Recently, Sweden's main foreign policy concern has been obtaining membership in the EU; terms were settled in 1994. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Sweden has also altered its traditionally neutral stance. Membership in the Western European Union and even NATO are being considered. This contrasts sharply with Prime Minister Olof Palme's period in office in the 1980s, when Sweden was a vociferous critic of the USA's antagonistic policy toward the USSR. In 1993û1994 Sweden participated in the UN peace-keeping force in the former Yugoslavia.
