Finlandize

finlandize English Finlandization Etymology From en Finland -ize. Verb en transitive politics To control a smaller or weaker nation's foreign policy through intimidation, while that nation remains nominally independent. en The Cold War: Origins and Developments Hearings Before the Subcomittee on Europe..., 92-1, June 7, 11, 14, and 18, 1971 1971 143 Do you think that Russia with Eastern Europe would not have tried to not only neutralize, but Finlandize Germany? United States Congress https://www.google.fi/books/edition/The_Cold_War_Origins_and_Developments/TbXHgJkLkCgC?hl=fi&gbpv=1&dq=%22Finlandize%22&pg=PA143&printsec=frontcover en Parameters Journal of the US Army War College 1977 9 VII 2 The removal of American troops would be construed by the Kremlin as an invitation to Finlandize Europe. United States Army War College https://www.google.fi/books/edition/Parameters/bOTsCKGKulYC?hl=fi&gbpv=1&dq=%22Finlandize%22&pg=RA1-PA9&printsec=frontcover en A Marxist plan to "Finlandize" Honduras in an effort to spread subversive violence throughout Central America has been denounced by Steadman Fagoth, commander in chief of the anti-Sandinist insurgent Indian force called Miskitos, Sumus, and Remas (MISURA). Daily Report Latin America 83 1983 en “One can Finlandize a democracy,“ says a former Sandanista foreign policy advisor. ”To think one can Finlandize a totalitarian country is pure fantasy.” 173 Cutting Edges: Making Sense of the Eighties Charles Krauthammer 1985 Random House 9780394548012 en Americans seem extremely afraid that the Soviet Union could “Finlandize” solidly capitalist countries in Western Europe (that is, make their foreign policy accommodating without changing their domestic system), but they have no sense that they might Finlandize Nicaragua, let alone Cuba. 283 Conclusion The Struggle for the Third World: Soviet Debates and American Options Jerry F. Hough 9780815737452 Brookings Institution 1986 en The Sonnenfeldt Doctrine: A Plan to Finlandize Eastern Europe The Polish Quarterly of International Affairs 3 2017 115–129 Related terms en Finlandization en Finland en terms derived from toponyms