“Enlarging NATO is exactly the opposite of what Putin envisioned when he ordered his tanks to invade Ukraine,” Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said ahead of the vote.
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“Finland never bought into the idea of East-West peace lasting forever following the collapse of the Soviet Union,” and now seems prescient in its defense investments, writes Robbin Laird.
By Robbin Laird
“I think [a Nordic air operations center] would be a benefit for us, and it can be a benefit for NATO,” said Maj. Gen. Rolf Folland, chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
By Valerie Insinna
“We’re going to step up. We’re stepping up,” US President Joe Biden said. “We’re proving that NATO is more needed now than it ever has been and it’s as important as it has ever been.”
By Aaron Mehta
Sweden will lift an arms embargo on Turkey and the three nations will work more closely on counter-terrorism issues, per an agreement.
By Aaron Mehta
As Turkey blocks Sweden and Finland’s entry into NATO, the F-35 is not a carrot the US will dangle, Adam Smith says.
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With a wary eye on Russia, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said that so far it’s mostly quiet on the eastern front.
By Andrew Eversden
Gen. Christopher Cavoli, nominee for Supreme Allied Commander Europe, said that NATO nations could supply more air and missile defense technology, armor vehicles and more.
By Andrew Eversden
There has been so much focus on whether Finland would join NATO that few have questioned what happens if it does. Here are 5 key areas to watch.
By Rasmus Hindrén
After decades of balancing between NATO and Russia, the two nations have formally submitted their paperwork to join the alliance.
By Aaron Mehta
It is the Swedish “Government’s assessment is that NATO membership is the best way to protect Sweden’s security in light of the fundamentally changed security environment following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”
By Aaron Mehta
The new talks come after a spate of other deals were already made public.
By Arie Egozi
“We have to review all of our plans, we have to look at the investments,” Gen. Eirik Kristoffersen, Norway’s chief of defense, told Breaking Defense in a May 12 interview, just hours after Finland made its NATO move official.
By Aaron Mehta
“The coming of Sweden and Finland will not look like the Eastern expansion, but more akin to the Spanish development, whereby older national traditions are re-defined and new defense approaches shaped,” writes Robbin Laird.
By Robbin Laird