Noun
Finlandization (uncountable)
(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.
Schain, p.132 Finland also declined in order to avoid antagonizing the Soviets (see also Finlandization ). Source: Internet
The Finnish political cartoonist Kari Suomalainen once explained Finlandization as the art of bowing to the East without mooning the West. Source: Internet
On the other hand, the threat of the Soviet Union was used also in Finland's domestic politics in a way that possibly deepened Finlandization (playing the so-called idänkortti, "east card"). Source: Internet
This phenomenon was given the name " Finlandization " by the German press. Source: Internet
Finlandization is "the challenge of surviving as a small nation in the shadow of a larger one". Source: Internet