What effects does European security cooperation have on Åland’s demilitarisation? The Åland Islands Peace Institute’s invited the public to discuss this question at the seminar “Åland’s demilitarisation – self?evident or threatened?” where both the threats and opportunities of enhanced security cooperation were discussed.
Around 35 persons came together at the Handelshögskola in Mariehamn to participate in the seminar on Monday evening, March 30th – Åland’s Demilitarisation Day. Among the issues discussed were Thorvald Stoltenberg’s recent report on enhanced Nordic security cooperation, the European security cooperation, enhanced by the Treaty of Lisbon, Finland’s partnership for peace with NATO and a possible future Finnish Nato membership.
A summary of the content of the seminar can be found here.