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Finland is the 31st member of NATO, having officially joined the alliance on Tuesday. This was the fastest accession - from application to membership - in history, with Sweden set to follow suit later this summer. Notwithstanding the pomp and ceremony at NATO HQ in Brussels, is this expansion of NATO a cause for celebration? The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was formed in 1949 following the Second World War, with 12 founder members and a significant buffer zone between the defensive NATO alliance and the Soviet Union. However, in 1991 the dissolution of the Soviet Union spawned a number...
