Nordic reactions to the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Nordic Horizons)

What do Russia’s immediate Nordic neighbours – Finland and Norway – want to see happen in the wake of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine? Should NATO react or has expansion already given Putin a useful pretext for aggression?

All eyes are on Ukraine, Belarus and the Baltic Republics as the Russian President threatens further military action. But the confrontation-avoiding, peace-keeping Nordic nations are also on high alert.

Would Russian military action against one Nordic nation or Baltic neighbour produce a military response by all of Scandinavia? Can Finland’s long-standing neutrality policy survive? Is NATO about to gain two new Nordic members – or is this being hyped up by countries like the US and UK which might have their own motives and agendas?

Speakers:

• Dr. Hans Mouritzen, Senior Researcher, Foreign policy and diplomacy, Danish Institute for International Studies
• Dr. Johanna Vuorelma, Centre for European Studies, University of Helsinki
• Dr. Iver B. Neumann, Director, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway
• Professor Lynn Jamieson, Chair Scottish CND

Chaired by Lesley Riddoch, broadcaster, journalist and Director of Nordic Horizons.