March 15, 2024 Issue

In Focus

New to NATO

Kungsangen, Sweden: Members of the Swedish Armed Forces participate in a military exercise 20 miles outside of Stockholm on February 27. The day before, Hungary, the last country to do so, approved Sweden’s NATO application, solidifying the strategic coalition around the Baltic Sea. Support for NATO membership in Sweden and neighboring Finland grew following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine two years ago.
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