You can get in touch with John by emailing j.feng@newsweek.com Sweden and Finland, NATO's newest members, reported separate airspace violations by Russian military planes in the past week amid a ...

Finland, along with its neighbor Sweden, applied to join NATO in May 2022, reversing decades-long policies of maintaining military neutrality on the global stage. Russia's ongoing, unprovoked war ...

Satellite imagery has revealed an increase in Russia's military activity near its border with Finland signaling its intention to beef up its troops by NATO 's eastern flank.

To the South, Sweden and Finland’s membership gives the alliance an edge in the Baltic Sea, a strategic waterway bordered by Russia’s St. Petersburg, as well as some of NATO’s most ...

Although Sweden does not border Russia, it is very close to it. Political factions in Finland and Sweden determined that their countries required the security guarantees reserved to membership in ...

A United States reconnaissance aircraft specializing in signals intelligence continued its spy flight since being deployed in Europe this month and flew near the far northwest part of Russia on ...

But look closer and the geopolitical blowback and deal-making expands to include a ... effect. Sweden and Finland had long pursued policies of formal military non-alignment, but Russia's invasion ...

A rare United States reconnaissance aircraft specializing in signals intelligence conducted its second spy flight since reaching Europe last week on Monday as it flew near Russia's Western borders.The ...

After Russia invaded Ukraine, that changed. Now Finland is part of NATO, and Sweden hopes to join soon ... Davis Jr. told Reuters. Maps showing marine traffic through the Baltic Besides opening ...

After nearly two years of negotiations, Sweden follows Finland, which was accepted into ... is a right-wing nationalist who has forged close ties with Russia. The country cited criticism from ...

And with neighboring Finland having joined ... may reshape Europe's security map. The first issue: Sweden and the Baltic Sea. The waterway is shared with Russia and it's a strategically important ...

NATO leaders formally invited Finland and Sweden ... in the wake of Russia’s deadly war in Ukraine. The declaration applauded the efforts by Turkey, Finland and Sweden on their timely ...