ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the dramatic reorientations since 1990 of Finnish and Swedish security policy doctrines, and orientations towards the EU, will be outlined. This analysis offers the necessary background to any understanding of the national debates and policy controversies now confronting these two new members of the EU and of their involvement in its Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). Although many issues were raised during the years of rapid redirection before entering the EU, an abundance of controversies remain to be settled as Finland and Sweden are pulled into the wider debates over the future course of the evolving European security posture. The 1996 Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) is only the first stop on this journey into uncharted waters.
