A seminar on cooperation between Finland and Estonia was organized at the House of Estates today on November 15, 2022. Prime Minister Sanna Marin and Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, as well as......
Programme for the first Helsinki Security Forum published. FIIA launches new research programme focusing on Finland's foreign policy and security in Northern Europe....
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) organises the first Helsinki Security Forum (HSF) on 30 September – 2 October 2022, bringing together decision-makers and experts of......
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) launches a new research programme titled Finnish Foreign Policy, Northern European Security and NATO at the beginning of October. The programme......
Antto Vihma, Research Professor at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), has received the prestigious award for his book Nostalgia. Teoria ja käytäntö (Teos). The State Award for......
FIIA is happy to announce that Docent Mikael Mattlin has joined FIIA as Research Professor for the term 1 August 2022–31 December 2025. Dr Mattlin will reinforce FIIA’s China expertise and will be......
The Parliament has on 7 July, 2022 appointed René Nyberg as a member to the Board of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. René Nyberg is ambassador and replaces professor Mikael Mattlin......
Niklas Helwig, Leading Researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, has been granted funding from the Academy of Finland for a joint research project on change in strategic cultures......
FIIA has launched a research project following Finland’s NATO membership...
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and Finnish Institute of International are organising an event “From words to action? European Strategic Autonomy after the return of war”. This event......
The Kultaranta Talks, hosted by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö, will be held on 12–13 June 2022 with a title “Responsible, strong and stable Nordic region”. This year,......
As a response to rapid changes and challenges in our security environment, the first Helsinki Security Forum will be organized in Helsinki on 30 September–2 October 2022, bringing the international......
A research article titled "Demand for Military Expenditures and Security Alignment Choices in the Indo-Pacific" written by FIIA's Senior Research Fellow Edward Hunter Christie, Caroline Buts and Cind......
FIIA Postdoctoral Fellow Kristiina Silvan's doctoral dissertation was approved by the University of Helsinki Faculty of Social Sciences and received the highest grade “pass with distinction"......
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) and the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (SUPO) are jointly organizing the FIIA Forum 2022 seminar Changes and challenges in the Nordic......
Articles of several FIIA researchers have been featured in a Special Issue of the European Foreign Affairs Review, published in April 2022. The issue, edited by FIIA Leading Researcher on European......
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) is now seeking a Programme Director for the period of 1.1.2023–31.12.2027 and researchers for the period of 1.1.2023-31.12.2025....
FIIA Leading Researcher on European Strategic Autonomy Niklas Helwig co-authored a new RAND Research Report titled “Understanding the Emerging Era of International Competition Through the Eyes of......
The Finnish Journal of International Affairs (Ulkopolitiikka) magazine’s subeditor Kaarina Vainio has won the award for Magazine Journalist of the Year in the annual Edit competition organized by......
Several of FIIA researchers have taken part in public discussions both in Finland and abroad concerning Russia's increased aggression towards Ukraine, providing background analysis and forward-looking......
In his new book on Turkey’s foreign policy narratives FIIA Senior Research Fellow Toni Alaranta examines international and national historical processes and highlights narratives that describe......
FIIA Senior Research Fellow Jussi Lassila's article "Whose Turn, for Whom? Conservative Values and Putinʼs Social Contract" has been published as a part of a book titled Conservatism and Memory......
FIIA Programme Director Katja Creutz's article "The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and rights protection: revisionist or just another kid on the block?" has been published in the......
FIIA’s Research Fellow Kristiina Silvan will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "Legacies of the Komsomol - Afterlife of the Leninist Communist Youth League and Contemporary State-Affiliated......
An article titled "The Erosion of Borderless Norden? Practices and Discourses on Nordic Border Restrictions in Finland and Sweden during the Covid-19 Pandemic" by FIIA Senior Research Fellow Saila......
An article titled "Differentiated Cooperation in the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy: Effectiveness, Accountability, Legitimacy" by FIIA Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi, FIIA Research Fellow......
A new study by FIIA, ETLA and VTT investigates the risks and opportunities of this rise of geoeconomics for the EU and its member states, particularly Finland....
Tampere University has awarded the Title of Docent (adjunct professor) in International Relations, specifically European studies, to Dr Niklas Helwig. The title was awarded within the field of......
FIIA Senior Research Fellow Saila Heinikoski's article on discourses on differentiated integration in Finland has been published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies. ...
