Finlandization’s Harsh Realities, with Antti Ruokonen
The Lawfare Podcast
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The Soviet Union Still Does Control Your Destiny
The impact of finlandization, we've talked through the history of it. And some of the cases here, there's a mixed interpretation of it now. Is is that this cold war period, especially in the fifties and sixties, is this perceived as good strategic decision making by ceconin and others to preserve at least some semblance of finished independence? Or is it largely perceived as a tragedybe as finland did not truly exercise full sovereignty for many decades? Therein lies the int interesting point in itself. Because depending on whom you ask itsa the answers always differ, because the perception differs widely.
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