The Deal With the Taliban Is a Surrender
Over the years, the United States has supported the Afghan authorities in their talks with the insurgents.
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Finland
How to Talk About and With Russia? Estonia Has a Thing or Two to Learn From Finland
Estonian-Finnish relations are close and amicable, but there are things that Finns and Estonians find difficult to discuss. Relations with Russia are undoubtedly one of them: a sensitive subject for both states, it’s often hard to understand the other country’s actions. Estonia should, however, consider what we can learn from Finnish-Russian relations.
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Estonia Leaves UNIFIL
Estonia has announced that it will shortly discontinue its deployment of peacekeepers to the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon.
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High-level Finnish and Swedish Support for NATO Membership
On 20 June 2018, seven Finnish and seven Swedish former ambassadors, journalists and military officers published a debate article advocating NATO membership for their two countries. The article was published in Svenska Dagbladet in Sweden and in several newspapers belonging to Lännen Mediat in Finland.
The article is printed below in an English translation.
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The United States, Finland and Sweden: A Trilateral Statement of Defense Interest
On 8 May 2018, the Finnish and Swedish Ministers of Defense, Jussi Niinistö and Peter Hultqvist, met with U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis at the Pentagon.
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Hufvudstadsbladet interview with Erkki Bahovski
Finland’s largest Swedish speaking newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet, recently interviewed Erkki Bahovski, the Editor-in-Chief of Diplomaatia.
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The Outcome of the Finnish Presidential Elections: Don’t Fix It If It Ain’t Broke
The Finnish voters have spoken. In the presidential elections held on Sunday 28 January 2018, they gave the current President of the Republic, Mr. Sauli Niinistö, a landslide re-election victory of 62,7 per cent of the popular vote, and a resounding mandate to him for the next six years.
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Finland’s NATO Membership: An Opportunity Disappearing Beyond the Horizon?
Each year, toward the end of November, excitement begins to build up among the Finnish foreign and defense policy cognoscenti, as the results of an annual public opinion survey sponsored by the Advisory Board of Defence Information (Maanpuolustustiedotuksen suunnittelukunta, MTS), is to be launched.
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Debate on Societal Security in Helsinki
ICDS research fellow Ivo Juurvee participated as presenter and a panelist discussion on societal security and resilience in Helsinki on 24 August.
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A Finnish Government Crisis – Almost
As a rule, following what happens in Finnish domestic politics amounts to watching paint dry.
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