TOKYO — The biggest national security threat facing Finnish President Alexander Stubb is indisputably Russia, which shares a 1,340-kilometer land border with his country. Many Asian governments would point to China as their top challenge. But the Nordic leader this week warned against drawing easy parallels between the two Eurasian powers, stressing each is a “different kettle of fish.”
Stubb, who is on a five-day visit to Japan until Thursday, spoke at the University of Tokyo on Tuesday, laying out his perspective on geopolitics and a shifting global order. He described Russia — whose 2022 invasion of Ukraine spurred Finland’s move to join NATO in 2023 — as “imperialist” and “rash.”
