Proxy wars and prayer: How will Russia respond to the latest news from NATO?
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 13 May 2022
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News broke Thursday that Finland and Sweden are in the final stages of applying to join NATO. Of the two nations, Finland's decision is far more likely to increase tensions with Russia going forward. In The Daily Article for May 13, 2022, Dr. Ryan Denison explains how the US has interacted with proxy wars in the past and the implications for proxy wars between NATO and Russia in the future. He then leads us to prayer for global leadership and godly wisdom.
Author: Dr. Ryan Denison
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast from Friday, May the 13th, 2022. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum narrating today's article written by Dr. Ryan Dennison. |
| 0:13.0 | He's the Denison Forum Senior Editor for Theology and has written more than 400 articles for the Denison Forum. |
| 0:20.0 | News broke Thursday that Finland and Sweden are in the final stages of and has written more than 400 articles for the Denison Forum. |
| 0:26.4 | News broke Thursday that Finland and Sweden are in the final stages of applying to join NATO. |
| 0:33.7 | Of the two nations, Finland's decision is far more likely to increase tensions with Russia going forward. Last month, the Kremlin warned that should Finland and Sweden be allowed to join NATO, |
| 0:40.0 | Russia would deploy nuclear and hypersonic missiles to the region. And while Russian officials have |
| 0:46.5 | sent mixed messages on the legitimacy of that threat in the day since, Putin's press secretary |
| 0:52.5 | Dmitri Peskov said Thursday that Finland's entry into |
| 0:57.0 | NATO will become a threat to Russia. The next expansion of NATO does not make our continent more |
| 1:03.7 | stable and secure. He went on to add that further steps would be taken shortly to decide |
| 1:10.0 | the necessary measures in order to balance |
| 1:13.3 | the situation and ensure our security. NATO's encroachment towards Russia has been one of Putin's |
| 1:21.5 | primary talking points since first invading Ukraine, and if Finland follows through on the |
| 1:26.9 | decision, a formal |
| 1:28.4 | announcement is expected Sunday, it would nearly triple the length of the border shared by Russia |
| 1:34.3 | and a NATO-aligned nation. Finnish President Salinanusta was quick to caution that Russia had |
| 1:42.1 | no one to blame for the shifting alliances but themselves when he said |
| 1:46.3 | joining NATO would not be against anyone, you, Russia, cause this. Look in the mirror. And he's right. |
| 1:55.4 | Finland's capital, Helsinki, sits roughly 120 miles from the Russian border and its people are growing increasingly |
| 2:03.3 | afraid. Support in Finland for the country joining NATO has risen by roughly 30% since Putin's |
| 2:10.5 | forces first invaded Ukraine. And should the nation choose to move forward, it would mark the first |
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