[1/18/2012]
Space debris, resulting from more than half a century of space activity, has become the world’s largest accumulation of debris which now encircles the globe. A new report from FOI describes the use of and the threat to systems in space.
[1/18/2012]
FOI has, at the request of the Swedish National Food Agency, has studied how the local community and its business activities have been affected by the contaminated drinking water.
[12/27/2011]
Difficult to assess the risks of a power struggle, confrontations, a new political direction or economic reforms as North Korea faces a sudden transfer of power.
[12/27/2011]
FOI occupies a leading position in several areas of European security research. Thanks to our successful research for the Swedish Armed Forces and the broad knowledge base which makes it possible to work on security questions at system level.
[12/27/2011]
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration has, during the second half of 2011, signed agreements with FOI for three major projects for new sensors.
[12/27/2011]
The suicide bomber has become an almost daily phenomenon in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Ann Wilkens, Sweden’s former ambassador in Pakistan, was commissioned by FOI to carry out a study that describes the rapidly rising trend of suicide attacks.
[12/21/2011]
There is a possibility of stopping terrorists before they start to act. Lisa Kaati, a scientist at FOI, is developing new methods of gathering and interpreting large amounts of information from social media.
[12/21/2011]
Until 2014 Swedish forces will remain in Afghanistan as part of ISAF. In order to bring about security there, ISAF is using COIN, counterinsurgency, as its military doctrine. How is it working and what happens afterwards?
[11/21/2011]
FOI’s research scientists are often in central positions within EU-financed aeronautical research projects. Demand for their expertise is so great that the agency is often obliged to decline invitations to participate in European collaboration.
[11/15/2011]
The Climatools project now has fully developed tools for adaptation to climate change and these are presented on the website www.climatools.se. A seminar presenting all the project results, is held in Stockholm on 26 January.
[11/14/2011]
Underwater noise from wind turbines can affect marine life. FOI research shows how fish are disturbed and what kind of noise affects them most.
[11/14/2011]
FOI has earned a position on the Top 10 list of Swedish organisations receiving the most research funding from the EU. FOI is moreover the only Swedish research institute among the 50 most successful European research institutes competing for EU funds.
[11/10/2011]
The tense relationship between Iran and the West has escalated over the past decade, and FOI’s Asia Security Studies Programme has produced several reports that address the problems.
[11/7/2011]
FOI has investigated Iceland's strategic situation. The country is going through three simultaneous crises: one financial, one involving the country's security and one related to the country's domestic conditions.
[11/7/2011]
Military wireless technology is resistant to interference, but has low capacity. Civilian wireless technology has high capacity, but inferior interference resistance. An FOI report shows how the two technologies can learn from one another.
[11/7/2011]
How much information can a helicopter pilot or combat vehicle driver process in a tough situation? FOI built a simulator to test this. It simulates a realistic setting including the motion and forces to which drivers/pilots and vehicle crews are subjected
[11/7/2011]
FOI's researchers have completed a full-scale test where a bomb hidden in a bag was detonated in an underground carriage. One of the outcomes of the test is that rescue services can arrive better prepared in the event of a bombing.
[10/31/2011]
In anticipation of the international conference on Afghanistan in December in Bonn, FOI has published a study that gives an in-depth picture of the Taliban movement's history and motives.
[10/31/2011]
Practicing team work in a forest fire simulator
[10/31/2011]
Tactile vest gives quick information
[10/24/2011]
Mini display shows the way
[10/24/2011]
Arab Spring - but what happens next? A new report from FOI describes the current security policy challenges faced by the countries and the region.
[10/21/2011]
FOI's long-term work within European security research continues to garner results. FOI took part in nine successful applications within the field of security in the most recent public announcement from the EU's Seventh Framework Programme.
[10/21/2011]
Within 20 years, it could be possible for European companies to offer space tourism. FOI is taking part in development work that may result in very quick transport over the earth.
[7/1/2011]
FOI releases Strategic Outlook
[6/20/2011]
Better fuel for spacecraft is being developed at FOI as part of an EU project
[4/11/2011]
Annika Carlsson-Kanyama, a research director at FOI, has been appointed to an associate professorship at Lund University.
[4/9/2011]
New studies highlight the necessity of increased coordination between military and civil organisations. Common guidelines are a necessary precondition for the ability to protect civilians in conflict situations.
[4/8/2011]
FOI is leading an EU project designed to track down and make more difficult the manufacture of homemade bombs. Honey bees, which have a highly developed sense of smell, are helping in the hunt for terrorists.
