NATO expansion in eastern Europe

Elisabeth Braw. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

What Finland can offer NATO

The end of neutrality for a famously neutral country would be a blow to Putin and enhance the alliance’s intelligence capabilities

Swedish soldiers take part in a military exercise called "Cold Response 2022", gathering around 30,000 troops from NATO member countries plus Finland and Sweden, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Evenes, Norway, March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Analysis

Why Putin faces 'more NATO' in the Arctic after Ukraine invasion

A member of the military holds a flag as they wait for the arrival of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau along with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Adazi, Latvia, March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
World+Biz

NATO to begin planning for more troops on eastern flank after Russia's Ukraine invasion

NATO flag is seen during NATO enhanced Forward Presence battle group military exercise Silver Arrow in Adazi, Latvia October 5, 2019. Photo :Reuters
Politics

NATO mulls longer-term military posture in eastern Europe, Stoltenberg says

A Ukrainian service member holds a next generation light anti-tank weapon (NLAW), supplied by Britain, during drills at Ukraine's International Peacekeeping Security Centre near Yavoriv, in the Lviv region, Ukraine, January 28, 2022. Photo :Reuters
Politics

Russia plays down hope of breakthrough ahead of Macron-Putin talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China February 4, 2022. Sputnik/Aleksey Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS
Politics

Russia and China tell NATO to stop expansion, Moscow backs Beijing on Taiwan