Finland and NATO: How the Forgetting of Lessons of the Past Can Lead to their Repetition

In this article we are investigating Finland’s approach to participation in military-political alliances with its neighboring countries in the Baltic Sea region. The most active attempts to establish a regional system of collective security had been undertaken in 1920s - 1930s and were suspended sho...

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Autores principales:	Irina Nikolaevna Novikova, Nikolai Maratovich Mezhevich
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Publicado:	North-West institute of management of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration 2018
Materias:	finland nato russia baltic region military security Political institutions and public administration (General) JF20-2112
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e008db44268d4b46aae419fc0fb051132021-11-12T10:46:01ZFinland and NATO: How the Forgetting of Lessons of the Past Can Lead to their Repetition1726-11391816-8590https://doaj.org/article/e008db44268d4b46aae419fc0fb051132018-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.acjournal.ru/jour/article/view/297https://doaj.org/toc/1726-1139https://doaj.org/toc/1816-8590In this article we are investigating Finland’s approach to participation in military-political alliances with its neighboring countries in the Baltic Sea region. The most active attempts to establish a regional system of collective security had been undertaken in 1920s - 1930s and were suspended shortly after the end of the Second World War. During the Cold War embeddedness of Finland into the «Nordic balance» system guaranteed strategic stability of the country in the system of complex military security relations between the Warsaw pact countries and the NATO. Furthermore being a neutral country, Finland was able to play a role of a helpful mediator between the USSR and the West. However the end of the Cold War triggered the return of Helsinki to the pursuit of an enhanced military-political integration with the European countries and the USA. Following this path for almost 25 years, Finland has abandoned its neutral status and reached the maximum possible level of integration with NATO. However, we claim that in the foreseeable future all discussions between Finnish experts and politicians about the necessity to join the NATO will not be implemented in practice for several reasons. Firstly, if Finland becomes a member of NATO, it will inevitable trigger a symmetrical military-political response from Russia and will create unnecessary difficulties in bilateral relations. Secondly, Finland has elaborated sucha sophisticated mechanism of military coordination with NATO countries, that the formal accession to the Alliance could be considered as just an excessive formality.Irina Nikolaevna NovikovaNikolai Maratovich MezhevichNorth-West institute of management of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration articlefinlandnatorussiabaltic regionmilitary securityPolitical institutions and public administration (General)JF20-2112ENRUУправленческое консультирование, Vol 0, Iss 4, Pp 27-39 (2018)
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description	In this article we are investigating Finland’s approach to participation in military-political alliances with its neighboring countries in the Baltic Sea region. The most active attempts to establish a regional system of collective security had been undertaken in 1920s - 1930s and were suspended shortly after the end of the Second World War. During the Cold War embeddedness of Finland into the «Nordic balance» system guaranteed strategic stability of the country in the system of complex military security relations between the Warsaw pact countries and the NATO. Furthermore being a neutral country, Finland was able to play a role of a helpful mediator between the USSR and the West. However the end of the Cold War triggered the return of Helsinki to the pursuit of an enhanced military-political integration with the European countries and the USA. Following this path for almost 25 years, Finland has abandoned its neutral status and reached the maximum possible level of integration with NATO. However, we claim that in the foreseeable future all discussions between Finnish experts and politicians about the necessity to join the NATO will not be implemented in practice for several reasons. Firstly, if Finland becomes a member of NATO, it will inevitable trigger a symmetrical military-political response from Russia and will create unnecessary difficulties in bilateral relations. Secondly, Finland has elaborated sucha sophisticated mechanism of military coordination with NATO countries, that the formal accession to the Alliance could be considered as just an excessive formality.
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author	Irina Nikolaevna Novikova Nikolai Maratovich Mezhevich
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title	Finland and NATO: How the Forgetting of Lessons of the Past Can Lead to their Repetition
title_short	Finland and NATO: How the Forgetting of Lessons of the Past Can Lead to their Repetition
title_full	Finland and NATO: How the Forgetting of Lessons of the Past Can Lead to their Repetition
title_fullStr	Finland and NATO: How the Forgetting of Lessons of the Past Can Lead to their Repetition
title_full_unstemmed	Finland and NATO: How the Forgetting of Lessons of the Past Can Lead to their Repetition
title_sort	finland and nato: how the forgetting of lessons of the past can lead to their repetition
publisher	North-West institute of management of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
publishDate	2018
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Finland and NATO: How the Forgetting of Lessons of the Past Can Lead to their Repetition

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