Did the West provoke Moscow? Comment on Sweden's and Finland's forthcoming accession to NATO:
1. In principle, the forthcoming northern enlargement of NATO does not change much in the geopolitics of Europe.
CC: @Konflikt_Sicher @Geopoliti_org @GeopoliticsMag @GSPSipo @debates_eu
1. In principle, the forthcoming northern enlargement of NATO does not change much in the geopolitics of Europe.
CC: @Konflikt_Sicher @Geopoliti_org @GeopoliticsMag @GSPSipo @debates_eu
@Konflikt_Sicher @Geopoliti_org @GeopoliticsMag @GSPSipo @debates_eu @LiberaleModerne @TerekMedia @UkrVerstehen @AKHF_V @intercourier_ua @vneshpol @DipAcademyUA @LawUkrainian @ukraine_world @post_ukrainian 2. Sweden and Finland have, ever since the emergence of NATO, been informal parts of the Western military alliance. However, the conceptual and discoursive repercussions of this new NATO expansion toward the Russian Federation cannot be overestimated.
3. The accession to NATO of Finland doubles the length of the NATO-Russia border. Sweden's and Finland's entry into the alliance was explicitly warned against by Moscow's statements in 2021.
4. Yet, the reaction of the Kremlin to #NATO's decision to admit the two Scandinavian countries was restrained. This muted response falsifies the thesis, still popular in the West and elsewhere, that #NATOenlargement since the 1990s has been the main driver of the current crisis.
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