Finland and Sweden are poised to end decades of neutrality by joining NATO, a dramatic evolution in European security and geopolitics sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Here’s what you ...

Sweden and Finland are set formally to end decades of neutrality and join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), in a historic breakthrough for the alliance that deals a blow to Russian ...

When NATO was established in 1949, two years into the Cold War, Finland and Sweden did not join. Finland shares a 1,300km (807-mile) border with Russia and gained independence from the nation in 1917.

MADRID — NATO leaders on Wednesday formally invited Finland and Sweden to join the alliance, one day after Turkey dropped its objections to their membership, clearing the way for what would be ...

One consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may be the exact thing Russian president Vladimir Putin, the war’s architect, has indicated he did not want: the enlargement of NATO, starting with ...

TIME: Before joining NATO, Sweden had a roughly 200-year tradition of neutrality and non-alignment. It remained neutral in World War I and World War II.

Turkey has lifted its veto over Finland and Sweden’s bid to join NATO, ending a weeks-long dispute that tested the unity of the alliance against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.. The breakthrough ...

Finland and Sweden joining NATO could put Trump’s GOP in the hot seat. April 12, 2022. 6 min. President Donald Trump speaks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House in 2018.

Sweden’s reluctance to join nato was always partly out of concern for its neighbour Finland, which the Swedes feared might be left isolated if it did so. Now that the Finns are shifting, Sweden ...

Eight parliamentary group leaders out of 10 expressed support either for joining NATO or aligning itself militarily, but some have warned against "rubber stamping" any such decision.

Turkey agreed on Monday to clear the way for Sweden to join NATO, a sudden reversal just hours after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the European Union should first advance his country ...

Russia does not want Finland or Sweden to join NATO and late last month, Moscow made its latest warning of "serious military-political consequences" if they did.