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2022 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Finland: Reckoning with a More Assertive and Authoritarian Russia
Author : Juha Jokela
Published in: Russia and the Future of Europe
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
The Ukraine crisis in 2014 sounded an alarm in Helsinki and powerfully manifested a notable change in the relatively stable security policy landscape of north-east Europe. This forced Finland to re-think its relations with Russia. In doing so, Helsinki has adopted a decisive position towards Russian aggression, yet at the same time has highlighted the need to find ways of lowering tensions. As a European Union Member State, it has done so from a much stronger and more stable position than previously. Given its history and geopolitical location, Finland is well positioned to contribute to and forge a unitary position among EU members towards EU-Russia relations.