Finlandization

thumb|right|Urho Kekkonen and [[Leonid Brezhnev in 1960 during Kekkonen's state visit to the Soviet Union.]]

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Origin and international usage
Finnish perception
Historical background
Paasikivi doctrine
Self-censorship and excessive Soviet adaptation
Censorship
End of Finlandization
Finlandization in other countries
Ukraine
Mongolia
Taiwan
References
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thumb|right|Urho Kekkonen and [[Leonid Brezhnev in 1960 during Kekkonen's state visit to the Soviet Union.]]

Finlandization () is the process by which one powerful country makes a smaller neighboring country refrain from opposing the former's foreign policy rules, while allowing it to keep its nominal independence and its own political system. The term means "to become like Finland", referring to the influence of the Soviet Union on Finland's policies during the Cold War.