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Former Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb has won Finland’s presidential election on Feb. 11, finishing narrowly ahead of former Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, in a race that heavily focused on the country’s new role as a NATO neighbor of Russia. Stubb, the candidate from the centre-right National Coalition Party, placed first with 51.6 percent of the vote, ahead of Haavisto’s 48.4 percent. Throughout his campaign, Stubb promised unconditional support for Ukraine and called for greater NATO partnership among European allies. “The feeling is calm, humble but of course at the same time I a…

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