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It has been a few weeks since the world watched the proverbial ink of approval dry on Finland’s application to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). But why has Finland joined now? Dan Hadley questions why after so long a period of sitting on the fence, has Finland's application been so hurriedly submitted as well as ratified? #finland #geopolitics #russia #russiaukrainewar #russiaukraine #russiaukraineconflict #australia #australianpr

Turkey parliament ratifies Swedish bid to join NATO After many months of Turkey blocking Sweden's application to join NATO, and copious amounts of Eastern-style bartering with US diplomats, the Turkish parliament has finally done the minimum required by the alliance's most troublesome and irresponsible ally. Turkey severely abused its ability to block new nations from joining NATO, while much less than optimal US appeasement policy towards Turkey protracted Sweden's bid for acceptance. #Sweden #NATO #Turkey --- 📧 info@strategyinternational.org ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eP2aK2fX 🗺️ 24 Minoos Street, Strovolos, CY-2042, Nicosia #strategyinternational #thinktank #policy #highlight

Sweden has crossed the final(?) hurdle on the route to joining NATO. However, while further confirming the Russian invasion of Ukraine as the greatest blunder in Russian geostrategy since the fall of the USSR, ascession of Sweden into NATO leaves a vaccum on the international stage. Swedish neutrality held a special place as an advocate for humanitarian international politics, from their contribution to the UN, their condemnation of human rights violations in Pinochet's Chile, the Algerian War of Independence, and the Vietnam War, their criticism of racial segregation in Apartheid South Africa and Israel, and a providing a safe haven for voices calling for self determination for Kurdistan and Palestine. While NATO membership for Sweden is certainly something to celebrate, this leaves a vaccum, that I for one, believe would be a shame not to fill. I hope that other neutral countries will take up the baton that Sweden has carried for so long, as it is sorely needed. #humanrights #sweden #NATO #neutrality #europe #internationalrelations