The University of Turku (Faculty of Social Sciences) has awarded the Title of Docent (Adjunct Professor) in East Asian Studies to FIIA’s Senior Research Fellow, DPhil Elina Sinkkonen. The docentship......
New members at FIIA Board. FIIA will conduct a study on Finland’s support efforts in Afghanistan for the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Finnish Parliament....
FIIA is recruiting a Senior Research Fellow/Research Professor in its Global Security research programme, and a Research Fellow in its European Union research programme....
The Board of the Foreign Policy Institute (FIIA) has approved the Institute’s new strategy. The new strategy focuses on cutting-edge research and impact development. The FIIA strategy has been......
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Finland has requested the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) to conduct a study on Finland’s participation in crisis management,......
An article authored by Postdoctoral Fellow Veera Laine titled: “Biggest Nationalist in the Country”: Self-Descriptive Uses of “Nationalist” in Contemporary Russia has been published. The......
FIIA Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi's and Riccardo Alcaro's article on lead groups in EU foreign policy has been published in the European Review of International Studies. The article argues that......
An article co-authored by FIIA Senior Research Fellow Emma Hakala on how to incorporate environmental threats in security policy has been published. The article was published in the journal Politics......
FIIA Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi analyses EU negotiations on the European Climate Law and the 2030 Climate Target Plan in the aftermath of the Covid‐19 pandemic in his article published......
A book chapter on responsibility by FIIA Programme Director Katja Creutz has been published in the Research Handbook on International Law and Cities. This chapter is included in the second part of......
In the plenary session of the Parliament on 12 November, 2021, the following MPs were appointed as members of FIIA’s Board for the term 1.1.2022-31.12.2026: Mr Ville Kaunisto (The National Coalition......
The book Nordic-Baltic connectivity with Asia via the Arctic: Assessing opportunities and risks, edited by FIIA Leading Researcher Bart Gaens, Frank Jüris and Kristi Raik has been published. The......
FIIA’s Research Fellow Veera Laine will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled "Nationalism as an Argument in Contemporary Russia - Four perspectives on language in action" in the Faculty of......
The FIIA Forum 2021 celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. This year, the FIIA Forum is dedicated to Finnish Foreign Policy and Nordic cooperation in......
FIIA celebrates its 60th anniversary at its flagship event, the FIIA Forum 2021. Mark N. Katz new chairperson of SAC. Finnish Journal of Foreign Affairs celebrates its 60th anniversary with a special......
We are happy to announce that due to the success with attracting new external research funding, there will be new appointments in FIIA’s Global Security research programme (SEC) for a fixed one-year......
In its annual meeting of 2021, held on Teams on 31 August, FIIA’s Scientific Advisory Council elected Mark N. Katz as its new Chairperson for the term 2021-2023....
Tampere University has awarded the Title of Docent in International Affairs, especially European studies to Dr Marco Siddi. The title was awarded within the field of research of the Faculty of......
FIIA Leading Researcher Katja Creutz’s article “Nordic Experiences in the UN Human Rights Council: A Tour d’Horizon of 2019 with Iceland and Denmark” has been published in the Nordic Journal......
An article authored by FIIA Leading Researcher Antto Vihma, Gunilla Reischl and Astrid Nonbo Andersen titled “A Climate Backlash: Comparing Populist Parties’ Climate Policies in Denmark, Finland,......
The latest EUISS Chaillot Paper authored by FIIA Senior Research Fellow Sinikukka Saari, Dimitar Bechev and Stanislav Secrieru explores the Russian-Turkish partnership. The publication examines the......
A new Chaillot Paper titled "The future of conflict prevention: Preparing for a hotter, increasingly digital and fragmented 2030" written by FIIA Postdoctoral Fellow Katariina Mustasilta was......
FIIA celebrates its 60th anniversary. Geo-economic risk will be discussed in an upcoming webinar. FIIA takes part in Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit 2021....
The University of Helsinki has awarded the Title of Docent in Global Politics (Adjunct ProfessorI to FIIA’s Senior Research Fellow, PhD Marco Siddi. The docentship is in the field of the Social......
FIIA Senior Research Fellow Elina Sinkkonen's book chapter Dynamic dictators: elite cohesion and authoritarian resilience in China was published in the Routledge Handbook of Chinese Studies. The......
