Sweden’s Grand Strategy
Year: 2025

Abstract This chapter recapitulates the quest of small states to formulate and uphold grand strategies. Grand strategies can be observed through the role conceptions adopted by small states, expressed through autonomy-seeking and the willingness to integrate into alliances, as well as the priority given to certain roles, leading to the adoption of a master role. The chapter concludes that Sweden’s grand strategy has moved from roles based on a high degree of autonomy to roles emphasizing integra