Timo R. Stewart | FIIA – Finnish Institute of International Affairs

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Timo R. Stewart is a Senior Research Fellow at FIIA. Stewart holds a doctoral degree in political history from the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki. His areas of expertise include the Israel-Palestine conflict, European and US Middle East policy, and the role of religion in conflict and politics, particularly Christian Zionism and Christian Nationalism. In addition to his research career, he has previously worked for the Finnish Foreign Ministry as well as NGOs in the field of conflict resolution and analysis.

Stewart’s peer reviewed monograph Valter Juvelius ja kadonneen arkin metsästys (Gaudeamus, 2020) was shortlisted for the Finlandia Prize in non-fiction in 2020 and awarded the Lauri Jäntti Prize in 2021. His latest book Luvatun maan lumo (Gaudeamus, 2022) presents the history of the phenomenon of Finnish Christian Zionism in the 20th century. It was also shortlisted for the Finlandia Prize in non-fiction in 2022.

Expertise

The Israel-Palestine conflict, EU and US Middle East policy, religion in politics, Fundamentalism, Christian Zionism, peace processes and conflict resolution

Degrees

Doctor of Social Sciences (political history), University of Helsinki, 2015

Language skills

Finnish, English (working languages), Swedish, Spanish

Projects

Finland in Afghanistan 2001–2021

Latest FIIA Publications

04 / 2023

Russian blackmail and the Black Sea Grain Initiative: The (limited) impact of the war in Ukraine on global food security

12 / 2022

Finland in Afghanistan 2001–2021: From stabilization to advancing foreign and security policy relations

10 / 2022

The outlook for the Middle East Peace Process: Stuck in a one-state reality, and you can't get out of it

08 / 2022

One year into Taliban rule: Will the isolation of Afghanistan continue?

03 / 2021

Israel’s 2021 election: Another deadlock in a vote on identity, the role of religion, and Bibi

Expertise

The Israel-Palestine conflict, EU and US Middle East policy, religion in politics, Fundamentalism, Christian Zionism, peace processes and conflict resolution

Positions of responsibility

Editor-in-Chief and Chairman of the Board, The Ulkopolitist, 2015–2018

Work experience

Conference Coordinator, 2020 Afghanistan Conference Task Force, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2020

Post-doctoral Researcher, Centre for Consumer Society Research, University of Helsinki, 2019–2020

Post-doctoral Researcher, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, 2017–2019

Project Manager, Myanmar peace process support, Felm, 2014–2017

Project Manager, Helsinki National Dialogue Conference, Felm, 2013–2014

Researcher, EAPPI Programme, Jerusalem, 2011–2013

Producer, STT English Service, 2010

Project Advisor, Embassy of Finland in Tel Aviv, 2007–2008

Journalist, STT English Service, 2005–2009

Degrees

Doctor of Social Sciences (political history), University of Helsinki, 2015

Education

Doctor of Social Sciences (political history), University of Helsinki, 2015

Master of Social Sciences (political history), University of Helsinki, 2007

Language skills

Finnish, English (working languages), Swedish, Spanish

Select category

04 / 2023

Stewart, Timo R. (2023). Henkiä kaapissa. In ed(s): Helsingin yliopisto. 53.

D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2023). Bokanmeldelse: Jørgen Jensehaugen (2022): En kort introduksjon til Israel–Palestina-konflikten.. Babylon – Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier, 21 (2):80-81.

D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2023). Iran ja Saudi-Arabia ovat Lähi-idän kilpailevat kaksoset. , 60 (1):80.

Middle East D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2023). Avoin yhteiskunnallinen keskustelu ja Israel. Vartija, 29.3.

E Publications intended for the general public

Stewart, Timo R. (2023). Netanjahun virhearvio johti hallituksen myönnytykseen – Mitä tapahtuu Israelin mielenosoitusten jälkeen? Lähi-itä NYT, 29.3.

Israel E Publications intended for the general public

Mustasilta, Katariina; Stewart, Timo R. & Karjalainen, Tyyne (2023). The lessons (un)learned from Afghanistan. Helsinki Security Forum.

Afganistan Crisis Management D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2023). DocPoint-arvio: Viattomuuden kuolema. Politiikasta.fi, 27.1.

