Thinking Global Podcast – Henri Vanhanen
Henri Vanhanen talks about Finland joining NATO alongside Finnish Foreign and Defence Policy broadly, following-up on his popular Op-Ed ’Finland and NATO Membership’.
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Finland to formally join Nato within days, Jens Stoltenberg says
After Turkish ratification, Helsinki says move will improve regional stability and securityRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesFinland will formally be welcomed into Nato “within days” after Turkey’s ratification of the Baltic country’s accession t…
Russian APT group Winter Vivern targets email portals of NATO and diplomats
Russian hacking group Winter Vivern has been actively exploiting Zimbra flaws to steal the emails of NATO and diplomats. A Russian hacking group, tracked Winter Vivern (aka TA473), has been actively exploiting vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-27926) in unpatched Zimbra instances to gain access to the emails of NATO officials, governments, military personnel, and diplomats. The CVE-2022-27926 flaw […]
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Turkish Parliament Approves Finland’s NATO Membership
A view from a session of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (TBMM) General Assembly in the capital Ankara, Türkiye, Oct. 4, 2022. (AA Photo) BBC: Turkey approves Finland Nato membership bid Finland will become the 31st member of Nato af…
Finland’s way into Nato clears as hold-out Turkey votes in favour
Parliament in Ankara passes bill allowing membership after second-to-last objector, Hungary, voted in favourTurkey’s parliament has approved a bill to allow Finland to join Nato, clearing the way for Helsinki to join the western defence alliance as war…
Welcome to NATO: Finland clears Turkish hurdle, will join military alliance in coming weeks
Sweden, meanwhile, remains on the outside looking in, as Turkey and Hungary have not moved to approve its membership.
Germany signs $201M contract for 10 PzH2000 howitzers to replenish stocks sent to Ukraine
Berlin’s artillery capabilities will still not be up to parity compared with pre-Ukraine war stocks once the 10 howitzers are delivered, as 14 units have been donated to Kyiv.
NATO orders additional A330 MRTT aircraft
Airbus, the planemaker unit of the European aerospace group EADS, has announced the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has ordered an additional Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), increasing the Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) to 10…
UK tests 7 uncrewed systems for Heavy Lift Challenge future capabilities program
UASHLC has been designed to explore future uncrewed maritime concepts, including assessment of ship-to-ship (intra-theater) and ship-to-shore (inter-theater) beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) resupply operations, potentially covering uncrewed deliver…
Belarus Blames West, NATO Pressure For Decision To Host Russian Nuclear Weapons
Topol-M Nuclear capable ICBM use by Russian Strategic Missile TroopsMinsk: Belarus has blamed "unprecedented pressure" from the United States, Great Britain and their NATO allies for the decision to host Russian tactical weapons in its territory, according to the statement released by Belarus’ Foreign Ministry in response to TASS agency’s question.According to the statement, Belarus said, "Over