“Finlandization” would appear to rule out that possibility, and allow Moscow a heavy hand in Ukrainian affairs — concessions Kyiv and NATO have rejected as unacceptable.

Whether Finlandization is an appropriate description for what is happening in Eastern Europe is still an open question. But one thing is certain: The political, ...

There has been some talk about Finlandization as a route to a peaceful resolution to the crisis that Putin has created over Ukraine. Whatever the rights and wrongs of such a solution, it won’t work.

As a result, the Finlandization of Ukraine would only be the first step in an infinitely more sinister rearrangement of what remained of its independence and its democracy, leaving it, probably ...

“I heard the term Finlandization on the 10 o’clock news last night,” said Marleene Rytioja, 35, as she chased her two-year-old son in the children’s section of the library, next to dozens ...

"Finlandization" remains a dirty word for the United States, which is Ukraine's biggest supplier of military aid and a stalwart backer. And for NATO, as well, ...

It was not so long ago, but for me as a Finn born in the 70s, all of this sounds distant. Finland is an active member of the European Union, we use the Euro as our currency and we are NATO partners.

Finns remember Finlandization as a time when the nation’s leaders had to kowtow to the Soviet Union. Finnish governments never condemned the Russian invasions of Hungary (1956), Czechoslovakia ...

"Finlandization is a model that belongs to the bin," said Sari Arho Havrén, visiting scholar at the University of Helsinki and associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

Op-Ed: Under Duterte, is the Philippines undergoing Finlandization? Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks to journalists in Yokohama, Japan on Oct. 27.

In the Wall Street Journal, Andrew F. Krepinevich writes that Beijing is moving aggressively to counter the U.S. ability to project power in Asia. Its goal: bring our allies under its sway.

Aaltola, the foreign policy expert, did not think Finlandization was good for Ukraine, or Finland either, and while he said the period was firmly in the country’s history, ...