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Finland’s Other Front Line

Finland’s latest risk review brings a familiar workplace problem into national defense planning, with consequences reaching from electricity networks to childcare.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 4

The Finnish Ministry of the Interior published its updated national risk assessment on November 2, 2026. Among the risks examined is whether essential services will have enough skilled workers during a prolonged crisis.

The concern reaches beyond military staffing. Specialists needed to maintain power supplies, computer networks and ports may also be cal…

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