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How does Finland joining NATO affect Europe’s security architecture? | In Focus podcast

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The West's Competition With Russia Over Resources of the Arctic

Finland's membership of NATO is a critical thing because Russian military presence in that region is also pretty high. So with Finland becoming the 31st NATO member, definitely that is going to open more opportunities for the West. The next arena of competition would definitely be the Arctic where Russia has established itself as a major power. And now with the Arctic competition happening, it does, I mean, if Putin was thinking about it, maybe he would imagine that there is some kind of urn-circulment happeningAlso with this expansion of the land border with NATO.

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