Lars-Erik Lundin is a former Swedish diplomat (1976-1996). Dr. Lundin served in the European Commission (1996-2009) including as deputy Political Director and Head of delegation and as EU Ambassador to the International organisations in Vienna (2009- 2011). He is a distinguished Associate Fellow at SIPRI and an elected member of the Swedish Royal Academy of War Sciences. HisHandbook on EU and Security in 2015 is used in staff training and other educational material for higher diplomatic training courses. Dr. Lundin has extensive experience in international negotiations in many fields relating to foreign and security policy on behalf of Sweden and the recently concluded official inquiry in Sweden into the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.