This year the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) celebrates a double anniversary. The Institute was established by the Parliament of Finland in its centennial plenum in June 2006. From......
FIIA Research Fellows' Veera Laine's and Kristiina Silvan's book chapter analyses the Russian discourses on “foreign agents” from a critical geopolitical perspective. Their article was published......
In his article outlining the strategic logic of hybrid interference, Programme Director Mikael Wigell suggests a new concept democratic deterrence and argues that deterrence policies need to be......
A new article by FIIA Senior Fellow Marco Siddi and Irina Kustova has been published in the Journal of European Public Policy in a special issue on EU climate and energy governance in times of crisis.......
The University of Lapland has awarded the Title of Docent in International Relations and Chinese Studies to FIIA’s Senior Research Fellow, PhD Jyrki Kallio....
A book chapter written by FIIA Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi has been published in the book Principled Pragmatism in Practice: The EU’s Policy towards Russia after Crimea. The title of the book......
The article “Dynamic dictators: improving the research agenda on autocratization and authoritarian resilience”, written by FIIA Senior Research Fellow Elina Sinkkonen has been published in the......
On Monday, 22 March 2021, the Chinese Foreign Ministry imposed sanctions on ten individuals and four institutions in Europe in retaliation at EU sanctions.The March 21st EU Sanctions were aimed at......
FIIA turns 60. Ban Ki-moon and Federica Mogherini are keynote speakers in upcoming webinars. FIIA hosted a discussion with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. ...
An article titled Reading between the Lines of a Classical Chinese Prose Anthology: Guwen guanzhi as a Subtle Challenge to State Orthodoxy, written by FIIA Senior Research Fellow Jyrki Kallio has been......
Senior Research Fellow Elina Sinkkonen's chapter titled The role of the Taiwan question in Chinese national identity construction was published in a book on the relationship between Taiwan and......
Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya will speak at an FIIA event Tuesday 2 March at 13:15-14:00 (Eastern European Time). The event organized by the Finnish Institute of International......
An article titled The Belarusian Revolution: Sources, Interim Outcomes, and Lessons to Be Learned written by FIIA Programme Director Arkady Moshes and Senior Research Fellow Ryhor Nizhnikau was......
The Parliament has appointed Lauri Voionmaa as a member to the Board of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs....
The Executive Board of FIIA has appointed a Scientific Advisory Council for a three-year period between 2021 and 2023....
The Nordic Ministers of Foreign Affairs are meeting on 10 February. Their virtual meeting is an opportunity to discuss the potential for increased Nordic research cooperation at a time where the world......
Senior Research Fellow Sinikukka Saari’s article ”Chickens coming home to roost: Mercenaries strike back” was published in the publication series Chaillot Papers 161 'Conflicts to come. 15......
An article titled "EU Sanctions Policy in Geopolitical Times: Europe’s Toughest Foreign Policy Instrument and its Challenges" written by Niklas Helwig, Juha Jokela and Clara Portela was published in......
FIIA has launched a project on the political implications of Covid-19. FIIA has established “Finland–China Policy Network.” New book on free movement in the EU by Saila Heinikoski....
The doctoral dissertation authored by Research Fellow Ville Sinkkonen titled "Failing hegemony? : Four essays on the global engagement of the United States of America in the 21st Century" has been......
The peer-reviewed article authored by Senior Research Fellow Ryhor Nizhnikau titled ''Love the Tender: ProZorro and Anti-Corruption Reforms after the Euromaidan Revolution'' was published in the......
The right to free movement is the one privilege that EU citizens value the most in the Union, but one that has also created much political controversy in recent years, as the debates preceding the......
Responding to the increasing need of policy-oriented China know-how and the dispersed research resources, the FIIA has established “Finland−China Policy Network” under the auspices of the......
The peer-reviewed article authored by FIIA Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi and researcher Lina Klymenko from the University of Tampere is titled ‘Exploring the Link between Historical Memory and......
The Advisory Council of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs met with President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö on Friday 6th of November 2020. During the virtual meeting, current......
Research Fellow Veera Laine has authored a new peer-reviewed article titled ''New generation of victors: Narrating the nation in Russian presidential discourse 2012–2019.'' In her article, Laine......
Peer-reviewed article by Visiting Senior Fellow Emma Hakala has been published in the latest issue of the Kosmopolis journal. The article examines climate change as a new type of security threat.......
