Sweden, Finland Win U.S. Security Aid Pledge on Road to NATO
- Nordic countries worry about Russian retaliation to entry bid
- ‘Various forms’ of security assurances pledged by U.S.
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Sweden and Finland are starting to win assurances of help if threatened by Russia in the interim period between an expected application to join defense alliance NATO and an eventual entry.
The two Nordic countries, which began to seriously consider joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have worried of an insecure “gray period” on the doorstep of the bloc, before full membership unlocks its collective security guarantees. Russia has repeatedly warned both with potential consequences.