... very conditional), then we could be talking about the situation in Central Europe in the 1950s–1980s, where two military-political blocs directly confronted each other, without any buffer states or neutral zones.
Currently, all the countries of the Baltic Sea region except Russia are members of the EU and NATO, but this does not mean that the situation within them is static. Moreover, we can speak with a high degree of certainty about some shifts. First of all, we are talking about US policy under President Donald Trump, who intends to shift the focus ...
... defense relations. While rebuffing economic concerns, the Finnish government is using this opportunity to enact several defense agreements to persuade the Finnish people towards a closer relationship with the West. Although Finns generally do not support NATO membership, both Stubb and Niinisto, members of the National Coaltion Party, continue to suggest discussing NATO membership. Niinisto recently has expressed this desire in June.[7] At the same time, Stubb has stated that Finland will hold a new position ...
Although some pundits believe that no nation should consider joining NATO in light of Ukraine’s situation[1], the crisis nevertheless has fundamentally changed NATO’s relationship with Sweden. This change for Sweden comes due to a combination of already present concerns such as defense capabilities and reliability ...
