Sweden has formally joined NATO as the 32nd member of the transatlantic military alliance, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality and centuries of broader non-alignment.
Not much if you're left to defend yourself against a dictator who likes playing land grab and takes any excuse to rape murder and torture to subjugate as a valid excuse.
Look, I hate war as much as the next guy, but you gotta be pragmatic here. Putin is NOT a nice guy, to make an understatement. Without Putin's in this world, we wouldn't need wars, but here we are...
Please tell me more about Putin. One of my friends who is today working internationally for the UN said in 2000 that the one single greatest threat against Sweden, Europe, humanity and the world as a whole was Putin. We all looked like her like, duuh, we know.
I have lived in fear of this shit since the 80's, I joined the army because of it.
You're right. Go tell them they have nothing to fear from Putin because the Shield Of History is protecting them.
Meanwhile Australia, New Zealand, USA et al should all dispand all of their defense forces because they've never been invaded before so of course, history protects them too