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.

Paul Wennerholm/TT via AP
The Swedish and Finnish prime ministers, Magdalena Andersson, left, and Sanna Marin at Stockholm April 13, 2022. Paul Wennerholm/TT via AP

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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