipment in a new era with Niklas Alm from the security and defense companies' cooperation organization SOFF with Michael Sahlin. Part 2 of 4.