Israel E Publications intended for the general public

Stewart, Timo R. (2022). Lähi-idan valheiden verkko. Ulkopolitiikka, 59 (4):84.

Middle East D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo. R. (2022). Israelin arvostelu ei ole antisemitismiä. Vartija, 14.12.

Israel E Publications intended for the general public

Stewart, Timo R. (2022). Toiset todellisuudet. Yliopisto-lehti, 70 (8):51.

D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2022). Luvatun maan lumo: Israelin kristityt ystävät Suomessa. Helsinki: Gaudeamus.

Israel E Publications intended for the general public

Laine, Veera & Stewart, Timo R. (2021). Kaikkien maiden konservatiivit, yhtykää. Ulkopolitiikka, 58 (4):64-69.

Russia D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2021). Uskonnollisen oikeiston paluu. Ulkopolitiikka, 58 (2):81.

United States D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2020). Valter Juvelius ja kadonneen arkin metsästys. Helsinki: Gaudeamus.

C Scientific books (monographs)

Stewart, Timo R. (2020). Salattua viisautta etsimässä. Arvio teoksesta Nina Kokkinen (2019): Totuudenetsijät – Esoteerinen henkisyys Akseli Gallen-Kallelan, Pekka Halosen ja Hugo Simbergin taiteessa. Agricola - Suomen humanistiverkko.

B Non-refereed scientific articles

Stewart, Timo R. (2020). Valtiotieteen tohtorit ja yhteiskunnallinen vuorovaikutus. Valtiotieteellisen tiedekunnan julkaisuja.

D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2020). Freelance sotaa idässä. Review of Aapo Roselius & Oula Silvennoinen (2019): Villi itä. Suomen heimosodat ja Itä-Euroopan murros 1918–1921. Tammi, Helsinki. Yliopisto – Helsingin yliopiston tiedelehti (1):54.

D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2020). Vahva johtaja uskaltaa kyykyttää. Essay on Maria Annala (2020): Trumpin kansa – Keitä he ovat ja miksi he rakastavat johtajaansa. Into, Helsinki. Yliopisto – Helsingin yliopiston tiedelehti (4):52–53.

D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2019). Nostalgia lumosi Turkin. Review of Toni Alaranta (2019): Turkin historia. Atatürkistä Erdoğaniin. Gaudeamus, Helsinki. Ulkopolitiikka, 56 (4):84.

Turkey D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2019). Kirja-arvio: Syyrian sota. Review of Airin Bahmani & Bruno Jäntti (2019): Syyrian sota. Tammi, Helsinki. The Ulkopolitist, 3.4.

E Publications intended for the general public

Stewart, Timo R. (2019). Review of Amos Oz (2018): Juudas. Translated into Finnish by Minna Tuovinen. Teologinen Aikakauskirja, 124 (1):78–79.

B Non-refereed scientific articles

Stewart, Timo R. (2018). Israelin kristityt liittolaiset. Review of Samuel Goldman (2018): God's Country: Christian Zionism in America. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia. Ulkopolitiikka, 55 (4):77.

D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2018). Jaettu kaupunki. Ulkopolitiikka, 55 (1):54–59.

D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2018). Review of Anu Heikkinen, Anni Maria Laato & Pekka Lindqvist (eds. 2017): Kristitty ja Pyhä maa – Näkökulmia Luvatun maan teologiaan. Teologinen Aikakauskirja, 122 (3):281–283.

B Non-refereed scientific articles

Stewart, Timo R. (2018). Mitä tapahtui Yhdysvaltain uskonnolliselle oikeistolle? Vartija, 1.1.

E Publications intended for the general public

Stewart, Timo R. (2017). Länsi, et ole ainut. Review of Oliver Stuenkel (2016): Post-Western World. How Emerging Powers Are Remaking Global Order. Polity Press, Cambridge; Amitav Acharya (ed. 2016): Why Govern? Rethinking Demand and Progress in Global Governance. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Ulkopolitiikka, 54 (2):80–81.

D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2016). Raamattu Lähi-idän uutisten tulkkina. In Niko Huttunen; Nina Nikki ed(s): Sota, rauha ja Raamattu. Helsinki: Suomen Eksegeettinen Seura. 243–260.

