Foreign Investments and National Security : Finland’s Approach




Mäkinen, Hanna; Liuhto, Kari

Godzimirski, Jakub M.; Andersen, Morten Skumsrud

PublisherSpringer Nature Switzerland

2024

International political economy series

The Political Economy of National Security, Critical Infrastructure and Securitization of Foreign Investments

International Political Economy Series

123

154

978-3-031-71403-0

978-3-031-71404-7

2662-2483

2662-2491

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71404-7_5

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71404-7_5

https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/477667344



This chapter provides detailed insights into how questions related to foreign investments and national security are addressed in Finland. What makes studying the Finnish case both interesting and relevant is the geographical proximity to Russia, the relatively high level of economic interaction between the two countries, a particular Finnish approach to cooperation with Russia influenced strongly by history, and not least the specific Finnish approach to national security that has over the past decades been based on the idea of self-reliance but has undergone a dramatic turn in the wake of Russian aggression against Ukraine resulting in the decision of Finland to join NATO announced in 2022.



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