tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post892314012110928723..comments2023-10-28T12:01:47.929+00:00Comments on Edward Lucas: The World in 2009Edward Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11369936559712607693noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24528000.post-9465474222344822552009-01-25T16:15:00.000+00:002009-01-25T16:15:00.000+00:00Well, they now propose increasing the defence budg...Well, they now propose increasing the defence budget, I certainly did not see that one coming. Halonen will surely not accept Nato but her last term is already midway: I would not be surprised - bar any dramatic security changes in Europe - to see a Finnish application. Whether that would be sensible or not is another matter.stockholm slenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16909107517362691387noreply@blogger.com