The Nordic Countries and the European Security and Defence Policy

424 THE NORDIC COUNTRIES AND THE ESDPWestern views of 373–74for relations with other countries see undernames of the other countriesRüütel, President Arnold 383Rynning, Sten 45Saab 171, 172, 177, 183SaferAfrica 249, 250Saferworld 250Sahlin, Michael 224St Malo summit meeting:declaration 120European defence context 122process 55, 56–59Schell, Jonathan 252Serbia 225, 226 see also KosovoSFOR (Stabilisation Force) 9, 133, 219Sierra Leone 248Sloan, Stan 378small arms and light weapons (SALW):black market 239cheapness 238–39control of 237–51definitions 238–39international context 239–40measures to control 240, 243non-state groups and 242state supply and 240see also Oslo Meetings on Small Arms andLight WeaponsSmall Arms Survey 249SME 172Solana, Javier 12, 217, 224, 279Solheim, Erik 232South Africa, small arms destroyed 249South America 248Spain:Framework Agreement 176Madrid bombings 267, 283, 292, 293, 295,345Sri Lanka 232–33, 335Standard Nordic Helicopter Programme 170START II Treaty (1993) 261Stoltenberg, Jens 323, 327Sundelius, Bengt 94, 284Sundh, Lena 229Svalbard 353–54Sweden:aid from 248, 249aircraft industry 176Åland and 351armaments industry 142, 168–69, 170–71,172, 174, 176, 180, 191–92:foreign ownership 177, 178, 191Framework Agreement 176, 180research and development 180transformation process 183armed forces:future of 146international crisis management and148–49officers 148–49police and 145, 276–77reform 54, 93–94, 141, 143, 144, 308,317, 319resource use inefficiency 143–44size 142turbulence in 149Armed Forces International Centre 310arms control and disarmament policy 236arms exports 17, 167, 169, 175, 190, 192arms imports 167, 168, 175, 180, 191arms procurement 146, 147Association of Swedish Defence Industries174Baltic states and 158basic facts about 6:military 10battle group 154, 181, 212bio-safety/bio-security and 262Bosnia and Herzegovina and 144Centre Party 101, 103, 108CFSP and 208, 214chemical weapons 261–62Christian Democrat Party 101, 108civil–military coordination 145Civilian Headline Goal and 210cold war and 142, 228, 254conflict prevention and 210conscription 4, 147, 317, 322crisis management and 89–94, 142, 144,145, 146, 147–48, 210, 215, 218, 219Defence Commission 143Defence Ministry 319defence union proposed by 170Defence White Paper (2004) 63–64, 74–75,143, 149Denmark and 48–49EC application 67, 69EDA and 72, 184elections 142Emergency Management Agency 318–19