Questions and Answers about
NATO
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in PoliticsWho is Finland’s Sanna Marin?
Answer: Sanna Marin became the world’s youngest leader when she became Finland’s Prime Minister in 2019 at age 34. She headed a coalition of five parties, all led by women. Marin was widely praised for steering Finland toward its imminent NATO entry and navigating her country through the Covid-19 pandemic. However, she was scrutinized in…
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in PoliticsThe US is the largest NATO member in population. Which country is the second-largest?
Answer: The US has a population of an est. 335 million in 2022, making it the largest NATO member. Turkey is the second-largest, with a population of 85.5 million, Germany comes next with a population of 84 million, and the UK is fourth with a population of 68.5 million. Russia is not a member of…
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in HistoryWhich bloc was Sweden a part of during the cold war?
Answer: Sweden has avoided military alliances since the end of the Napoleonic Wars and kept its policy of neutrality during World War II and the Cold War. Thus, approximately 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated and placed with families in Sweden during the Second World War, and nearly all of Denmark’s Jewish population._x000D_
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in PoliticsAccording to Russia, it’s “absolutely mandatory” that which country “never, never, ever” becomes a NATO member?
Answer: After hours of negotiations between the US Deputy Secretary of State and Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister in Geneva on Jan. 10, 2022, Russia’s lead negotiator insisted that it was “absolutely mandatory” that Ukraine “never, never, ever” becomes a NATO member. His American counterpart argued that the US “will not allow anyone to slam closed…
