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The Finns Are Ready to Deter Russia

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The Finns Are Ready to Deter Russia
Finnish flag (front), together with European Union country flags, in Lahti, Finland, in a file photo. Gerard Cerles/AFP/Getty Images
Austin Bay
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On March 27, Hungary’s parliament overwhelmingly approved Finland’s application to join NATO. Finland and Sweden, both Cold War neutrals, applied to join NATO in May 2022.

Austin Bay
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Austin Bay is a colonel (ret.) in the U.S. Army Reserve, author, syndicated columnist, and teacher of strategy and strategic theory at the University of Texas–Austin. His latest book is “Cocktails from Hell: Five Wars Shaping the 21st Century.”
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