[4/8/2011]
Mikael Eriksson, a research scientist at FOI, has for the last ten years been studying the significance of UN and EU targeted sanctions.
[3/16/2011]
The Russian energy sector presents large opportunities and difficult challenges. In collaboration with the research area Climate and Energy Adaptation FOI plans to provide a deeper analysis and the seminar is part of that.
[11/12/2010]
FOI research aimed at protecting the environment and people during peacekeeping operations was one of three projects that advanced to the final when the winner of the UN 21 Awards’ environmental prize was announced in July.
[11/12/2010]
When a lot of electrical equipment needs to fit into a small area, such as in cars, boats and airplanes, interference will result.
[11/12/2010]
Economics for a better environment
[10/11/2010]
The project Climate Change, Natural Resource Governance and Conflict Prevention in Africa was on September 17 launched in Pretoria, South Africa. The project is a collaboration between FOI, Global Crisis Solutions (GCS) and Uppsala University.
[10/6/2010]
A conference on Russian military development has attracted the world’s leading experts on Russian security policy. The conference has been organised by the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) and the Swedish National Defence College (FHS).
[10/6/2010]
For several years Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI, experts have warned of how vulnerable industrial control systems are to targeted attacks. This summer saw the first signs of this actually happening, with the emergence of a new malware; Stuxnet.
[9/3/2010]
Russian Military Development - Conference in Stockholm
[7/30/2010]
A new report from FOI examines the EU’s power position vis-à-vis Russia. The EU’s ability to assert itself is made more difficult by internal conflicts of interest and divided views on Russia’s energy policy.
[7/30/2010]
FOI was the only Nordic representative with the expertise needed for measurement and analysis of the ash cloud. Results of the measurements played an important part in ensuring the safety of flights in Swedish airspace.
[7/30/2010]
Strategic outlook ahead of Almedalen Week
[7/30/2010]
FOI participates in some 50 EU-financed research projects. This strengthens the agency’s collective competence and its European network, and it also assures FOI’s place in still further European research projects.
[7/1/2010]
Jan-Olof Lind now appointed Director-General of FOI
[5/26/2010]
The Department of Defence in Seoul has published a report that blames North Korea for the demise of RKS Cheonan in March, when 46 sailors died.
[5/3/2010]
Ann Göransson Nyberg is the unquestioned head of this EU project, despite being paralyzed from the neck and ventilator-dependent since 19 years.
[4/23/2010]
Protective suits tested with hazardous chemicals
[4/19/2010]
The Swedish Navy acquires new submarines
[4/16/2010]
Top class mobile radiation lab
[4/15/2010]
A New Arctic: Exploitation of energy resources and prospects of new sea lanes
[4/14/2010]
Yemen on a slippery slope
[4/14/2010]
For the fourth time running, FOI’s chemical warfare laboratory has got the best marks in an international proficiency test for correctly identifying and reporting the presence of chemical warfare substances in unknown test samples.
[4/14/2010]
Better Biopreparedness Diagnostics
[4/1/2010]
In “The Israeli Threat; An analysis of the Consequences of Israeli Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities”, Sam Gardiner examines one possible and increasingly likely outcome of the Iran-West controversy.
[2/22/2010]
In a new Memo from FOI, senior researcher Alexander Atarodi describes the factors that have affected Syria’s relations with Iraq over the last thirty years. According to the Memo, historic ties and conflicts will have a continuing influence on relations b
[2/22/2010]
The challenges and opportunities brought about by the Lisbon Treaty are described in a newly published report “The Treaty of Lisbon and Civil Protection in the European Union” by Teresa Åhman, a researcher at FOI.
[12/23/2009]
FOI is studying the connection between climate change and security in a new project
[12/23/2009]
FOI scientists receive Award of Excellence for aeronautical research
[12/23/2009]
Our Director-General comments: We have struck a chord about the importance of research
[11/3/2009]
“Counterinsurgency” a possible route to success in Afghanistan
[11/2/2009]
FOI’s experts provide support for major decisions
[11/2/2009]
Reduce vulnerability – keep Sweden rolling
[10/28/2009]
New funding for research into protection against personally carried explosives
[10/27/2009]
The Swedish Armed Forces wanted help in making better use of their resources. So they approached FOI’s Defence Analysis Division.
[10/1/2009]
A gender perspective is required for all decision processes concerning climate efforts
[10/1/2009]
FOI's researchers are close to arriving at a solution to the problem of blinding laser attacks against airplanes upon take-off and landing.
