Security dilemmas for Ukraine and Moldova
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Good security sector governance and security sector reform aim to bridge the gap between international and domestic realms of security policy and governance structures. This enables them to durably prevent conflict and contribute to peace within an international system based on multilateralism and multi-level global governance.
The Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine has completely challenged this paradigm. There is now a need to rethink how SSG and SSR can still contribute to conflict prevention and peace.
The session of the 2024 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development will identify and discuss best strategies of external and internal balancing in the security and defence sectors.
It will identify strategies that empower states to secure their survival and well-being as open, democratic, and inclusive societies under conditions of war in an increasingly anarchic international system, while, at the same time, safeguard the values of multilateralism and international rules.
Moldova and Ukraine follow external balancing strategies by seeking European Union membership and, for Ukraine, by seeking accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and developing strategic partnerships with like-minded, supportive states. However, this path is linked to internal political and technical reforms, including SSR.
Therefore, this session will ask how Moldova and Ukraine can be integrated more quickly through carefully harmonizing external and internal balancing strategies and policies in the security and defence sectors.
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