フィンランド化か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

Finlandization

Political term referring to a smaller country's foreign policy of neutrality and accommodation toward a larger, more powerful neighbor, originally describing Finland's relationship with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Can be used as a noun or as a suru-verb (intransitive).

• 冷れい戦せん時じ代だい、フィンランド化かは小しょう国こくの生せい存ぞん戦せん略りゃくとして議ぎ論ろんされた。

  During the Cold War, Finlandization was discussed as a survival strategy for small nations.

• その国くには大たい国こくの圧あつ力りょくでフィンランド化かしつつある。

  That country is gradually becoming Finlandized under pressure from a major power.