Henri Vanhanen talks about Finland joining NATO alongside Finnish Foreign and Defence Policy broadly, following-up on his popular Op-Ed ’Finland and NATO Membership’.
Erdogan craves relevance and abhors isolation on the global stage. This will be what continues to bind NATO and Türkiye together.
Philip Cunliffe talks about the changing nature of international conflict and humanitarian intervention, plus the role of states and institutions in peacekeeping.
NATO has no reason to expect major conflicts as a result of Finland’s membership as the strategic interests of both coincide.
Many questions arise from the near future harmonization of defence planning activities, such as what Finland’s security policy role within NATO should be.
EU candidate status, and the institutional engagement that it entails, has the potential to alter power relations in eastern Europe and between Russia and the West.
Madrid is its own form of ‘Zeitenwende’, an unexpected but welcome watershed moment that demands bold and inspiring action amidst political upheaval.
Unfortunately, Western leaders seem more concerned with kudos from Kyiv than with their opponent’s perspective.
Hilary Appel sets out why Ukraine is so important to Russia, the role of NATO and China in the conflict, as well as the impact of sanctions.
Whatever states may gain from adopting a strategy of resilience, their societies will lose in terms of security as resilience is not a synonym for security.
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