“There is concern across the alliance that Turkey and Hungary have been willing to hand a symbolic victory to Russia — and that the rest of NATO has not been able to stop them. ‘The risk is that this brings a wedge into NATO,’ said Anna Wieslander, director for Northern Europe at the Atlantic Council. ‘Allies need to pay more attention, collectively, to this process.’”
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Wed, Apr 26, 2023
A glimpse of Sweden in NATO: Gotland could be a game-changer for Baltic defense
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What would happen if Sweden and Finland split up their NATO bids?
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Finland proceeding without Sweden should be a last resort because of all the strategic and logistical difficulties it would create.
Fri, Jan 6, 2023
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