Finland, NATO and Nuclear Weapons

... joins the North Atlantic Alliance it becomes part of a defensive coalition in which nuclear weapons are included in NATO´s deterrence and collective defense capabilities. The North Atlantic Treaty does not have provisions on nuclear weapons nor does NATO have nuclear weapons of its own. Yet, as a NATO member, Finland needs to form an explicit nuclear weapons and nuclear disarmament policy. In principle, Finland´s NATO membership does not restrict the exercise of policies aimed at nuclear disarmament and the ...