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Finland is also more important than Sweden in this regard, because it has the big long border with Russia. In a very real sense, if this ratification does come to pass, Russia has lost the war no matter what else happens.

I'd be happy for Ukraine to join after they finish kicking Russia out of their territory. However, in the meantime the rules are clear. You can't join unless you actually have control of your own territory.

The sanctions aren't what has disrupted shipments of grain out of Ukraine. That'd be the war itself.

This is exactly the reverse of the truth. What causes major wars, is when an expansionist state perceives weakness and a lack of willingness to act. It's the loss of deterrence. This is explicitly caused WWII to be a World War, rather than a police action against Germany in the mid-1930's...