Finlandizationn.
/ˌfɪnləndʌɪˈzeɪʃən/ The process or result of becoming obliged for economic reasons to favour (or refrain from opposing) the interests of the former Soviet Union despite not being formally allied to it politically, as happened to Finland after 1944; hence in extended use of similar influence by other powers on a neighbouring state.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > [noun] > other international policies
Anglo-Americanism1841
annexationism1850
open door1898
sanction1919
sacred egoism1928
collective security1934
Westpolitik1934
sanctionism1938
Ostpolitik1941
Vansittartism1941
sacro egoismo1944
containment1947
technology transfer1963
Finlandization1969
linkage1969
1969 Guardian Weekly 22 May 7/4 There is a foreign policy called Finlandisation, which allows more independence than Rumania has.
1972 Times 15 Dec. 14/6 Doubters in, say, Iceland, Norway or Italy will be induced to make their peace with Russia and accept ‘Finlandization’.
1980 Times 11 Sept. 6/8 Poland's $20,000m debt towards the West, almost leading to economic ‘Finlandization’ in reverse.
1989 New Yorker 23 Oct. 100/1 Whereas Washington used to worry about Moscow's being able to ‘Finlandize’ Western Europe, a more plausible prospect now is an eventual ‘Finlandization’ of much of Eastern Europe.
Derivatives
ˈFinlandize v. [as a back-formation] (transitive) to subject to Finlandization; (originally) to induce (a country) to adopt a policy of benevolent neutrality towards the Soviet Union ( now historical).
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > [verb (transitive)] > induce benevolent neutrality in
Finlandize1979
1979 Dædalus Winter 146 If one looks at the interaction in this perspective, one may well ask ‘who is Finlandizing whom?’
ˈFinlandized adj.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > [adjective] > specific policies
non-interventionist1835
sanctionist1935
Munichite1939
two-China1962
Finlandized1972
sanctioning1976
non-interventionalist1982
1972 N.Y. Times 18 June iv. 15/1 The voters want comfort more than protection; their governments worry about letting this area gradually become ‘Finlandized’. What they mean is neutralization and exposure to Soviet threats.
1977 Time 21 Mar. 10/2 There is little doubt in Oslo and Copenhagen that without NATO the Warsaw Pact by now would have gradually squeezed these two small Scandinavian countries into a ‘Finlandized’ state of unconditional cooperation.
1986 Observer 19 Jan. 9/6 Who doesn't remember..Jacek Kuron arguing that a ‘Finlandised’ Poland would offer Moscow a stable friend?
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