MSD: Rear Admiral, what is your perspective of the most significant recent developments impacting Sweden's waters and the broader Scandinavian and Arctic region? What would your advice be to your country's political leaders if you were required to provide it? Skoog Haslum: Allow me to start with an opening remark. Many of these questions have a broad strategic relevance which can only be answered fully at a higher level within Sweden's defence organisation. However, from the navy's perspective, the increased risks of malignant actions in the name of climate change, as well as the potential impact of climate refugees, are well known factors to weigh in our future planning. And, as often stated and discussed, most recently at the International Seapower Symposium in Newport, US, our success, or failure, lies in our ability to cooperate and work together to create safe and secure seas.
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