Finland’s Membership in NATO Is More Symbolically Important Than Militarily

Finland’s Membership in NATO Is More Symbolically Important Than Militarily

Finland’s membership in NATO consolidates the US’ successfully reasserted unipolar hegemony over Europe, which thus makes it the primary takeaway. There aren’t yet any serious military implications and might ultimately never be any unlike what the Mainstream Media fantasized, though the Alt-Media Community was also far off the mark in claiming that this development is…

US Sees in Finland’s NATO Accession Encirclement of Russia

US Sees in Finland’s NATO Accession Encirclement of Russia

The national flag of Finland was raised for the first time at the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in Brussels on Tuesday, which also marked the 74th anniversary of the western alliance. It signifies for Finland a historic abandonment of its policy of neutrality.  Not even propagandistically, anyone can say Finland has encountered…

The Turkish Move: Finland in Exchange for F-16s?

The Turkish Move: Finland in Exchange for F-16s?

Finland and Sweden are reported to have applied to join NATO in May 2022, ostensibly because they fear a military danger from Russia as Russian-Ukrainian military-political relations deteriorate. Yet in truth, neither then nor now, has Russia been a military danger to the Scandinavian nations. However, in case they join the alliance, Russia will have…

Will Finland Leave Sweden in the Lurch & Go It Alone to Join NATO?

Will Finland Leave Sweden in the Lurch & Go It Alone to Join NATO?

By publicly countenancing the scenario of decoupling his country’s NATO bid from Sweden’s despite backtracking under pressure just a day later, Finland’s top diplomat was very strongly signaling that he doesn’t expect the Swedish-Turkish deadlock to be resolved anytime soon. The cat is already out of the bag and Finland probably does indeed have this…

Is NATO’s Northern Expansion Really a Major Defeat for Russia?

Is NATO’s Northern Expansion Really a Major Defeat for Russia?

There are a few fatal flaws in this narrative that discredit the point being put forth. The US-led Western Mainstream Media (MSM) is busy pushing the weaponized information warfare narrative that Finland and Sweden’s invitation to join NATO is supposedly a major defeat for Russia that contradicts the aim that President Putin sought to achieve…