As my colleague Streiff talked about yesterday, right this moment marks the day Finland formally joins NATO. The multi-national alliance is 74 years outdated as of right this moment, and the addition of Finland, in addition to a attainable addition of Sweden quickly, considerably expands the borders of the alliance in jap Europe, posing a risk to Russian chief Vladimir Putin’s growth efforts.
As Streiff famous in his evaluation on Monday:
Finland’s path to NATO membership was cleared on Friday when Hungary’s…