Finland

Appeasement is an incentivizing force behind Turkey’s pursuit of strategic autonomy and extortion.

We should seek a summit meeting with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Torgau in Germany. We need a negotiated end to the current war in Ukraine.

Long-time neutrals Sweden and Finland appear poised to apply for NATO membership, perhaps as early as this month or during next month’s NATO summit. If these Nordic neighbors do join the alliance, this dramatic change in the European security landscape will be good for them—and for NATO.

Over the centuries, the neutrality of some countries has provided many benefits, including for international law and global diplomacy.