Case of Finland and Sweden in NATO groupingWhen NATO welcomed Finland as its 31st member in April 2023 after considerable delay over Turkey’s reservations, the prospects for another Baltic state, Sweden, brightened. In fact, Russia’s aggression in Ukraine prompted Finland and Sweden to reconsider their traditions of military nonalignment and contemplate joining NATO. Turkey is an influential member of the NATO alliance. Controversy over a NATO office in TokyoThe other significant development as an upshot of the Ukraine crisis is the talk of opening NATO liaison office in Tokyo. Macron was thus not favourable to the NATO liaison office idea in Tokyo.

Source: New York Times June 26, 2023 17:58 UTC