The Norwegian Government strengthens Norway’s air defence by ordering new NASAMS air defence systems from Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace. It pledges to be committed to NATO’s 2 percent guideline in its defence budget. The Norwegian government is set to bolster its air defense capabilities with new investments in NASAMS (National Advanced Surface to Air
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Yevgeny Prigozhin is no Ceasar, nor Yeltsin – and Vladimir Putin is not Pompeius the Great. History never repeats itself, but Yeltsin and Caesar did manifest themselves as saviours of the republic and defenders of the citizen. But in the end, they both crushed democracy, regardless of their original intentions. By Jaakko Puuperä, Editor-in-Chief of
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Risto E. J. Penttilä Finland and Sweden’s membership in NATO is a boost for Nordic cooperation. Is it time for a new Kalmar Union? If so, should the Baltic states be part of it? The original Kalmar Union combined the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden in the Middle Ages. It ended exactly five hundred
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According to the historian Michael De Groot, the oil crisis forced Soviet policymakers to confront the limits of their energy industry and the effects of the crisis on their East European allies. Just as in the ongoing Russian invasion to Ukraine, the price of oil has played a major role in several conflicts in the
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What determines how nations perceive their own security? President Mauno Koivisto answered that with a whole book. It was called: Geography and historical experience. By Jaakko Iloniemi When we think about our own history and the history of our neighboring countries, that observation is confirmed. During the Second World War, the experiences of five Nordic
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