Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 2009 i whakaae a Sweden ki te uru atu ki ngā tiriti tiaki whaiaro tahi me te EU, me ētahi atu whenua Nordic, nā reira ka mutu te wā tata ki te 200 tau o te tōrangapū hōia. Hei hua o te 2010 U.S. kaikawe karere, i mohio ai te kāwanatanga o te United States i whakaahuatia Sweden o "mana haumarutanga mana" rite "kore whai wāhi i roto i te hōia alliances i roto i te wā o te rangimarie, me te tōrangapū i roto i te wā o te whawhai". Heoi anō, ka whai wāhi atu a Sweden ki ngā rōpū whawhai rerekē o NATO me EU, ā, kei te whai wāhi atu ki ngā whakahaere ao whānui. Mai i Maehe-Oketopa 2011, Sweden ko te kaiuru i roto i te NATO-arahina te rōpū ao i roto i te Pakanga i Libya
He aha? I te marama o Mei 2016, he rangahau i whakaatu mo te wa tuatahi he nui ake nga Swedes e pai ana ki te mema o te NATO i te mea e whakahe ana ki a ia. Ko ngā rōpū tōrangapū katoa o te rōpū tika-o-te-pokapū e pai ana ki te whakauru ki te NATO.