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The Northern Alliance

... signatures of four states, the contemporaries very well understood that the Russian and German empires, the two great powers, were the handlers of the fate of Northern Europe. Between the two world wars, new independent states emerged in the Baltic, i.e. Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which gave rise to diverse defense blocs. Estonia proposed an alliance to Finland, and Finland – to Sweden, while later more sophisticated schemes popped up and were partially materialized, for example ...

17.04.2015

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Security Issues Are Not Resolved by Nervousness

... fundamental interests of the countries and peoples of Northern Europe to maintain and consolidate the zone of peace and stability in the region. This is not to say that those countries do not include political forces that are ready to support the entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO and to help these states become deeply integrated into the military and political structures of the North Atlantic treaty, or, on the other hand, very influential political and social circles that are firmly against such a ...

04.03.2015

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Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)