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28 May 2009
The term Finlandisation has dropped out of current diplomatic usage, since Finland has long since quit this state of affairs and Russia is not the Soviet Union. But still the term has stuck in the terminology of international relations texts with a distinct meaning: generically, a small state that acquiesces in the hard security sphere of influence of an authoritarian and hegemonic neighbour, while belonging at the same time to the liberal democratic and economic regime of the West.
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Author | Michael Emerson |
Series | CEPS Commentaries |
Publisher | Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) |
Copyright | © 2009 Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) |