Debate of the day
Should NATO be enlarged?
Audio 29:30
If Finland joined, the land borders between the NATO countries and Russia would suddenly double, reaching almost 2,600 kilometres.
REUTERS - DADO RUVIC
By: Romain Auzouy
1 min
The question was revived by the Russian invasion and the possible integration of Ukraine into the Alliance.
In recent weeks two other countries have expressed their wish to join NATO: Sweden and Finland.
Things are moving very quickly concerning Helsinki, which has launched the debate in Parliament with the aim of announcing a candidacy at the next NATO summit at the end of June.
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Recently judged to be “brain dead”, can the Alliance gain in power?
Would enlargement constitute a bulwark against threats or a risk of exacerbating them?
With our guests
:
- Guillaume Lasconjarias
, associate professor at Paris Sorbonne, doctor of history, former researcher at the NATO Defense College, specialist in Alliance transformation issues
- Olivier Schmitt
, Professor of Political Science at the Center for War Studies at the University of Southern Denmark
- Bruno Tertrais
, Deputy Director of the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS)
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