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Kyiv needs a clear membership track, but Washington and Berlin are blocking it.

Chapter Twelve - Second World War Begins with Germany’s Genocidal Racist Invasion of Western Poland. Soviets Regain Western Ukraine and West Belarus,

The British Army conducted its first-ever trial of three heavy unmanned ground vehicles, ramping up its combat capacity for 21st-century warfare.

Joseph Stalin knew better than Vladimir Putin. After world war two, as the Cold War began, the Soviet dictator took the view that it was more trouble than it was worth to invade Finland again, as he had done with humiliating setbacks in the Winter War of 1939-1940. Too many parents or grandparents of those

Finland’s envoy to Washington once shared a sauna with the Russian president. Here’s what he thinks the West got wrong about Vladimir Putin.

From the blog of Allia Bukhari at The Times of Israel

One of the alliance’s long-awaited new members has joined, but it won’t necessarily bring Europe closer to strategic autonomy.

As Finland and Sweden turn from neutrals to Western allies, the militarisation of the high north appears inevitable. That may make global governance of the Arctic region increasingly problematic.

Finland formally became the 31st member of Nato this week, ending decades of non-alignment to join the military alliance in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

As Finland goes through a multitude of political changes, its citizens are comforted by a strong military supported by decades of sustained defense spending and widespread public training.