NATO’s Fissures on Display as Finland Set To Join Without Sweden
President Erdogan and Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, held up the expansion for months, with each looking for concessions from the European Union and, even more so, from Washington.

In a strategic blow to Russia’s strongman leader, Finland will join NATO Tuesday. Sweden, which has also aimed to become a member, will be left behind, exposing fissures inside the alliance.
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