Finland’s Self-Defence Strategies

Vinayaraj V.K.

International Studies, 2011, vol. 48, issue 3-4, 257-280

Abstract: The essay examines the threats and challenges that Finland has perceived first from imperial Russia, then from the Soviet Russia and now from the Russian Federation. Apart from studying the dynamics of Finland–Russia relations, it looks specifically at the Finnish responses for ensuring its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity in general and the self-defence strategies adopted by Finland in dealing with potential threats from Russia in particular. This is done in the context of Paul Schroeder’s categorization of self-defence strategies.

Keywords: Balancing; bandwagoning; hiding; perception; Schroeder; security threats; self-defence; strategy; strong state; weak state (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1177/0020881713485019

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