title: Finland's role in the European Union's foreign policy: from neutrality to NATO membership
abstract: Finland, as a small but strategically important country in Northern Europe, has always pursued a policy of neutrality as the core of its foreign policy. This policy was adopted during the Cold War to avoid conflicts with the two blocs of East and West, allowing Finland to remain safe from military and political threats. With the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Finland joined the European Union in 1995 and aligned its foreign policy with the values and goals of this o
journal: Revista Moldovenească de Drept Internaţional şi Relaţii Internaţionale