Finlandization
Americannoun
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the neutralization of a country in terms of its allegiance to the superpowers, in the way that the Soviet Union rendered Finland neutral and friendly without making it a satellite state or requiring that it adopt Communism.
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such a neutral status pursued as a deliberate act of policy by a lesser power.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Finlandization
Example Sentences
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This deal—which codified a mix of mutual interest, leeriness, and respect—marked the beginning of Finlandization.
From Slate • May 16, 2022
He is compared by some to Urho Kekkonen, who took power in 1956 and ruled Finland for 25 years, during the so-called Finlandization period of the Cold War.
From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2022
Yet the model surfaced again this week, when President Emmanuel Macron of France was asked by a reporter during his shuttle diplomacy in Moscow for talks whether Finlandization was a possibility for Ukraine.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2022
The eventual goal is a gradual Finlandization in which certain bloc countries move toward Western-style market economies and adopt the political democratization that goes with them, reducing the adversarial nature of the East-West relationship.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was the father of a peculiarly Finnish policy that he dubbed "active neutrality" and that his critics scorned as "Finlandization."
From Time Magazine Archive
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