{"id":49507,"date":"2025-03-12T13:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T10:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/?post_type=events&p=49507"},"modified":"2025-03-14T17:34:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:34:44","slug":"1-chronos-apo-tin-eisodo-tis-souidias-sto-nato-themata-asfaleias-apo-tin-arktiki-eos-tin-anatoliki-mesogeio","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.eliamep.gr\/en\/events\/one-year-of-swedish-membership-in-nato-security-interests-from-the-high-north-to-the-eastern-mediterranean\/","title":{"rendered":"One year of Swedish membership in NATO: Security interests from the High North to the Eastern Mediterranean"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Embassy of Sweden in Greece and ELIAMEP organized a closed discussion on “Security Interests from the High North to the Eastern Mediterranean”<\/strong> on Monday 10 March 2025. This event marked one year since Sweden entered a new phase in its history with its accession to NATO on March 7, 2024, ending over 200 years of neutrality or military non-alignment. The catalyst for this shift was Russia\u2019s unprovoked and brutal war of aggression against Ukraine, initiated on February 24, 2022, which severely undermined European and North-Atlantic security. Sweden and Greece, positioned on opposite sides of NATO’s geography, face both shared and region-specific security challenges. The discussion explored where these challenges intersect and what lessons can be learned from each other.<\/p>\n

Keynote Speakers<\/strong>
\nThanos Dokos<\/strong>, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Greece
\nJohan Frisell<\/strong>, Deputy Director General, Head of the Security Policy Department, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs<\/p>\n

Panel 1: Sum of its parts \u2013 Greece\u2019s and Sweden\u2019s roles in NATO<\/strong>
\nJohan Frisell<\/strong>, Deputy Director General, Head of the Security Policy Department, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
\nDimitris Kairidis<\/strong>, Head of the Greek Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly; First Vice President of the Standing Committee on National Defense and Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Parliament
\nIno Afentouli<\/strong>, Executive Director, Institute for International Relations (IDIS)
\nPanayotis Tsakonas<\/strong>, Head, Foreign Policy & Security Programme, ELIAMEP; Professor, University of Athens<\/p>\n

Moderator: Alexia Tasouli<\/strong>, Diplomatic Correspondent<\/p>\n

Panel 2: Defence Innovation in Greece, Sweden, EU, NATO<\/strong>
\nKatarina Bj\u00f6rklund<\/strong>, Vice President EU and NATO innovation, Group Government Affairs, Saab AB
\nGeorge Nounesis,<\/strong> Director & Chairman of the Board of the National Centre for Scientific Research \u201cDemokritos\u201d
\nAkis Karatrantos<\/strong>, Senior Research Fellow, ELIAMEP
\nTassos Rozolis<\/strong>, Chairman of the Board, Hellenic Manufacturers of Defence Materiel Association (SEKPY)<\/p>\n

Moderator: Alexia Tasouli<\/strong>, Diplomatic Correspondent<\/p>\n

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Media Coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can read Johan Frisell’s <\/strong>interview to AMNA here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can read the e-Kathimerini article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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