English
Etymology
From 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)
- (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
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- Belarusian: фінляндызацыя f (finljandyzacyja)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 芬蘭化 / 芬兰化 (Fēnlánhuà)
- Danish: finlandisering c
- Dutch: finlandisering
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- 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
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- 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
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