Academic degree
PhD (international relations, University of Turku, 2004)

 

Expertise
EU’s foreign policy, EU’s eastern neighbourhood, EU’s institutions, democratisation and democracy promotion, foreign and security policies of the Baltic countries

 

Changing international agency of the EU

 

“A Europe Divided by Russia? The New Eastern Member States and the EU’s Policy towards the East”, in Jackie Gower and Graham Timmins (eds.) Russia and Europe in the Twenty-First Century: An Uneasy Partnership, Anthem Press, 2007.

 

"The EU as a Regional Power: Extended Governance and Historical Responsibility", in Hartmut Meyer and Henri Vogt (eds.) A Responsible Europe? Ethical Foundations of EU External Affairs, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

 

"Promoting Democracy in the Eastern Neighbourhood - The Limits and Potential of the ENP", International Spectator, Vol. XLI, No. 3 (2006).

 

"EU Accession of Central and Eastern European Countries: Democracy and Integration as Conflicting Logics", East European Politics and Societies 18:4 (2004), 567-594.

Languages
Finnish, Estonian, English (working languages); French, Russian, Swedish, German (passive)