Why Indo-Pacific security matters to Finland
Rory Medcalf
13.03.2024
The future of the world will be decided here.
The future of the world will be decided here.
It is important to define a concept of cognitive security for democratic resilience.
Climate change can impact different aspects of human security.
Finland accommodates a substantial Russian-speaking populace.
Russia still believes that the small states around its periphery should by rights be governed from Moscow
The degree to which Finland and Sweden participate in the NATO nuclear mission will be a closely-watched affair.
If countries around the Baltic Sea could choose one word to describe their current challenges, it would be “security“. If asked to add a second word, for Estonia and some others it would be Russia“.
Washington should recognize that European defense presents an opportunity. As the U.S. struggles to gear itself up for sustained period of great power competition against China, having a more militarily capable European partner is an asset.
With the onset of AI-powered technologies it is of utmost importance to consider the holistic impact of such technologies on national security and democracy.
Finnish defense policy has come to resemble a Rubik’s cube. Each color of the cube represents a distinctive cooperative relationship. The toy cube is only as strong the skeleton core that keeps its squares together. Similarly, the strength of Finland’s international defense cooperation ultimately depends on its national efforts.
The assumption that in hybrid warfare the risk of military escalation and political damage could be kept within limits may at the same time increase the likelihood of its offensive use. For this reason, it is more than likely that hybrid warfare in various manifestations will shape the “face of war” in the 21st century.
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