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Hanalys 2025: Sweden and Finland - Navigating Through an Increasingly Complex World
Hanalys is the annual high-level dialogue between Sweden and Finland on foreign and security policy hosted by the ministers for foreign affairs and organised by the ministries and Hanaholmen, the Swedish-Finnish cooperation centre.
Date
8.4.2025Time
06.00 - 11.00Event type
For invited guestsSweden and Finland - Navigating Through an Increasingly Complex World
Hosts: Ministers for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard and Elina Valtonen
We see global trends of isolationism and economic protectionism. The number of ongoing conflicts in the world is the highest since the Cold War. The security situation in our close neighbourhood is serious. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine including its full-scale invasion in 2022 is in blatant violation of international law and the UN Charter. Russia has brought massive suffering to Ukraine’s people and threatens European and international peace and security. Sweden and Finland stand firmly together as the closest of partners, EU members and now also NATO allies. We are export-driven economies that share common values and interests. How can we together contribute to European and Transatlantic support for Ukraine and international law and to European economic security?
| TIME (Nb! CET time) | PROGRAMME |
|---|---|
8.30 | Coffee and registration |
9.00 | The moderator opens Hanalys Introduction |
9.10–9.30 | The Ministers for Foreign Affairs |
9.30–10.50 | Part I: Global Support for Ukraine and International Law Keynote Fredrik Löjdquist, Centre Director, Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS) Comment |
10.50–11.20 | Break |
11.20–12.40 | Part II: European Economic Security and the Importance of Open, Rules-Based International Trade Keynote Karl Lallerstedt, Analyst, Swedish Defence Research Agency FOI Comment |
12.40 | Concluding Dialogue |
13.00–14.00 | Lunch |
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