Sweden, Finland Seem Intent on Plunging Ahead With Bid To Join NATO
Stockholm and Helsinki have historically sought a third way between Russia and the West. That history could now be abandoned.

The security policies of Sweden and Finland have changed more in the past six weeks than they have over the past six decades. In much of what they do, the two countries come as a pair. Their defense cooperation has deepened since Russia’s invasion of Crimea. Now, the two appear poised to break with their long history of non-alignment.
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