Sources & evidence
Every source behind NATO Enlargement after 2022: Why Finland and Sweden Abandoned Non-Alignment, and the claims they support.
Claims & provenance
The dated Fact “Finland and Sweden submitted applications to join NATO” anchors the Article's chronology.
supported
The reviewed dated Fact and primary-source package establish the chronology without converting sequence into causation.
NATO Deterrence Capacity is used as a bounded continuing mechanism, not as a moral score or a complete causal model.
partially supported
The continuing Driver is a bounded explanatory mechanism accompanied by alternatives, not a complete causal allocation.
Political Stability and Absence of Violence Gap from the Highest Governance Score supplies a defined welfare measurement lens but cannot identify cause by itself.
supported
The linked Indicator supplies a defined welfare measurement lens; it is not treated as proof of a unique causal effect.
All sources
| Source | Publisher | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Finland and Sweden submit applications to join NATO | NATO | press_release |
| World Development Indicators: Military expenditure (current USD) | World Bank | dataset |
| United Nations Charter | www.un.org | official_document |
| World Development Indicators (WDI): Political Stability and Absence of Violence Gap from the Highest Governance Score | World Bank | official_statistical_dataset |
| World Bank World Development Indicators | World Bank | official_documentation |
| World Development Indicators: Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum value in 2004 = 100) | World Bank | dataset |
| World Development Indicators: Energy imports, net (% of energy use) | World Bank | dataset |