• magic_lobster_party@kbin.run
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    8 months ago

    NATO membership comes with guarantees and responsibilities.

    The guarantee is that if Sweden would be attacked, other members will support with their troops. The responsibility is that Sweden must expand their military.

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      8 months ago

      The former won’t happen. Sweden is sorrounded by friendly countries. The second is a downside for Sweden.

      So globally it is a nothing burger and locally it is a negative development for Sweden.

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      8 months ago

      The guarantee is that if Sweden would be attacked, other members will support with their troops.

      Allied guarantees are not something to rely on really. The de-facto participation was something more honest for expectations IMHO.

      The responsibility is that Sweden must expand their military.

      I don’t think that’s a problem for them, they never turned it into some bureaucratized rudimentary institution in the first place and they had a nice military during the Cold War.