Finland's Security Solution in the Future

Finland's current security strategy will not prove beneficial for the nation without profound and concrete changes. Nordic and EU cooperation have been presented as alternatives to NATO membership. The complexity of taking into account the public opinion, Finnish political relation and the economic relations of both to Russia and the EU is point of the equation. As an EU-member state it cannot ignore any of these factors and it has to reconsider its foreign and security policy to coordinate the upcoming decisions over the European security arrangements. This paper examines different strategic security possibilities for Finland: 1) to rely on EU resources as a primary means for national security, 2) to rely on NATO capabilities, and 3) to rely on Nordic cooperation. The solution can also be a practical combination of all three. This paper concludes with recommendations based on consequences of each option.