This case study examines how individuals involved in the Swedish peace movement have navigated their peace activism due to the intensified security debate which followed Russia?s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. By conducting semi-structured interviews with peace activists involved in the Swedish peace organization Svenska freds- och Skiljedomsf?reningen, the study aims to provide insight into how peace activists, and the peace movement as a whole, can be affected when the security debate intensifies. By applying a theoretical framework consisting of Political Process Theory (PPT) and Discursive Opportunity Structure (DOS), as well as previous studies and literature on social movement organizations and peace movements, the study?s objective is also to apply context to the observations made by the peace activists in the study.

I denna uppsats g?rs en deskriptiv och j?mf?rande analys av olika partif?retr?dares s?kerhetspolitiska problemdefinitioner i en specifik riksdagsdebatt som avh?lls i januari 2015. Problem: Unders?kningen utg?r fr?n att uppfattningen om vad som utg?r ett samh?llsproblem ? i detta fall s?kerhetspolitiska problem - och vad detta n?rmare best?r i inte ?r n?gon sj?lvklarhet, utan n?got som formas av en st?ndigt p?g?ende debatt och diskussion i vad som kan liknas vid en kampartad kollektiv definieringsprocess d?r olika akt?rer str?var efter att etablera just sin verklighetsuppfattning som dominerande. Med denna utg?ngspunkt kan samh?llsproblem av olika slag betraktas som sociala konstruktioner.