Nina Vaskunlathi & Wolfgang Mühlberger: EUROPEAN SECURITY – A NORTHERN PERSPECTIVE

Eva Nowotny in conversation with Nina Vaskunlathi und
Wolfgang Mühlberger


EUROPEAN SECURITY – A NORTHERN PERSPECTIVE


 


Russia´s illegal military aggression against Ukraine and the
aggressive stance of President Putin against Europe have led in
almost all European countries to a reevaluation of their security
situation and policies. In view of the profoundly changed
security environment in Europe, the Government of Finland – with
its 1343 km common border and a historically charged relationship
to Russia – applied for NATO-membership in May 2022. Finland´s
neighbor Sweden did so simultaneously. – In both countries, this
historic step ending a long period of non-alignment – was based
on broad support in the population. Finland became NATO-member in
July 2023, Sweden in March 2024.


Eva Nowotny will discuss with her guests Nina Vaskunlahti,
Ambassador of Finland in Austria, and Wolfgang Mühlberger from
the Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation the impact of
NATO-membership on Finland´s foreign and security policy as well
as their expectations and ideas for the European Union and the
Western Alliance in a conflict-ridden international situation.


 


Nina Vaskunlahti, Ambassador of Finland in
Austria
Wolfgang Mühlberger, Senior Advisor MENA &
Strategy at CMI / Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation
Eva Nowotny, Ambassador
ret., Vice-President of Bruno Kreisky Forum