[10/1/2009]
To a great extent, forest destruction is aggravating climate change. FOI belongs to a work group that is using satellites to survey the world's forests and monitor forest destruction.
[10/1/2009]
Mid-year report: FOI is doing really well!
[10/1/2009]
The peace process is dependent on USA's active involvement throughout the region.
[10/1/2009]
FOI submitted its response to a referral on the Support Inquiry Report, “A useful and accessible defence” to the Swedish Ministry of Defence.
[10/1/2009]
FOI’s handbook civil crisis management within the EU has now been released by Springer Publishing Company. Stefan Olsson has edited the book, which was written by a number of crisis management experts at FOI.
[10/1/2009]
Tourism is playing an increasingly important role. Climate changes can have both positive and negative consequences for companies in the Swedish tourism sector. This is shown in a FOI report by Karin Mossberg Sonnek and Lisa Hörnsten Friberg.
[10/1/2009]
Cooperation strengthens security
[10/1/2009]
On May 15, Sweden assumed chairmanship in the Group of Research Directors (GRD) within the six-nation collaboration FA-LOI. FOI’s acting Director-General, Jan-Olof Lind, chairs the group.
[9/30/2009]
Increased investments lead to increased needs for stability. This is why it is becoming more and more difficult for China to refrain from becoming engaged in many of the issues facing these countries.
[9/30/2009]
FOI leads European research
[9/16/2009]
FOI’s environmental project receives SEK 14 million
[9/16/2009]
“Rabbit fever” bacteria dangerous due to mutation
[9/16/2009]
UN Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security is an important tool for protecting women in conflict situations, and Sweden is advanced when it comes to the application of the resolution.
[9/16/2009]
Global economic crisis threatens national security
[9/16/2009]
As interest in the disputes over the Arctic increases it has become all the more important for Sweden to formulate a policy for a new and different Arctic, according to FOI researcher Niklas Granholm.
[9/16/2009]
Ongoing impact analysis
[9/4/2009]
Project Maaximus involves 57 participants from 18 countries and has a budget of 67 million euro. The size of this project makes wholly new demands on the scientists at FOI.
[9/4/2009]
"Is FOI really involved in all this?"
[9/4/2009]
Sweden, through FOI and the Swedish Armed Forces, is leading the way in finding new forms of international research collaboration capable of meeting the threat posed by climate change for personnel taking part in peace support operations.
[9/4/2009]
FOI performed best in a major international test in which 14 laboratories were able to test their ability to identify and quantify radionuclides. This is the second time this exercise has been carried out and the second time that FOI has performed best.
[9/4/2009]
FOI leads the field both in Sweden and Europe-wide where the development of methods of detecting explosives over long distances is concerned.
[6/9/2009]
[Press release] FOI comments on North Korea's second nuclear weapons test
[6/9/2009]
[Press release] Substantial decline in purchasing power of the Swedish Armed Forces
[5/26/2009]
The Russian neighbourhood feud
[5/18/2009]
New strategic outlook from the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)
[5/12/2009]
Pakistan – a vortex of new conflicts and historical antagonisms
[5/12/2009]
Getting to space on green fuels
[5/12/2009]
Zimbabwe - a critical crossroads
[4/21/2009]
Election in South Africa – but then what?
[4/21/2009]
Jan-Olof Lind is the new acting Director-General
[4/21/2009]
FOI helps countries at risk from natural disasters
[3/16/2009]
Recognition of a need for more sustainable solutions when operating in conflict and disaster areas
[3/5/2009]
Worsened security situation in Afghanistan - what happens with the Iran-Pakistan relation?
[3/5/2009]
FOI is arranging a Workshop, the 10th of March In Nairobi, Kenya, about Sustainable Environmental Approaches focusing on needs and possibilities in Conflict & Disaster areas.
[3/5/2009]
World-leading researchers' analyses of strategic naval issues have now been compiled in the following report, "Six Perspectives on Naval Strategy", published by FOI (Swedish Defence Research Agency).
[1/21/2009]
Together with Umeå University, FOI's toxicology and nanotechnology research groups have received a grant of slightly more than SEK 3 million from Formas (the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning).
[11/21/2008]
Putting a stop to piracy requires broad and long-term action - including humanitarian and political measures as well as naval operations. This is the view expressed by FOI scientist Karl Sörenson in a report which is to be published next week.
[10/27/2008]
The world’s heightened consciousness of general developments in Africa has led to a strong demand for relevant knowledge and expertise. In order to meet this demand FOI has set up a research cluster for security-related studies focusing on Africa.