Russia is Pushing Swedish and NATO Special Forces Closer Together
The bilateral exercise with the Scandinavian nation was just the latest push by SOCEUR into the Baltic Sea region, where coastal nations including NATO partners have been concerned by Russian aggression.
Here s What You Need to Remember: The Swedish Armed Forces regularly conduct qualified exercises together with partners to strengthen its defense capabilities across multiple domains. These recent exercises integrated both partner nations’ SOF capabilities with conventional force missions to improve upon overall collaborative initiatives.
Sweden has never been a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), but for more than twenty-five years the Scandinavian nation has worked closely with the United States and its allies to maintain military readiness in Europe. This dates back to the Partnership for Peace in 1994 and, since the Wales Summit in 2014, Sweden has increasingly cooperated with NATO in the