Finnish and Swedish membership in NATO brings the two countries even closer together

Finnish and Swedish membership in NATO brings the two countries even closer together

Byprojectinresponse.com

by Hanna Ojanen, Research Director, Tampere University & inRESPONSE Researcher Finland’s newly elected President Alexander Stubb recently paid his first state visit to Stockholm, as per tradition for Finnish presidents. This time a lot has changed: now the two countries are in NATO. Understandably, NATO was one of the central topics during the visit. In his…

The European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): Indispensable security institutions in the eyes of Ukrainians

The European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): Indispensable security institutions in the eyes of Ukrainians

ByFrancesca Leso

by Francesca Leso, PhD Candidate at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona & inRESPONSE Researcher When Russia invaded Ukraine at the dawn of February 24, 2022, one of the Kremlin’s main strategic goals was to secure Ukraine’s notorious ‘neutrality status’. Two years into the war, it would appear that Russia has achieved exactly the opposite. Public support…