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Why entry of Finland and Sweden into Nato will affect Asia
As Nato gains strength via the Nordic states, Russia has more reasons to draw closer to China as the geopolitical contest in the Arctic hots up.
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Sweden’s accession would clinch Nato’s control of the Baltic Sea and put a strategic squeeze on Russia, in turn pushing it closer to Beijing.
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Finland’s participation in the just-concluded Nato summit as its 31st member, and Sweden’s impending entry, would seem at first glance to be one of those faraway events that Asians watching from a distance would shake their heads about.
Europeans and their perennial great games!
