English Dictionary

Finlandization

名詞

不可算名詞

(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.

日本語の意味

フィンランド化：小さいまたは影響力の低い主権国家が、より強大な隣国の外交政策に漠然と従うことにより、形式上は独立を保ちつつもその圧力下に置かれる政治的現象

Debate over Finlandization resurfaced after the government quietly adjusted its foreign policy to avoid provoking the neighboring superpower.

政府が隣国を刺激しないように密かに外交方針を修正した後、より強い隣国の外交方針に従うようになりつつも独立を保つ過程についての議論が再燃した。

意味（1）

(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.

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.”