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Moscow’s Escalating Propaganda Against Finland: One Campaign, Three Distinct Targets

Security expert and MP Jarno Limnell recently raised the alarm over a noticeable shift in Moscow’s official communications: Russia has systematically intensified its propaganda machine against Finland. What we are witnessing is not diplomatic grumbling over NATO accession. It is … Continue reading →

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The Mirage of European Autonomy: Why Finland’s Embrace of French “Forward Deterrence” Changes Everything—and Nothing

The Finnish Ministry of Defence announced today (14.9.2026) that Finland has officially joined France’s bilateral dissuasion avancée (forward deterrence) initiative. According to Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen, the move strengthens Europe’s defense posture, deepens bilateral ties with Paris, and aligns Finland … Continue reading →

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The Kremlin’s Echoes in Helsinki: Moscow’s Latest Threats and Our Useful Idiots

Over the past few weeks, the official Russian noise machine has been operating at full capacity when it comes to Finland. From the marble halls of the Kremlin to Maria Zakharova’s Telegram channel and Dmitry Medvedev’s unhinged social media rants, … Continue reading →

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Proliferation Panic or Practical Defense? The Truth About Finland’s New Nuclear Legislation

Religiously following my go-to geostrategist, Peter Zeihan, I noticed he cut some serious corners in his recent vlog regarding Finland’s nuclear energy legislation. Zeihan paints a picture where Finland, realizing that American security guarantees are supposedly crumbling, has decided to … Continue reading →

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SACRED BLINDNESS: Cultural Suicide with the Blessing of State and Media

The Finnish welfare state has been constructed upon one central dogma: blind trust in institutions and the system. We have been taught that the comprehensive school equalizes, the authorities monitor, and the public broadcaster delivers the truth. This naive gullibility … Continue reading →

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Steel Rain from the North: Why Finnish Artillery is a Wake-up Call for NATO

To the civilian reader, this might sound like a relic of a more brutal age. To the modern NATO analyst, it might seem “unrefined.” But to the “Redlegs”—the artillerymen who understand the true weight of a 155mm shell—reading about an … Continue reading →

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The Invisible Reserve: Why Finland’s “Amateur” Army Is a Professional’s Nightmare

Dont worry, Even though this topic is extremely dear to my Finnish Reserve artillerist cold hard heart, I hope not to succumb to “pale hairy chest thumping” and “my army is better than your army” flamewarring. I hope to explain … Continue reading →

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The Lay of the Land in HX Program in January 2021

The air force and ministry of defense are getting ready to send final request for tender by the end of this month. We got some inkling what the bid entails from Foreign Military Sales permit from US Congress in October … Continue reading →

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Finland in Cold War vol I

Youtube treated me for an unexpectedly good generalization of Finland’s position in cold war era. I do realize it is hard to find Finland specific info about these things away from Finland. The video was product of the user/channel “Cold … Continue reading →

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Finland, NATO and NBP9 problems

There are great differences between Baltic, Nordic Poland, or BNP9, countries. Baltic countries Estonia Lithuania and Latvia ha too little manpower and too small economies to have really 1st rate national defense, and they thus need NATO to bolster them … Continue reading →

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