Finland and Sweden are poised to end decades of neutrality by joining NATO, a dramatic evolution in European security and geopolitics sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Here’s what you ...

Sweden and Finland are longtime allies and have been defense partners for decades. The NATO accession process may find them on dramatically different paths in their bids to join the military ...

With Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership, which is still pending, the famously shallow body of water would essentially become a sea surrounded almost exclusively by alliance countries, with ...

Sweden and Finland will continue their policies of close partnerships with NATO without applying for membership. Both countries will continue to seek strong bilateral partnerships, not only with each ...

NATO headquarters in Brussels on Feb. 7. (Olivier Matthys/AP) Are Finland and Sweden moving toward applying for membership in NATO after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression against ...

HELSINKI — Finland’s foreign minister suggested Tuesday that his country might consider joining NATO without neighboring Sweden if Turkey continues to block their joint bid to enter the ...

Turkey, in turn, agreed "to support at the 2022 Madrid Summit the invitation of Finland and Sweden to become members of NATO." Details of exactly what was agreed were unclear.

Officials from Sweden and Finland, who submitted applications to join NATO, visited Turkey Wednesday in hopes of winning the country's support for their bids.

Finland and Sweden's NATO membership applications are a major geopolitical blow to Vladimir Putin as the Russian leader's military struggles in Ukraine.

Turkey also accuses Sweden and Finland of harboring the followers of Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based Muslim cleric whom the Turkish government blames for a 2016 military coup attempt.

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Sweden and Finland are considering this week whether to join NATO. Both countries, which border Russia, had long favored staying out of the military and political alliance.