The breaking down of contemporary state neutrality: the case of Sweden`s non-alliance

• Authors: Wojciech Tomasz Modzelewski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article is a review and its main purpose is to show the evolution of the idea of neutrality as well as its contemporary understanding in selected cases. At the present time traditional neutrality seems to be an anachronism, and its contemporary forms are an expression of the adaptation of states to changing international conditions. The evolution of the concept began with neutrality abandoning its economic dimension and then reducing its military one. The distinction between war and conflict in the UN`s sense gave the neutral state the opportunity to participate in armed intervention, which in reality meant shifting from neutrality towards non-alliance. For example, Sweden is playing a specific political game to gain benefits from neutrality.

Keywords

EN

evolution of neutrality; neutrality policy; military neutrality; Sweden's non-alliance

PL

• Publisher: Fundacja Copernicus na rzecz Rozwoju Badań Naukowych
• Journal: The Copernicus Journal of Political Studies
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 1

Dates

published

2019

online

2019-11-04

Contributors

author

Wojciech Tomasz Modzelewski

editor

Grzegorz Kopcewicz

editor

Natalia Olszanecka

editor

Daniel Urbański

editor

Joanna Piechowiak-Lamparska

editor

Agnieszka Bryc

editor

Bartosz Bojarczyk

editor

Feride Asli Ergul Jorgensen

editor

Dorota Niedziołka

editor

Anna Pacześniak

editor

Radosław Potorski

editor

Maria Wincławska

editor

Agata Włodkowska-Bagan

editor

Agnieszka Jeran

editor

Anna Mol

editor

Alex Solsbery

editor

Izabela Dąbrowska

editor

Mirosław Głodkowski

other

Grzegorz Kopcewicz

other

Natalia Olszanecka

other

Joanna Piechowiak-Lamparska

Identifiers

DOI

10.12775/CJPS.2019.006