Thanks for fixing the link. Nice heroic war story, but I have to say it is pretty bold suggesting Finland as any sort of a model both in terms of its territorial loss from that war (which at 11% is just about spot-on the proportion of a pre-2014 Ukraine less Crimea and the Donbas), as well as the subsequent experience of Finlandization, which would seem to suit the Kremlin just fine as a solution with Ukraine.
Worth noting however, I completely agree with your highlighting the importance of a strong civil society/social cohesion in resisting. Unfortunately, developing a Nordic/Scandi level of cohesion in Ukraine is probably not in the cards in the remotely foreseeable future.
First link went to some blog site in Europe..... (Not USNI)
And the second goes to USNI blog, but does not load. A search of their site finds no entry by the Cdr.
Noticed same issue of neither link working earlier. Wondering if the USNI link embargoed for publishing later today, or something.
Thanks for fixing the link. Nice heroic war story, but I have to say it is pretty bold suggesting Finland as any sort of a model both in terms of its territorial loss from that war (which at 11% is just about spot-on the proportion of a pre-2014 Ukraine less Crimea and the Donbas), as well as the subsequent experience of Finlandization, which would seem to suit the Kremlin just fine as a solution with Ukraine.
Worth noting however, I completely agree with your highlighting the importance of a strong civil society/social cohesion in resisting. Unfortunately, developing a Nordic/Scandi level of cohesion in Ukraine is probably not in the cards in the remotely foreseeable future.