Director Mika Aaltola outlines new research focus areas for the next four years. FIIA and IEP will host the opening discussion of the German-Nordic-Baltic Forum. Anna-Kaisa Hiltunen has received the......
Anna-Kaisa Hiltunen, acting Managing Editor and Head of Research Communications at FIIA, received the award for her book Euroopan porteilla (’At the gates of Europe’). The State Award for Public......
The United States presidential election is scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2020. With four weeks left until election day, we have compiled the recent FIIA analysis on US politics for your......
A new peer-reviewed article by Senior Research Fellow Ryhor Nizhnikau ''Playing the enemies: Belarus finds itself in between EU and Russian sanction regimes'' has been published in Revista CIDOB......
State responsibility in international law is considered one of the cornerstones of the field. Its unique position has nonetheless been challenged by several developments both within and outside the......
Carla Norrlof's article analyses the impact of COVID-19 on US's relationship with the liberal international order, and how the country has failed domestically to effectively manage the pandemic. This......
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs will launch its new flagship event FIIA Forum on the 30 of September 2020. The topic of FIIA’s main event of the year is geoeconomics: FIIA and the......
New peer-reviewed article by Salla Heinikoski on different Finnish Defence and Foreign Policy Approaches related to Security Policy Stances and the Demilitarisation of the Åland Islands. The article......
The Director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) Mika Aaltola examines democratic vulnerability and regressive dynamics in contemporary Western democracies in his recently......
Article on Belarusian foreign policy authored by Senior Research Fellow Ryhor Nizhnikau and Programme Director Arkady Moshes published in the latest Danish Foreign Policy Review. This peer-reviewed......
Director Mika Aaltola acknowledges FIIA's work during the pandemic. FIIA has released a record level of publications despite the exceptional circumstances. The Institute launches a new flagship event,......
Senior research fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) Bart Gaens co-authored a new policy paper entitled: ‘’Differentiation in ASEAN, ECOWAS and MERCOSUR: A Comparative......
The Faculty of Management and Business (Tampere University) has awarded the title of Docent in Political Science and International Relations to the Institute’s Senior Research Fellow, PhD Teemu......
Counsellor for International Affairs Samu-Ville Paukkunen has begun at FIIA as Director of administration on Tuesday, 18th of August 2020. In addition, his tasks include acting as the Institute’s......
US Elections Untangled is a weekly podcast series by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs that dives deep into the big questions surrounding the 2020 elections. Drawing on the expertise of......
FIIA's Visiting Research Professor Carla Norrlof was interviewed by Foreign Affairs to a debate article (9 June). The debate statement was: The pandemic will empower China at the expense of the United......
On 2 June 2020, the Board of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs decided to appoint Counsellor for International Affairs Samu-Ville Paukkunen as the director of administration of the......
Antto Vihma, Leading Researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, has been granted funding from the Academy of Finland for a joint research project on transparency in international......
The Covid-19 pandemic shows once more that the EU is vulnerable in a more competitive international environment and needs to act jointly. European strategic autonomy does not mean that the EU should......
Below is a summary of how FIIA researchers have been commenting on the coronavirus in the media (in English). Further down you can find our reading recommendations.In the mediaSenior Research Fellow......
Since late 2019, the world has been looking for the most efficient policies to respond to the challenge of Covid-19. The pandemic now at hand poses a challenge to the existing domestic orders, as well......
Since the beginning of the year FIIA researchers have been following the global implications of the coronavirus and as a result the institute have managed to produce already multiple in-house......
The EU Council Library published 30 April its latest Think Tank Review which is a monthly selection of EU-related papers published by think tanks across the world.The review includes FIIA publications......
Director Mika Aaltola addresses how FIIA functions amidst the coronavirus pandemic. FIIA has already published several papers on COVID-19 and its implications. Under-Secretary of State Kai Sauer......
A report by Programme Director Juha Jokela on Finland's approach to External Crisis and Conflict Management was published in an edited volume by the Bertelsmann Stiftung. "The 29 reports presented in......
In a recently published book chapter, Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi explores the main scholarly debates concerning the EU-Russia energy relationship (published first online 09 March 2020). The......
In a comment published today 17 March by the Scottish Centre on European Relations, Senior Research Fellow Saila Heinikoski asks if Finnish citizens would decide to join the Union if the referendum......
