Nordic Cooperation on Foreign and Security Policy

The ability to maintain a modern high-tech defence has been one of the main reasons for three Nordic countries to explore cooperation possibilities in the field of security. The so-called Stoltenberg report, named after its author, the former Norwegian long-time minister and politician Thorvald Stoltenberg, draws up proposals for closer foreign and security policy cooperation between Norway, Sweden and Finland.

- As the costs of high-tech defence rise at an exhilarating pace there is a risk that the units will become too small and simply reach a critical level as to efficiency, says Sverre Jervell, one of the Norwegian experts provided by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work out the report, published earlier this year.