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What are the benefits and drawbacks of adding Finland and Sweden to NATO?
...Accession grants NATO access to both Finnish and Swedish territory in a crisis, which would "ease concerns about reinforcing the Baltic states and reduce the chances of a successful Russian attack," Ian Bond of the Centre for European Reform told Carnegie Europe.