Finlandization (suomettuminen; finlandisering; Finnlandisierung) is the process by which one powerful country strongly influences the policies of a smaller neighboring country. The term literally means `to become like Finland` referring to the influence of the Soviet Union on Finland`s policies during the Cold War. The term is generally conside......
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Political term for the tendency of a small state to shape its foreign policy so as to accommodate a much more powerful neighbour, taken from the example of Finland's former foreign policy with...
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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. · such a neutral status pursued as a deliberate act of policy by a lesser power.
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