Security Issues Are Not Resolved by Nervousness
... discussions which are constantly stirred up and imposed on the public in no way means there is broad support for the idea of NATO membership in Swedish and Finnish society. The recent election of the Social-Democratic government in Sweden took place to the accompaniment of a campaign about foreign submarines suddenly appearing in the skerries near Stockholm,... ... cooperation. I would like to note in relation to this that the countries of Northern Europe started to pay increased attention to the Baltic states as soon as they gained their independence, and focused on developing various forms of cooperation with them. The ...