Månad: november 2025

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the declaration from this weekend’s Group of 20 (G20) summit reflects a “renewed commitment to multilateral cooperation” as the rotating presidency moves to the United States under the cloud of another diplomatic row.

Ramaphosa, host of the Johannesburg summit, pushed through the declaration addressing global challenges like the climate crisis despite objections from the US, which boycotted the event. […]

The other G20 nations – including China, Russia, France, Germany, the UK, Japan and Canada – backed the declaration, which largely called for more global attention on issues that specifically affect poor countries, such as the need for financial help for their recovery efforts after climate-related disasters, finding ways to ease their debt levels and supporting their transition to green energy sources. Läs artikel

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3.2.10 Arktiska samarbeten
Försvarsmakten ska fortsatt samarbeta i och om Arktis för att bidra till det kollektiva försvaret av både eget och allierades territorium och för att tillsammans med arktiska allierade följa och hantera tilltagande militärstrategiska utmaningar. Försvarsmakten ska delta i de militärstrategiska forumen för samarbete om Arktis, arktiska försvarschefsmötet (ACHOD) och de arktiska säkerhetsstyrkornas rundabordssamtal Arctic
Security Forces Roundtable (ASFR). Försvarsmakten ska bidra till att skapa en gemensam lägesbild, från sjöbotten till rymden, tillsammans med allierade. Försvarsmakten ska även påverka Nato och allierade att ta ökad hänsyn till subarktiska behov och förutsättningar i processer för operationsplanering och förmågeutveckling.

3.2.11 Indopacifiska regionen
Försvarsmakten ska bibehålla militär närvaro och fördjupa utvalda bilaterala och multilaterala samarbeten i den indopacifiska regionen framförallt avseende teknologi och innovation. Prioritet ska ges till Australien, Singapore och Sydkorea. Sett till förmågeutveckling är Singapore, Sydkorea och Japan av särskilt intresse. Försvarsmakten ska även tillvarata möjligheter att samarbeta kring operativa bidrag i regionen. Läs planen

This statement was adopted by President Costa, President von der Leyen, Prime Minister Carney, President Stubb, President Macron, Chancellor Merz, Prime Minister Martin, Prime Minister Meloni, Prime Minister Takaichi, Prime Minister Schoof, Prime Minister Støre, Prime Minister Sánchez and Prime Minister Starmer.

The Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, joined the statement.

We welcome the continued US efforts to bring peace to Ukraine.

The initial draft of the 28-point plan includes important elements that will be essential for a just and lasting peace.

We believe therefore that the draft is a basis which will require additional work. We are ready to engage in order to ensure that a future peace is sustainable. We are clear on the principle that borders must not be changed by force. We are also concerned by the proposed limitations on Ukraine’s armed forces, which would leave Ukraine vulnerable to future attack.  Läs uttalandet

Resolution 2803 (2025)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 10046th meeting, on
17 November 2025

[…] 1. Endorses the Comprehensive Plan, acknowledges the parties have accepted it, and calls on all parties to implement it in its entirety, including
maintenance of the ceasefire, in good faith and without delay;

2. Welcomes the establishment of the Board of Peace (BoP) as a transitional administration with international legal personality that will set the framework, and coordinate funding for, the redevelopment of Gaza pursuant to the Comprehensive  Plan, and in a manner consistent with relevant international legal principles, until such time as the Palestinian Authority (PA) has satisfactorily completed its reform program, as outlined in various proposals, including President Trump’s peace plan in 2020 and the Saudi-French Proposal, and can securely and effectively take back control of Gaza. After the PA reform program is faithfully carried out and Gaza redevelopment has advanced, the conditions may finally be in place for a credible
pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood. The United States will establish a dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians to agree on a political horizon for peaceful and prosperous coexistence;  Läs resolutionen

It is the first time Polish artillerymen are participating in an exercise inside the Arctic Circle in Finland. The country’s Ministry of National Defence says in a statement that the goal is to see how well the Polish military cooperates with forces of other NATO countries.

The exercise, named Northern Strike 25-2, takes place at the Rovajärvi firing range northeast of Rovaniemi in Lapland. The area is the largest training ground for artillery in western Europe and is located about 90 kilometres from Finland’s border with Russia.

HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) is a missile launcher mounted on a truck which can fire six guided missiles in quick succession. The US made weapon has a range of up to 80 km, which is longer than similar Russian rocket systems. For Ukraine, the HIMARS have proven successful in striking Russian weapons deposits and command post distant from the frontlines.  Läs artikel

[…] Att Sverige har fler ”aktiva gängmedlemmar” än soldater organiserade i armébrigader har inte hindrat regeringen att, för första gången sedan 1700-talet, landstiga i Lettland och ge Nato ett löfte att ställa upp med en brigad för att skydda Finland. Likaledes har man, trots brist på militär hårdvara i Sverige, givit 20 stödpaket med materiel till Ukraina – allt krönt av en Gripenaffär som ingen, allra minst Saab, vet om den kommer att bli av eller hur den ska finansieras men som har gjort Sverige till affischnamn för det ukrainska luftförsvare

Liksom tidigare på, till exempel, migrationsområdet ersätts kyliga konsekvensanalyser med en känslans politik – inte bara när det kommer till frågekomplexet kring Ukraina. I somras gav regeringen uttryck för två olika uppfattningar om Israels krig i Gaza på samma gång. Läs artikel

Nordic countries can’t keep taking on a disproportionate share of supporting Ukraine, Sweden’s foreign minister warned in an interview with POLITICO.

”A few countries take almost all of the burden,” Maria Malmer Stenergard said on her way into a gathering of foreign ministers in Brussels. ”That is not fair and it’s not sustainable in the long run.”

She added: ”The fact that the Nordic countries, with less than 30 million people, we provide for one-third of the military support that the NATO countries, with almost 1 billion people, provide this year … This is not sustainable. […]

Stenergard called out those leaders who strike pro-Ukraine positions in speeches but fail to back up their rhetoric with cash: ”If you choose to go to your constituency and give all these kinds of speeches saying that Ukraine is not only for their freedom, but also for ours, then you also have to help the nation,” she said. Läs artikel

US and Russian officials have quietly drafted a new plan to end the war in Ukraine that would require Kyiv to surrender territory and severely limit the size of its military, it was reported on Wednesday as Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least 25 people in the city of Ternopil. […]

The Financial Times and Reuters reported that the proposal would require Ukraine to cede territory it controls in the east of the country and halve the size of its military, conditions that the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has in the past called non-starters. Other conditions include limiting US military assistance and categories of armaments used by the Ukrainian military.

The draft plan, which was reportedly developed by Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, and the Kremlin adviser Kirill Dmitriev, would force draconian measures on Ukraine that would give Russia unprecedented control over the country’s military and political sovereignty. The plan is likely to be viewed as surrender in Kyiv. […]

Zelenskyy, who met the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Wednesday in what he described as an effort to “reinvigorate negotiations” and secure a “just peace” for Ukraine, urged Kyiv’s allies to intensify pressure on Russia to end its nearly four-year invasion, including by providing more air-defence missiles. Läs  artikel

The United States wants Germany to take over the command of Nato forces in Europe, Donald Trump’s envoy to the alliance has said.

Matthew Whitaker, the US ambassador to Nato, said he is looking forward to Germany stepping up to take over the position of supreme allied commander Europe (Saceur).

He told the Berlin Security Conference: “I look forward to the day when Germany comes to the United States and says that we’re ready to take over the supreme allied commander position. I think we’re a long way away from that, but I look forward to those discussions.”

His comments were a shock to the panellists, with Germany’s representative to Nato and the EU responding that he “see[s] it a little bit differently”. Lt Gen Wolfgang Wien told the panel that his country was willing to take on more responsibilities within the international organisation, but sees the Saceur as US territory. Läs artikel

[…] Även det gör vi var och en – och tillsammans, som när vi stöttar Ukraina. Tillsammans har vi här inne bidragit med över 380 miljarder kronor till Ukraina, inte minst genom ett mycket omfattande militärt stöd.

Och med det amerikanska initiativet om materielstöd finansierade Danmark, Norge och Sverige nyligen ett helt stödpaket om 500 miljoner dollar. Det kommer vi snart göra igen, i nordisk-baltisk krets.

Det främsta hotet mot våra länders säkerhet är Ryssland. President Putin och hans regim fruktar framgångsrika demokratier. Och vi är inte bara framgångsrika, lyckligare, mer demokratiska och mindre korrupta – vår sammanlagda ekonomi är den tolfte största i världen.

Vi är inte i krig. Men vi är inte heller i fred. Riktig fred kräver frihet och att det inte pågår allvarliga konflikter länder emellan. Våra länder utsätts för hybridattacker, som inte utförs med robotar och soldater, utan med datorer, pengar, desinformation och sabotagehot.

Det ställer nya krav på våra länder. Det är därför vi kraftfullt förstärker försvaret i våra egna länder. Och driver på för att våra allierade ska göra – inte bara säga – samma sak. När det gäller krig och fred är ensam inte stark. Läs talet