The #DemocracyIsSecurity panel discussion featuring H.E. Thierry Carlier, Ambassador of @franceinsweden.bsky.social, @nscanu.bsky.social's Tom Rogers and Michael Malm, Strategist at @forsvarsmakten.se, moderated by Katarzyna Gardapkhadze, focused on democratic resilience and control, and elections.
"The risks and threats that democracies face in recent years speak to the need to rethink security as a society", said Professor Rory Medcalf AM, Head of National Security College at the Australian National University, during the #DemocracyIsSecurity event in Stockholm.
"Upholding the demands of democracy is one dimension of the security nexus. Yet the path between security and democracy runs both ways: democracy also supplies important security benefits." - @kevincasasz.bsky.social, Secretary-General of International IDEA, #DemocracyIsSecurity
As threats to democratic institutions and electoral processes grow globally, the #DemocracyIsSecurity event hosted by
International IDEA explored the intersection of democracy and security, and also elections as critical infrastructure in an effective and sustainable national security agenda.
