Cika wannan jumla: A shekara ta 2009 Sweden ta amince ta shiga yarjejeniyar kare kai tare da EU, da sauran kasashen Nordic, don haka ya kawo karshen kusan shekaru 200 na tsaka tsaki na soja. Sakamakon kwararar sakonnin diflomasiyya na Amurka a shekarar 2010, an gano cewa gwamnatin Amurka ta bayyana "tsarin tsaro na hukuma" na Sweden a matsayin "rashin shiga cikin kawancen soja a lokacin zaman lafiya da tsaka tsaki a lokacin yaƙi". Koyaya, Sweden tana ba da gudummawa ga ƙungiyoyin yaƙi daban-daban na NATO da EU kuma tana cikin ƙungiyoyin ƙasa da ƙasa. Daga watan Maris zuwa Oktoba 2011, Sweden ta kasance mai shiga tsakani a cikin kungiyar NATO da ke jagorantar kasashen duniya a cikin Yammacin Turai.
Yaƙi a Libya. A watan Mayun 2016, wani binciken ya nuna a karon farko cewa yawancin 'yan Sweden sun fi son kasancewa memba na NATO fiye da adawa da shi. Dukkanin jam'iyyun siyasar da ke cikin haɗin gwiwar dama ta tsakiya suna goyon bayan cikakken memba na NATO.