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Topic Reading-Vol.3691-5/20/2022
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Topic Reading-Vol.3691-5/20/2022
Dear MEL Topic Readers,
What you need to know about Finland, Sweden and NATO
Established in 1949 by 10 European states, the US, and Canada to cope with the Soviet and its satellite states, The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, usually called NATO, is an intergovernmental military alliance. The number of European member states has increased eastward to today’s 30. This expansion of the military alliance seems to have made Russia feel threatened. Though there is no militaristic dictator like Napoleon or Hitler in today’s western Europe, Russia won’t forget the deadly wars to defend their motherland even though NATO’s intention is to deter the Soviets from attacking western (now including central) European countries that are no match for Russia. But triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, two Scandinavian countries, Finland and Sweden, have announced that they are applying to become members of NATO to avoid becoming the next target of Russia. If Russia hadn’t invaded Ukraine, neither country would have sought to join the counter-Russia organization to avoid unnecessary provocation. European map seems to have been more distinctly divided by ally and enemy like a century ago. Does an alliance ever deter future aggression?
Read the article and see the map to learn what NATO could mean to Russia.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/14/europe/sweden-finland-nato-next-steps-intl/index.html
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