In the cold-war era, "Finlandization" -- a term the Finns loathe -- became synonymous with a mildly coerced neutrality.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deep-Frozen Assets] Reference

The Spirit of Yalta is haunting Eastern Europe and could bring about the "Finlandization" of Poland, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, the Baltic states.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leon T. Hadar: With Missile Shield Change, National Interests Get a Leg Up on the Military-Industrial Complex] Reference

So I certainly can't call the AH -- namely, the slow "Finlandization" of Britain after a Nazi victory on the Continent -- implausible on that level.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kenneth Hite's Journal] Reference

Once this announcement is made, other weaker Arab nations will uder extreme pressure to adopt policies that Ira approves of in the cold war we called it "Finlandization".    From Wordnik.com.  [More progress by Iran in making a nuclear weapon....] Reference

To avoid Finnish neglect for the word "Finlandization", he uses the word "schroederizatsiya" to make clear Western attitude to Putin's Russia and its 'political and economical consequences.    From Wordnik.com.  [Putinizatsiya vs. schroederizatsiya of Europe.] Reference

One of the strategies that the report advocates is "Finlandization" as a potential model for this process, based upon the Finland-Soviet relationship, where Finland maintained domestic sovereignty but deferred to its superpower neighbor in foreign policy issues.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making the History of 1989] Reference

Others contend that "Finlandization" would benefit the U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manufacturing.net Headline News] Reference

The word "Finlandization" was coined to describe the concessions made under the pressure of circumstances by a small country when confronted by a much more powerful neighbor, which in Finland's case was the Soviet Union.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gates of Vienna] Reference

As welcome as Clinton's recent words were on the need to defend the right of countries to decide their own fate, you don't have to go very far in Europe to hear whispers that some kind of new "Finlandization" might be a reasonable compromise for countries like Ukraine and Georgia.    From Wordnik.com.  [The St. Petersburg Times] Reference

2. As long as new foreign policy trends emerge in these countries of Eastern Europe with which the US and the West associated the special hopes of their differentiated policy, the new foreign policy tendencies taking shape in the USSR can consciously seize the initiative from the West, as well as from the oppositionist, social-reformist forces inside these countries Poland, Hungary by consciously adopting a certain degree of "Finlandization" of these countries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making the History of 1989] Reference

Pessimists fear that gas dependency will lead to the Finlandization of Europe.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Future Is in the Pipeline] Reference

There is no denying that the danger of Finlandization exists, but 'what does this amount to?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eurosclerosis: Fact or Fiction?] Reference

In that case, we thought, the result would be what in those days went by the name of Finlandization.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ellis Weiner: Here's Your Hat, What's Your Hurry?] Reference

China's buildup, then — its "peaceful rise," as Beijing calls it — is best explained as a strategy of Finlandization.    From Wordnik.com.  [China's 'Finlandization' Strategy in the Pacific] Reference

We would also be by-standers in any important decisions made, resulting in what Laxer calls a “Finlandization” of Canada.    From Wordnik.com.  [Black Liquor Sparks New Trade Feud and Old Controversies : Law is Cool] Reference

The charges levelled against Europe revolve around four main points: first, in the political field, the potential Finlandization of Europe and the unfulfilled promises of the European Economic Community; second, Europe's alleged 'technological backwardness; third, rigid economic policies oriented towards preserving outmoded structures; fourth, the high European unemployment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eurosclerosis: Fact or Fiction?] Reference

The real objective is the Finlandization of Georgia through the removal of President.    From Wordnik.com.  [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference

Finlandization of the Caucasus and Central Asia will allow Russia, a great oil producer itself, greater influence over the world's energy.    From Wordnik.com.  [IMRA Middle East News Updates] Reference

For that reason, Russia did accept the Finlandization deal whereby Finland remained part of Europe in everything save for security arrangements.    From Wordnik.com.  [Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty] Reference

The Finlandization of Georgia would give Russia control of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, which is the only significant westbound route for Caspian Sea oil and gas that does not go through Russia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference

Absent such an agreement, all of Georgia, including the two seceded regions, would be unable to do the kind of long-term economic planning and investment that made Finlandization into a palatable and workable deal for Finland itself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charlottesville Blogs] Reference

It’s good that he’s getting out, lest he fall victim to a creeping … intellectual … Finlandization.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cure Me Or Kill Me | ATTACKERMAN] Reference

The anti-American left in Europe tended to believe the U.S. wouldn’t fight WWIII to save Europe from Soviet invasion because it would threaten the nuclear destruction of American cities, so why not accept Finlandization now.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Cold War Hawks and the Soviet Economy] Reference

Crimea starts handing out passports willy-nilly, something other than Finlandization could be in the cards.).    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fistful Of Euros » A Fistful Of Euros] Reference

Gilley's 'Finlandization' is wrong.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to PSE inks collaboration with Korean bourse] Reference

Finlandization?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daimnation!: The Great Depression of 2005] Reference

Finlandization, Lax said.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Step At A Time] Reference

"Finlandization by default" may emerge there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charlottesville Blogs] Reference

Finlandization.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fistful Of Euros » A Fistful Of Euros] Reference

Finlandization and.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Step At A Time] Reference

"Finlandization.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty] Reference

Laquo; Finlandization?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daimnation!: "Well, they would have if they knew about it. Also, you're racist"] Reference

"Turkey's 'Finlandization'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Turkish Digest] Reference