Blindspot 36 - End of Neutral Nations? As Finland & Sweden pick NATO-war-gear

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We cover a question and an update in this Blindspot. The question, embedded in the title deals with Finland and Sweden giving up their neutrality in exchange for NATO. While the update is on why South Africa should ideally remain neutral (as far as it can) in the thick of a world at war - especially in the face of a massive ‘everything market bubble’ where US stocks are valued at more than 200% the value of the country’s GDP.

Zerohedge warns that the mother of all bubbles, the everything bubble, is about to burst. Blindspot presents a slightly different reason why it is better for South Africa to remain more or less neutral as Eurasia and the West locks horns. As a country at the top of the world where major shipping lines cross (in case the Suez Canal gets randomly blocked by beached tanker again) it may be necessary to work all sides to maximum national interest. Well, that is now if there are politicians in the country willing to really bite the bullet and step into some Madiba Shoes!

I - Sweden & Finland from neutral to NATO war ready
While the world is watching the unfolding war in Ukraine, sparked by a much longer history of post-Cold War NATO expansion into Eastern Europe, and potentially Ukraine, two more countries that share borders with the Russian Federation recently raised their hands to join the club - Sweden, and Finland. The Swedish decision to join NATO is highly significant due to the fact that, since 1815, at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Sweden followed a policy of neutrality in global politics. Truly world changing events, decisions, and policies emerging around the world.

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