As NATO’s strategic priorities evolve, the accession of Finland and Sweden marks a significant shift in the alliance’s defense landscape. With ...

An attack against one member of NATO is considered an attack against the entire alliance, meaning both Finland and Sweden — the former of which shares a border with Russia — would be fiercely ...

Nato's newest members' spending commitments are already ahead of those expressed by several existing members. Last year, Finland spent 2.4% and Sweden 2.2% of their respective GDP on defence ...

The accession of Sweden and Finland will also "enable Nato to look at northern Europe as one big region, without a gaping hole in the map," Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt said, according to the ...

The Baltic Sea is now surrounded by NATO members, with Finland and Sweden having recently joined ... “If you look at the map, ...