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German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung traveled to the Finnish capital of Helsinki on Sept. 10 at the invitation of his Finnish counterpart, Jyri Hakamies, for a two-day working visit during which the two were expected to discuss European security issues. Jung is also set to meet with Finnish parliament speaker Sauli Niinisto and Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, who also chairs the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

At this moment in history, “European security issues” means more or less one thing: what to do about Russia. Following its war in Georgia in August, Moscow’s power is visibly on the rise again after nearly two decades in which the West essentially treated Russia as if it were irrelevant.

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