“We were victorious, but you won” (Мы победили, но вы выиграли) was the wry comment of a famous Russian author when I showed him around the Finnish Embassy in Moscow. It is an imposing white building in functionalist style, dating from 1938, located in…
Författararkiv: René Nyberg
Ryssland, Ryssland, Ryssland
Det var många som fick kaffet i vrångstrupen när försvarsminister Jyri Häkämies i september 2007 konstaterade i Washington att Finlands tre aktuella säkerhetsutmaningar är ”Venäjä, Venäjä ja Venäjä”. Det var ju inget fel med ministerns analys, men han …
The Finnish and Swedish Path to NATO – similarities and dissimilarities
The similarities are obvious. A systematic adoption of NATO norms and standards to turn both armies into NATO-compatible forces. A strong reaction in the spring of 2014 to the annexation of Crimea and drawing of identical consequences of the changed st…