Middle East A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Hietamäki, Minna; Raunio-Hannula, Outi; Tolonen, Anna-Liisa; Stewart, Timo R.; Vainio, Salla & Visala, Aku (2016). Aava – Lukion uskonto 1: Avaa näkymiä uskontoon. Helsinki: Edukustannus.

D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2015). Uskonnon ja politiikan välimaastossa. The Ulkopolitist, 3.6.

E Publications intended for the general public

Stewart, Timo R. (2015). Ja sana tuli valtioksi – Suomalaisen kristillisen sionismin aatehistoria. Doctoral dissertation in political history. University of Helsinki, Department of Political and Economic Studies. Helsinki: Unigrafia.

G Theses

Stewart, Timo R. (2015). Näkymätön intifada. Vihreä Lanka, 1.1.

E Publications intended for the general public

Stewart, Timo R. (2015). Lähi-idän konflikti saa jumalallisen oikeutuksen kristillisessä sionismissa. Uutistamo, 1.1.

E Publications intended for the general public

Stewart, Timo R. (2014). Israelis, Israelites and God’s hand in history – Finnish Christian attitudes toward the creation of the State of Israel. In Göran Gunner; Robert O. Smith ed(s): Comprehending Christian Zionism : Perspectives in Comparison. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. 257–274.

A Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Stewart, Timo R. & Tasala, Sanna (2014). The National Dialogue and Mediation Processes Conference, Helsinki, 30 March – 2 April 2014: Report on the Conference Discussions. In Charlotta Collén ed(s): National Dialogue and International Mediation Processes: Perspectives on Theory and Practice. 247–283.

D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2014). Review of Robert O. Smith (2013): More desired than our owne salvation: The roots of Christian Zionism. Teologinen Aikakauskirja, 119 (5–6):534–535.

B Non-refereed scientific articles

Stewart, Timo R. (2013). Miehityksestä puhuminen on tasapuolista. Kirkonkellari.fi.

D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2013). Israelin oikeisto puolustaa asemiaan. Ulkopolitiikka.fi.

D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2013). Jerusalem: myyttien ja ihmisten kaupunki. Review of Simon Sebag Montefiore (2011): Jerusalem – The Biography. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London; Munkki Serafim (2008): Kultainen Jerusalem – Jerusalemin idea juutalaisuudessa, kristinuskossa ja islamissa. Kirjapaja, Helsinki; Karen Armstrong (1996): Jerusalem – One City, Three Faiths. Knopf, New York. Suomen kirkkohistoriallisen seuran vuosikirja, 102:108–181.

B Non-refereed scientific articles

Stewart, Timo R. (2012). Kristityt kärsivät muurin varjossa. Kirkko ja kaupunki, 1.1.

E Publications intended for the general public

Stewart, Timo R. (2012). Siirtokuntien uhka Israelille. Review of Gershom Gorenberg: The Unmaking of Israel. Harper, New York. Ulkopolitiikka, 49 (4).

D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2010). Israelin siirtokuntien syntyminen Länsirannalle. Lähde – historiatieteellinen aikakauskirja.

D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2009). Uskonnollinen Israel-ystävyys suurvaltapolitiikassa. Review of Clifford A. Kiracofe, Jr. (2009): Dark Crusade – Christian Zionism and US Foreign Policy. I.B. Tauris, London. Suomen kirkkohistoriallisen seuran vuosikirja, 99.

B Non-refereed scientific articles

Stewart, Timo R.; Päivärinne, Tiina & Kallio, Juha (2008). Vakaumuksena välittäminen – Med hjärta i politiken SKL 1958–2008 KD. Helsinki: KD-Mediat.

E Publications intended for the general public

Stewart, Timo R. (2008). Fundamentalistinen myyntimenestys. Synsygus : Suomen uskonnonopettajain liitto ry:n jäsentiedote (5):20–21.

D Publications intended for professional communities

Stewart, Timo R. (2007). Siionin puolesta – Kristillinen sionismi Suomen Kristillisessä Liitossa 1970-luvulla. Master’s thesis in political history. University of Helsinki, Department of Political and Economic Studies.

G Theses

Stewart, Timo R. (2007). Kristillinen sionismi ja Suomen Kristillinen Liitto. Ajankohta – Poliittisen historian vuosikirja.

B Non-refereed scientific articles