Finland has a long tradition of bolstering civil resilience, stated FIIA's Senior Research Fellow Charly Salonius-Pasternak in an interview with the Financial Times, commenting on how Finland is......
A book chapter authored by Research Fellow Tuomas Iso-Markku entitled: "Transparency in EU decision-making: Under growing pressure, more important than ever" was published in an edited volume on......
Senior Research Fellow Saila Heinikoski stated in an interview with the South China Morning Post (7 March) that despite the spread of the deadly disease, the EU could insist neither on nations closing......
The EU should restore its high-level political dialogue with North Korea, argue Senior Research Fellow Elina Sinkkonen and other Asia policy experts in a commentary published by 38 North (March......
Programme Director Juha Jokela's comment on Finnish influence in the EU was published by the Scottish Centre on European Relations (SCER) 25 February.Jokela notes that Finland might need to address......
A commentary by Programme Director Mikael Wigell and Tuomas Forsberg entitled "IR 100 years: a Nordic perspective" was published by the Global Affairs journal.The authors examine the development of......
A new book edited by Senior Research Fellows Wolfgang Mühlberger and Toni Alaranta was published by Springer. The book entitled "Political Narratives in the Middle East and North Africa" examines the......
"There’s a bit of curiosity in Germany to see how Finland handles the rise of populists and the True Finns”, stated Senior Research Fellow Niklas Helwig in an interview with News Now Finland......
How do Finnish parliamentarians view key aspects of Finland's security and defence policy? News Now Finland published an article (February 6, 2020) on senior research fellow Charly......
FIIA put together a list of all its publications regarding Britain, EU and Brexit. Find them behind the links below:...
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs has launched an extensive research project on Finnish foreign and security policy, with the aim of strengthening the expertise and research in this......
Senior research fellow Jyrki Kallio’s and senior research fellow Bart Gaens’ chapter “Finland’s relations with China and the US” was published in a report entitled “Europe in the Face of......
In its meeting on 22 January, the FIIA Board elected Under-Secretary of State Kai Sauer (Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland) as the Chair and Professor Anu Kantola (University of Helsinki) as the......
Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi's peer-reviewed article "Silencing history: forgetting Italy’s past during the refugee crisis in Europe" was published in International Politics (first online)....
Senior Research Fellow Jussi Lassila's peer-reviewed book chapter "Sputnik i Pogrom: Russia’s oppositional nationalism and alternative right" was published in a book entitled "Freedom of Expression......
FIIA's latest Visiting Senior Fellow Deborah McCarthy hosted an episode of "the General and the Ambassador" podcast with General Jarmo Lindberg and Ambassador Bruce Oreck, whilst visiting the Center......
The Parliament has appointed new members to the FIIA Board. FIIA reinforces Finnish foreign policy research project. FIIA Director Mika Aaltola has appointed Mikael Wigell as programme director for......
In their article "A mixed record: Assessing Ukraine’s domestic reforms under Volodymyr Zelenskiy" Programme Director Arkady Moshes and Senior Research Fellow Ryhor Nizhnikau argue that the record on......
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) hosted a meeting of the EU-Russia Expert Network on foreign policy (EUREN) in Helsinki on 13 December focusing on new security challenges and......
A peer-reviewed article by Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi on EU-Russia energy relations was published in the East European Politics journal.In the abstract Siddi notes: "The paper argues that......
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) is currently seeking a Junior Research Fellow / a Research Fellow in its European Union research programme.The appointment will take effect in......
Senior Research Fellow Emma Hakala contributed to the "Megatrends in Africa" report, published today 4 December by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. The authors consisted of a group of......
A peer-reviewed article entitled "The Southern Gas Corridor: Prospects and Challenges for EU Foreign Policy" by Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi was published in the latest issue of the Caucasus......
The Parliament has appointed new members to the FIIA Board for the period 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2024.Salla Sammalkivi, EU Affairs Department, Prime Minister's OfficeKai Sauer, Under-Secretary......
FIIA director Mika Aaltola has re-appointed Bart Gaens to the project director position of FIIA’s Center on US Politics and Power (CUSPP) until August 2020, when the position becomes open through an......
FIIA reinforces a project on Finnish foreign and security policy with several appointments. The Director Mika Aaltola has appointed Harri Mikkola as the leading research fellow and Mariette Hägglund......
Senior Research Fellow Charly Salonius-Pasternak was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal (11 November) to their article "On a Rocky Island, Russia Seeks Military and Psychological Edge".Link to the......
