The future of European security: Belarus in NATO

 University of Turku.

- Professor Kari Liuhto has contributed to a new book, with a set of articles: "The Future of European Security: Belarus in NATO", published by the European Belarus Foundation. The editor, Andrei Sannikov, chairman of the European Belarus Foundation is also one of the authors: "A view from Belarus". Read the book online!

About the book: "The book comprises a set of articles written by distinguished authors with unique experiences and insights into the security issues within Eastern Europe. Each article provides a view of the regional security architecture of Eastern Europe from each author's respective country.

In his article, Professor Liuhto considers Finland's road to NATO. The article highlights the most significant developments in the Finnish security doctrine—starting from the Finno-Soviet Treaty of 1948 to Finland's gradual integration into Western political structures over the course of time. The article also ponders the drastic change in the minds of the Finnish people, which happened in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. This change sparked the political developments that finally detached Finland entirely from Russian influence—enabling Finland's accession to NATO."

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The full text and the link to the whole book! (pdf, Belarus in NATO, 115 pages)

https://www.utu.fi/en/news/news/the-future-of-european-security-could-belarus-become-a-member-of-nato

Andrei Sannikov, (chairman of the European Belarus Foundation) is the editor and one of the authors of the book. He is a belarusian diplomat and former presidential candidate living in exile. He worked in the Foreign Ministry of Belarus, was a Deputy Foreign Minister in 1995-96. Headed Belarusian delegations at conventional and nuclear disarmament negotiations. He resigned in protest against Lukashenko's policy in 1996.  He was a candidate at the 2010 presidential election in Belarus, and had the second highest percentage of the popular votes. Incarcerated and tortured in a Minsk KGB facility for peacefully protesting at a demonstration after the elections. After the release in 2012 he had to go into exile. (a presentation partly from the book)