With Russia right across the border. Finland’s security policy. OSW Studies 73 May 2018
Journal: Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2018

Finland sees Russia as a source of opportunities and threats. On the one hand, Russia is an important trade partner and Finland believes that intensive political contacts with Russia provide a boost for its international profile as a non-aligned broker between the West and Russia. On the other hand, Finland is concerned by the Russian vision of the international order based on great powers’ spheres of influence, and by Russia’s increasing military capabilities. This is why Finland’s strategy tow