FINLAND AND SWEDEN'S NATO MEMBERSHIP Flashcards
WHAT IS OSCE FULLFORM? WHAT IS ITS STATUS IN UN?
ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE; WORLD’S LARGEST SECURITY ORIENTED INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
OBSEVER STATUS
WHICH ARE THE 2 EU MEMBERS THAT HAVENT JOINED THE NATO AND WHEN DID THEY JOIN EU?
FINLAND AND SWEDEN ; JOINED EU 1995
WHICH 2 WARS CHANGED THE RELATIONS BETWEEN FINLAND AND SOVIET UNION?
THE WINTER WAR OF 1939 (1st Soviet-Finnish War)AND CONTINUATION WAR(Second Soviet-Finnish War) OF 1941-1944
Continuation war- Soviet Union VS finland and Nazi germany
WHICH DOCTRINE POSITIONED FINLAND AS A NEUTRAL COUNTRY DURING THE COLD WAR WHICH LED TO MAINTAINCE OF GOOD RELATION WITH WEST AND EAST?
PAASIKIVI -KEKKONEN DOCTRINE ( BOTH FINLAND PRESIDENTS)
WHICH COUNTRY SIGNED THE PAASIKIVI AND KEKKONEN TREATY?When was it signed?
FINLAND,, Named after thier presidents
April 1948
WHICH TREATY SERVED A MAIN INSTRUMENT IN FINLAND AND SOVIET RELATIONS FROM WHAT TIMELINE?
PAASIKIVI- KEKKONEN DOCTRINE - 1948-1992
WHICH NATION CREATED NEUTRAL SCANDAVIAN DEFENSE ALLIANCE, INCLUDED WHICH ALL MEMBERS WHICH FAILED AFTER WORLD WAR 2?
SWEDEN CREATED IN 1948 WITH NORWAY ,, DENMARK AND FINLAND WHICH FAILED AND WAS COMPELLED TO ALIGN WITH NATO
WHAT ARE THE 2 DRAFT AGREEMENTS BY RUSSIA TO US AND NATO?
- END EASTWARD EXPANSION, DENY MEMBERSHIP TO EX- SOVIET STATES LIKE UKRAINE
- BAN US FROM COOPERATING MILITARILY WITH FORMER SOVIET STATES
WHY ISNT FINLAND A PART OF NATO?
IT IS A PART OF THE NATO’S PEACE PROGRAMME;
- DIDNT REDUCE MILITARY FOLLOWING THE COLD WAR ( A WAR BETWEEN SOVIET UNION AND US1947-1991)
- SHARES 1340 KM BORDER WITH RUSSIA ENSURING IT CAN PROTECT ITSELF
WHICH EU COUNTRY SHARES THE LONGEST BORDER WITH RUSSIA?
FINLAND 1340 KM
WHO IS RUSSIA FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON?
MARIA ZAKHAROVA, foreign minister is Sergi Lavrov
WHICH WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND FINLAND CREATED A STRONG MILITARY PROWESS TO FINLAND?
RUSSIAN -FINNNISH WINTER WAR 1939-1940( WHEREIN IT DIDNOT REDUCE ITS MILITARYAND STRENGTHENED ITS MILITARY)
WHICH COUNTRY HAS REMAINED A NEUTRAL STANCE FOR 200 YEARS? AND WHEN DID IT JOIN THE NATO PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE PROGRAMME?
SWEDEN( 1814 WAS THE LAST WAR); 1994
NATO MILITARY ALLIANCE WAS ESTABLISHED WHEN AND THROUGH WHICH TREATY?
4TH APRIL 1949 ; NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ( WASHINGTON TREATY)
WHAT DOES THE ARTICLE 5 OFTHE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY SAY?
IF ONE MEMBER IS ATTACKED IN EUROPE , OR AMERCIA IT IS AN ATTACK TO ALL - “ NUCLEAR UMBRELLA”
NATO HEADQUARTER?Nato secretary general?Who is the most recent NATO member ?
BOULEVARD LEOPARD 3 IN BRUSSELS BELGIUM
Jens stoltenberg
North Macedonia
SWEDEN HAS NOT PARTICIPATED IN ANY WAR SINCE WHICH YEAR AND WHAT IS THE LAST WAR IT PARTICIPATED IN?
THE SWEDEN - NORWEGIAN WAR ( 1814) ; 1814 IS THE LAST WAR
Who is the Prime minister of Finnland and Sweden?
Finland-Sanna Marin
Sweden-Magdalena Andersson.
When was the only time Article 5 of NATO was invoked?
11 September 2001 terrorist attacks AKA 9/11
Terrorist attacks by Al-Qaeda.
Article 5-Article 5 provides that if a NATO Ally is the victim of an armed attack, each and every other member of the Alliance will consider this act of violence as an armed attack against all members and will take the actions it deems necessary to assist the Ally attacked
WHAT HAS RUSSIA TOLD IF FINLAND AND SWEDEN JOIN THE NATO?
DEPLOYMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS NEAR BALTIC SEA;
WHICH ENCLAVE OF RUSSIA IS SANDWITCHED IN EUROPE?
KALININGRAD ENCLAVE BETWEEN POLAND AND LITHUANIA;
IT WAS FORMERLY PRUSSIAN PORT AND LIES 1400 KM FROM LONDON AND 500 KM FROM BERLIN
