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How can a human security lens still play a role in an era of increased military spending and geopolitical uncertainty?
As global attention increasingly shifts to national security and defense, many countries are grappling with difficult decisions about how to balance strategic security imperatives with human-centered approaches.
On 28–29 January, SIPRI and the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security launched a Nordic Dialogue series in Stockholm, to discuss the future of human security in a changing geopolitical landscape.
The public panel emphasized that human security should not be treated as a competing priority to national security, but rather as a framework that broadens how security is defined, measured and addressed, while helping to create the conditions for conflict prevention, resilience and peaceful societies.
A closed roundtable further explored practical ways in which human-centred approaches can inform Sweden’s current security and foreign priorities, particularly in relation to the war in Ukraine.
The Nordic Dialogue series will continue in Oslo and Helsinki in March in collaboration with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA).