Joel Linnainmäki is a Research Fellow in the Finnish foreign policy, Northern European security and NATO research programme. His recent work has explored US-Finnish negotiations for a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA), Finland’s NATO membership debate and foreign policy schools of thought. Previously Linnainmäki has worked as a Special Adviser to Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (2019-2023), in the parliament and in various civil society organizations. He holds a graduate degree from University of Helsinki, where his thesis focused on Finnish NATO membership debate in the parliament in 2022. He is currently a Doctoral Researcher in world politics at the University of Helsinki focusing on European security order and NATO expansion.
Expertise
Finnish foreign, defense and security policy, Euroatlantic security and Northern European security.
Projects
Finland as a NATO member – the potential of deepening bilateral and minilateral defence cooperation within a multilateral framework
NATO in the North, the North in NATO