A report from the TEPSA 2019 Finnish Pre-Presidency Conference co-organized by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) and the Trans-European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) has been......
Mikael Wigell has been appointed director of the Global Security research programme at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. His appointment is for the next five-year term from 1 January......
A chapter on the European External Action Service (Europäischer Auswärtiger Dienst) authored by Senior Research Fellow Niklas Helwig was published in the book "Europa von A bis Z". The book is......
Research Fellow Tuomas Iso-Markku co-authored a peer-reviewed article entitled “Towards German leadership? Germany’s Evolving Role and the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy“. The article......
Senior Research Fellow Emma Hakala was interviewed by South Asia Fast Track on how India can use climate change in its foreign policy.Link to the interview....
Senior Research Fellow Elina Sinkkonen co-authored a peer-reviewed article entitled "Chinese Perceptions of Threats from the United States and Japan". The article was published in the Political......
Senior Research Fellow Niklas Helwig wrote together with Jana Puglierin an article entitled "Europe’s Geo-Economic Commission" published by the Berlin Policy Journal 7 October.The authors note that:......
Dr Mika Aaltola, who the Board appointed as the director of the Institute for a five-year term 2020-2024 on 11 September, will start in his new position on 7 October....
The FIIA Board has appointed Mika Aaltola as the director of FIIA for the next five-year term. MP Mikko Savola will chair FIIA Advisory Council. Research project on strategic deterrence concludes with......
Leo Michel's article "Finnish defence policy: One AmerLeo Michel's article "Finnish defence policy: One American's perspective" was published in the Maanpuolustus magazine 19 September.Michel was a......
FIIA Advisory Council, appointed by the Chancellery Commission of the Parliament, convened in its current composition for the first time on 19 September. The Council selected MP Mikko Savola to......
Programme Director Arkady Moshes commented on the meeting between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his counterpart Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in an interview with South China Morning Post......
Tampere University published Research Fellow Matti Pesu's doctoral thesis "Introducing Ideational Foreign Policy Analysis : Explorations on the Underlying Ideas of Finnish Foreign Policy"."This......
FIIA's Senior Research Fellow Charly Salonius-Pasternak's comments related to president Putin's visit to Helsinki in August were referred to in an article by News Now Finland 12.9.Salonius-Pasternak......
Juha Jokela will continue in his current position as programme director in FIIA’s European Union research programme as he has been appointed to the next five-year term from 1 January 2020 to 31......
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) is seeking a Research Programme Director for the period of 1.1.2020-31.12.2024 to its Global Security Research Programme. Successful performance......
The Board of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs has appointed Dr Mika Aaltola as the Director of the institute for the next five-year term (1 January 2020 – 31 December 2024). The......
Senior Research Fellow Toni Alaranta's peer-reviewed book chapter entitled “Confrontational Civilizational Identity in the Making? The New Turkey and the West” was published in an edited volume by......
Programme Director Arkady Moshes wrote an article entitled "All Quiet in Russian-Belarusian Relations" that was published by PONARS Eurasia.Available here....
A peer-reviewed book chapter entitled "The West: Divided in Freedom and Fear?" by Research Fellow Ville Sinkkonen and Henri Vogt was published in an edited volume by Palgrave Macmillan.The book......
A chapter by Senior Research Fellow Wolfgang Mühlberger entitled "Hezbollah's military engagement in Syria: from hubris to nemesis?" has been published in an edited volume on counter-terrorism. The......
A peer-reviewed article by Senior Research Fellow Toni Alaranta entitled “Russia and the Idea of Eurasia in Turkey's Strategic Culture Paradigms” was published in an edited book on Strategic......
An article authored by Senior Research Fellow Bart Gaens entitled "The EU-Asia Connectivity Strategy and Its Impact on Asia-Europe Relations" has been published in the latest issue of Panorama by the......
Senior Research Fellow Charly Salonius-Pasternak discussed the future of EU-UK relations at SuomiAreena 16.7. Watch the panel discussion from this link....
Senior Research Fellow Ryhor Nizhnikau's article "Moldova Has a New Government, But its Political Crisis is Far from Over" was published 10.7. by the Globe Post.Link to the article....
A peer-reviewed article by Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi entitled "The Mediterranean Dimension of West-Russia Security Relations" was published in the edited volume Threats to Euro-Atlantic......
