Finland’s defense model is built around wearing down a Russian invasion, and NATO membership turns that national doctrine into alliance leverage. This breakdown explains why the border, the Baltic, and Russia’s northern nuclear infrastructure suddenly look far more exposed,

A new NATO command center began operations in Finland on Sept. 1, situated roughly 250 kilometers (150 miles) from the Russian city of St. Petersburg. The alliance's Multi-Corps Land Component Command (MCLCC) in the city of Mikkeli, launched in cooperation ...

Britain's foreign minister will call for NATO to step up its work in the Arctic to safeguard regional interests against Russia.

Finland is at the center of new nuclear anxieties in Europe after a little-known Finnish politician claimed the country’s leadership is “secretly” considering hosting nuclear weapons, even as Russia deploys nuclear‑capable missiles in Ukraine and Hungary warns that NATO allies are pushing the continent toward direct war with Moscow.

Finland used to follow a policy of neutrality, staying out of military alliances, especially to avoid upsetting Russia. That changed in April 2023 when Finland joined NATO, abandoning decades of staying neutral. Since joining, Finland has dramatically ...

Finland officially joined NATO on Tuesday, a historic realignment triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but the head of the military alliance said no more troops would be sent to the Nordic country unless it asked for help. Russia has already warned ...

GENEVA — Finland’s Air Force, now part of NATO, still flies swastikas on a handful of unit flags — but is preparing to phase them out, largely to avoid awkwardness with its Western allies. The history of the Finnish air force’s use of the swastika ...

President Joe Biden and dozens of other world leaders continue to hold meetings on Wednesday, one day after NATO announced the potential addition of two new countries. Turkey announced it is dropping its opposition to allowing Sweden and Finland from ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BRUSSELS (AP) — Finland is set to join NATO on Tuesday, days after Turkey ratified the Nordic ...

HELSINKI, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Hungary has promised to ratify the NATO bids of Finland and Sweden in early February of 2023, Finnish foreign minister Pekka Haavisto said on Wednesday. "This was a positive message ... It specifically emphasized that Finland ...

The aggressor country Russia is exhausted by the war in Ukraine and cannot pose a large-scale military threat to NATO. However, the Kremlin is capable of challenging Article 5. This was told in an interview aired on "Studio West" by Pekka Toveri, the former head of Finnish military intelligence and a member of the European Parliament.