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Svensk vapenexport till Turkiet och NATO-processen: En analys av politiska, etiska och säkerhetspolitiska dilemman

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Author

  • Roze Karaca

Summary, in Swedish

Sweden's decision to reopen arms exports to Turkiye in the context of the NATO process has provoked strong reactions and raised a familiar dilemma: how does a state balance its security policy interests against its ethical principles? This paper aims to investigate how different actors such as politicians, researchers, security policy experts and civil society representatives argue for and against this decision. Based on a qualitative content analysis with discourse analytical elements and a theoretical framework that combines realism and constructivism, it analyses how ideas of security, legitimacy and morality are weighed against each other. The study shows that Sweden's foreign policy is at a crossroads, where traditional human rights values are being challenged by a changing international environment and the need for strategic adaptation. By highlighting these tensions, the paper contributes to a deeper understanding of how foreign policy decisions are shaped in practice and which values ultimately carry the most weight.

Department/s

Publishing year

2025

Language

Swedish

Document type

Student publication for Bachelor's degree

Topic

  • Law and Political Science

Keywords

  • Swedish arms exports
  • Turkiye
  • NATO
  • foreign policy
  • security policy
  • human rights
  • legitimacy
  • realpolitik
  • European Studies

Supervisor

  • Niklas Bernsand (Researcher)