Senior Research Fellow Jussi Lassila's article entitled "The uncertain future of Russia’s domestic politics" was published 28.6. by the Atlantic Community.Link to the article....
Programme Director Mika Aaltola's recent FIIA Briefing Paper was referred to in an article on espionage and LinkedIn by Stratfor 2.7. Link to the article.Aaltola's publication "Geostrategically......
FIIA took part in organising Kultaranta Talks, TEPSA 2019 Finnish Pre-Presidency Conference and a MSC roundtable on Arctic security. FIIA also co-published a report on the 2009 Stoltenberg report with......
Research Fellow Ville Sinkkonen has co-authored a peer-reviewed article entitled: "Connected in freedom? Reconstructing a foundational value in EU and US foreign policy discourses". The article was......
FIIA's Senior Research Fellow's Toni Alaranta's article "Can Erdoğan seduce Istanbul’s Kurds?" was published by Ahval (23.5).According to Alaranta, "...the continuing inability of Kurdish and......
FIIA's Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi was interviewed to an article entitled "Salvini leads populist gang towards a European shake-up" by The Times (18.5).Link to the article, available for......
FIIA's Programme Director Arkady Moshes was quoted in an article by News Now Finland (17.5) on Russia's role in the Council of Europe.Article available from this link....
On May 7, the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) organised in cooperation with the Munich Security Conference (MSC) a roundtable on Arctic Security in Helsinki. Topics such as......
FIIA's Director Teija Tiilikainen authored an analysis entitled "An EP-campaign of low profile in Finland" that was published by Clingendael. Tiilikainen notes that all the mainstream parties stress......
Programme Director Juha Jokela published an article "Representative Democracy in Finland: Functioning with Limited Politicisation of EU Affairs" in a report "Representative Democracy in the EU:......
Senior Research Fellow Mikael Wigell's article "Democracy is under attack: here is how to protect it" on countering hybrid interference has been published in the International Affairs Blog......
FIIA's Research Fellow Tuomas Iso-Markku has contributed to a joint report by the Nordic Foreign Policy Institutes: "10 Years on: Reassessing the Stoltenberg Report on Nordic Cooperation". The report......
Senior Research Fellow Harri Mikkola assessed Finland's Arctic Council chairmanship in a news article by News Now Finland (5.5). Mikkola noted for instance that "Trump’s negative stance towards......
FIIA's Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi was quoted by CNN Business (2.5) in their article on natural gas and transatlantic trade relations. Link to the article....
Senior Research Fellow Charly Salonius-Pasternak was interviewed by LRT.lt (24.4) on Finland's security strategies outside and alongside NATO.Link to the article....
Senior Research Fellow Emma Hakala has co-authored two peer-reviewed articles entitled: "A Lot of Talk, But Little Action—The Blind Spots of Nordic Environmental Security Policy" and "Northern......
FIIA's Programme Director Arkady Moshes was interviewed to an article by the Associated Press (22.4) on Ukraine's newly elected president Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Moshes stated that Kremlin may try to......
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) is now seeking researchers for the programme period of 1.1.2020-31.12.2022 to all research programmes.Applications are welcome from researchers in......
FIIA's Visiting Senior Fellow Leo Michel wrote on Finland's elections in an article published by the Atlantic Council (17.4) and concluded that among US allies and partners in Europe, Finland should......
Programme Director Mika Aaltola was quoted in a Washington Post news article (14.4) on the results of Finland's parliamentary elections. Aaltola noted among other issues that: "The political center......
Director of FIIA Teija Tiilikainen wrote an article (11.4) entitled "Finland's parliamentary elections will barely rock its EU Presidency" that was published by the Friends of Europe think-tank.......
Senior Research Fellow Toni Alaranta's analysis on Turkey's local elections entitled "Turkey’s local elections – new opposition and the AKP’s ambivalence to the popular will" was published in......
FIIA is taking part in new research projects on sanctions and space and has launched its own research project on terrorism. FIIA is in the process of recruiting a new director, programme directors and......
FIIA's Senior Research Fellow Toni Alaranta commented the local elections in Turkey and the dispute related to the Hagia Sophia in an article by Asia Times (1.4) Link to the article....
Programme Director Arkady Moshes commented on the Ukrainian presidential elections to Kommersant (1.4). Forbes referred to Moshes' comments in their article "Ukraine's President Poroshenko Praises......
