Security policy is about cooperation - not deterrence

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) meets in Hamburg. Photo: Glyn Lowe (CC BY 2.0).

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) meets in Hamburg. Photo: Glyn Lowe (CC BY 2.0).

Of: Lars Ingelstam and Lotta Sjöström Becker

Preventing armed conflict does not gain political points in election times but is a prerequisite for lasting peace. We must build trust and friendship instead of suspicion and a reactive security policy, write Professor Lars Ingelstam and Kristna Fred's Lotta Sjöström Becker.

October 8, 2018, Debate