Finland and Sweden swiftly applied for NATO membership, a move that was favorably received. This expansion essentially transforms the Baltic Sea into what could be seen as an "internal lake" for ...

As NATO’s strategic priorities evolve, the accession of Finland and Sweden marks a significant shift in the alliance’s defense landscape. With ...

With Finland and Sweden’s NATO accession, it becomes clearer that the future of Europe’s security architecture will be based on strengthening the European pillar within NATO.

NATO’s northern members should focus on Baltic Sea and Arctic Ocean security, while the southern members should focus on challenges to their south. The formal entry of Finland and Sweden into ...

An attack against one member of NATO is considered an attack against the entire alliance, meaning both Finland and Sweden — the former of which shares a border with Russia — would be fiercely ...

Finland and Sweden have formally applied for membership of NATO, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February. If approved, analysts say the move would significantly enhance the bloc ...

Isabel van Brugen is a Newsweek Reporter based in Kuala Lumpur. Her focus is reporting on the Russia-Ukraine war. Isabel joined Newsweek in 2021 and had previously worked with news outlets ...

Moscow will not allow NATO to turn the Baltic Sea into its own lake, Russian Deputy Foreign ... measures to the NATO accession of Sweden and Finland, saying that the Leningrad and Moscow military ...

It can be summed up as ‘Nordic Plus’. NATO membership has unlocked significant new potential for military cooperation between Finland and its allies. In this context, Finnish leaders will likely turn ...

Nato's newest members' spending commitments are already ahead of those expressed by several existing members. Last year, Finland spent 2.4% and Sweden 2.2% of their respective GDP on defence ...

Mr. Putin has long signaled that he will not stop fighting until he extracts major concessions from the West and from Kyiv, including a pledge that Ukraine will not join NATO. But he also appears ...