The Atlantic Alliance set to increase its members

One of the unwanted and unexpected effects for Putin caused by the invasion of Ukraine was to restore vitality to the Atlantic Alliance, which, during Trump’s presidency, was heading towards a conclusion that has now been announced. The brutality of the special military operation combined with evident geopolitical causes have, on the other hand, strengthened the unity of the members of the Atlantic Alliance, providing the organization with new impetus and vigor. Putin’s first tactical and then strategic error was the result of a poor analysis, which demonstrated the scarcity of Russian international analysts. It was believed that the division between Europeans within them and between Europeans and the United States were by now irremediable and in some ways this analysis had valid foundations and had the possibility of coming true without causing any situation capable of changing the course of things. In Putin’s assessment, the head of the Kremlin judged the effects caused by the invasion of a foreign country as irrelevant to this game. This evaluation, however, had the opposite effects and it cannot be said that for Russia there were no signs to interpret the new situation: the agitation of the Baltic countries and of Poland, against Russian activism should have been enough for a greater caution not to sacrifice a geopolitical situation, all in all, not unfavorable in the face of the conquest of Ukraine in open violation of international law; that, then, the military result is bankruptcy must increase even more the recriminations by the Russian government for having placed itself in a situation that, at the moment, seems to have no way out. As for the state of health of the Atlantic Alliance, which the Russians wanted to a minimum, the situation appears very unfavorable for Moscow. The possible decision to interrupt their neutrality by Finland and Sweden will lead Russia to add a new side of its border where the Atlantic Alliance will be present, precisely one of the reasons that led to the invasion of the Ukrainian country. Although Ukraine has always been considered an area of ​​exclusive influence by Russia and Sweden and Finland do not fall into this category, the neutrality of the two countries has always been considered a fact almost due, first to the Soviet Union and now to Putin’s Russia; the alteration of this state of affairs has caused irritation and nervousness in the Kremlin, where more or less explicit nuclear threats have not existed; the presence of tactical atomic bombs, that is, with reduced range, on the Russian borders, is in any case known and the international community is aware of it, however Russia has not missed an opportunity to reaffirm its nuclear potential; moreover, joining the Atlantic Alliance will require Moscow to deploy large quantities of troops on those borders, raising the level of tension, as well as increasing the naval units present in the Finnish Gulf. It should be noted that the two Nordic states already participate in the meetings of the Atlantic Alliance and their soldiers carry out exercises with the troops of the Alliance, in short, there is already a quantitative collaboration, which must only be officially sanctioned. The conditions for joining the Atlantic Alliance are already largely satisfied by the political systems of the two states and it is only a decision concerning their sovereignty, even if it must be said that Brussels could delay at this moment in order not to exacerbate a situation that is already very much tense with Moscow; however, the two Nordic countries have been subjected to Russian threats for about a year and from the end of 2021 the pressures from Moscow are repeated, punctual for each week; it is believed that this has provoked a growing favorable opinion in the societies of the two countries, which, it seems, is now in favor of abandoning the policy of non-alignment in a majority manner. With Sweden and Finland, the members of the Atlantic Allenaza would rise to 32 and Russia would see its border more than doubled with the presence of NATO: a result achieved by the ability and foresight of Putin, a great statesman and connoisseur of international mechanisms.