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Finland has been a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) since 4 April 2023. [1]In the aftermath of World War II, following the formation of NATO in 1949 and throughout the Cold War, Finland maintained a position of neutrality, in what became known as Finlandization, in the face of its often complicated relations with the Soviet Union.
Enlargement of NATO. Chronology of membership of the European portion of NATO. NATO is a military alliance of thirty-two European and North American countries that constitutes a system of collective defense. The process of joining the alliance is governed by Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which allows for the invitation of "other ...
Finland joined the NATO military alliance Tuesday, dealing a major blow to Russia with a historic realignment of the continent triggered by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The Nordic country's ...
Finland shares a more than 800-mile border with Russia, which views any expansion of NATO toward its territory as a grave security threat. Sweden sits on Finland's western flank and is also ...
NATO has 12 original founding member states. Three more members joined between 1952 and 1955, and a fourth joined in 1982. Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has added 16 more members from 1999 to 2024. [2] NATO currently recognizes Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, and Ukraine as aspiring members as part of their Open Doors enlargement policy. [3]
Finland and Sweden joined 14 NATO allies in a June 6, 2022, military exercise on the Baltic Sea. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty ImagesNo one should be surprised by the decision made by the ...
Both countries applied for NATO membership on 18 May 2022. Finland became a member on 4 April 2023, while Sweden became a member on 7 March 2024. Both countries are full members of the European Union, NATO and of the Council of Europe. Switzerland: 29 January 1926: Finland recognised Switzerland on January 29, 1926. Finland has an embassy in Bern.
Aug. 5—DULUTH — A panel of experts on July 28 discussed what Finland and Sweden's membership in NATO means for the security of Europe and the U.S. in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.