Finlandization

English

Etymology

Finland +‎ -ization, translating German Finnlandisierung, referring to the political climate in Finland during the cold war in the view of a 1960s and 1970s West-German debate.

Noun

Finlandization (uncountable)

1. (politics) 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.
   • 2022 February 9, Jason Horowitz, “Finns Don’t Wish ‘Finlandization’ on Ukraine (or Anyone)”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.”

Translations

the influence of a large state on a smaller one

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: фінляндызацыя f (finljandyzacyja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 芬蘭化／芬兰化 (Fēnlánhuà)

• Danish: finlandisering c
• Dutch: finlandisering
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: soometumine
• Finnish: suomettuminen (fi)
• French: finlandisation (fr) f
• Georgian: ფინლანდიზაცია (pinlandizacia)
• German: Finnlandisierung (de) f
• Greek: φινλανδοποίηση (el) f (finlandopoíisi)
• Hebrew: פינלנדיזציה (he)
• Hungarian: finlandizáció
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: finlandizzazione
• Japanese: フィンランド化 (Finrando-ka)
• Korean: 핀란드 화 (Pillandeu hwa)
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• Polish: finlandyzacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: finlandização f
• Romanian: finlandizare f
• Russian: финляндиза́ция (ru) f (finljandizácija)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: finlandización
• Swedish: finlandisering
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can