Swedens’s greatest asset is its neutrality. It’s a small irrelevant and out of the way country that would be off the radar in the event of a major conflict. Once it starts the process of joining NATO it signals its adversarial intent to Moscow and becomes a potential staging area for NATO due to its proximity to St Petersburg. They will join Finland in being the first targets in the event of a conflict.

Swedens’s greatest asset is its neutrality. It’s a small irrelevant and out of the way country that would be off the radar in the event of a major conflict. Once it starts the process of joining NATO it signals its intent to Moscow and becomes a potential staging area for NATO due to its proximity to St Petersburg. They will join Finland in being the first targets in the event of a conflict.