Finlandization

English Etymology From en Finland ization, translating en de Finnlandisierung 1, referring to the political climate in Finland during the cold war in the view of a 1960s and 1970s West-German debate. Pronunciation en en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Finlandization.wav Southern England Noun - en geopolitics The process by which a smaller or less powerful sovereign state comes to abide by a more powerful neighbor's foreign policy rules, while retaining its independence. en Jason Horowitz Finns Don’t Wish ‘Finlandization’ on Ukraine (or Anyone) The New York Times 2022-02-09 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/world/europe/finlandization-ukraine-russia-nato.html 0362-4331 Yet the model surfaced again this week, when President Emmanuel Macron of France was asked by a reporter during his shuttle diplomacy in Moscow whether Finlandization was a possibility for Ukraine. He replied, “Yes, it is one of the options on the table.” https://web.archive.org/web/20251104211732/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/world/europe/finlandization-ukraine-russia-nato.html 4 November 2025 Related terms en Finlandize Translations the influence of a large state on a smaller one Albanian: sq Armenian: hy Belarusian: be фінляндызацыя f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 芬蘭化 Fēnlánhuà Danish: da finlandisering c Dutch: nl finlandisering Esperanto: eo Estonian: et soometumine Finnish: fi suomettuminen French: fr finlandisation f Georgian: ka ფინლანდიზაცია German: de Finnlandisierung f Greek: el φινλανδοποίηση f Hebrew: he פינלנדיזציה Hungarian: hu finlandizáció Icelandic: is Italian: it finlandizzazione Japanese: ja フィンランド化 Finrando-ka Korean: ko ^핀란드 화 Latvian: lv Lithuanian: lt Norwegian: no Polish: pl finlandyzacja f Portuguese: pt finlandização f Romanian: ro finlandizare f Russian: ru финляндиза́ция f Slovak: sk Spanish: es finlandización Swedish: sv finlandisering Ukrainian: uk en terms derived from toponyms en Finland