The Economist referred to Bruno Tertrais's FIIA Working Paper in an article entitled "What would happen if America left Europe to fend for itself?" on 14 March....
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) is now seeking two Research Programme Directors for the period of 1.1.2020-31.12.2024. These positions are located in the European Union......
Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi has written a book review of the book "Russian–European Relations in the Balkans and Black Sea Region. Great Power Identity and the Idea of Europe" by Vsevolod......
Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi has co-authored a peer-reviewed article entitled "The national agents of transnational memory and their limits: the case of the Museum of the Second World War in......
Senior Research Fellow Mikael Wigell's peer-reviewed article contributing to the debate on hybrid threats has been published as lead article in the March issue of International Affairs. The article......
A peer-reviewed article authored by Senior Research Fellow Elina Sinkkonen has been published in the Pacific Review (18.2.2019).The article analyses the evolution of Sino-Japanese rivalry in the......
Senior Research Fellows Wolfgang Mühlberger and Marco Siddi authored a Euromesco Policy brief entitled "In from the Cold: Russia’s Agenda in the Middle East and Implications for the EU",......
Applications for the office of Director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs must be submitted by 4 March. The statute governing this appointment requires the successful applicant to have......
FIIA's Senior Research Fellow Mikael Wigell was interviewed by McClatchy DC (1.2) to an article on recent developments regarding Russia's role in the Venezuela crisis.On the issue of Russian desire......
FIIA's Senior Research Fellow Mikael Wigell commented on the relationship between Russia and Venezuela in an interview for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (24.1). On a question regarding direct......
FIIA's Senior Research Fellow Jyrki Kallio gave an interview on Sauli Niinistö's, President of the Republic of Finland, state visit to China to Yle uutiset (14.1.). Article "Finnish president makes......
A peer-reviewed article entitled "The Nexus between Arms Control and Human Rights in the Case of North Korea. Implications for the Human Rights Agenda" written by FIIA's Senior Research Fellow Katja......
FIIA will publish a report on the post-Soviet space early next year. FIIA also invites applications from senior scholars to conduct research on U.S. role in global political and economic affairs....
Foreign Policy (17.12.) interviewed FIIA's Senior Research Fellow Charly Salonius-Pasternak to article that was entitled "The GPS Wars Are Here"....
ETTG Briefing Paper entitled "Financing EU external action: understanding member state priorities" written by FIIA's Programme Director Juha Jokela together with Clare Castillejo, Niels Keijzer,......
A TEPSA Brief entitled "Strengthening the EU as a security actor: citizens’ views and perspectives" written by FIIA's Programme Director Juha Jokela has been published by Trans-European Policy......
A book chapter, entitled "Finland: Direct Democracy and Representational System" written by FIIA's Programme Director Juha Jokela and Research Fellow Tuomas Iso-Markku, has been published in a......
A peer-reviewed article entitled "The Role of Power in EU–Russia Energy Relations: The Interplay between Markets and Geopolitics" written by FIIA's Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi was published......
FIIA invites an outstanding senior scholar to conduct research on strategic and critical issues related to the role of the U.S. in global political and economic affairs. The Visiting Professor or......
FIIA's Visiting Senior Fellow Leo Michel was interviewed by MTV Uutiset (9.11.) to story on arms control agreements. Leo Michel at 2:10, Leo Michel in English, otherwise in Finnish. ...
FIIA's Director Teija Tiilikainen was interviewed to article "EU center-right plots strategy ahead of key election" by Columbia Basin Herald (7.11.). The article concerned the European People's Party......
Visiting Senior Research Fellow Leo Michel contributed this chapter to “Cold War Views on Sweden”, Gunnar Artéus & Kent Zetterberg (editors), Medströms Bokförlag (publisher.) The chapter......
Article entitled "External actors in Libya: International Organizations at Odds with Global and Regional Players" written by FIIA's Senior Research Fellow Wolfgang Mühlberger has been published in a......
A peer-reviewed article entitled "Italy’s ‘Middle Power’ Approach to Russia" written by Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi has been published by The International Spectator (online)....
Director Teija Tiilikainen was interviewed to news on the visit of the Kazakh President in Helsinki by News Now Finland (17.10.)....
An article entitled "A Willing Partner in the North: Finnish Perceptions on Germany as a Baltic Power" (77-91) written by FIIA's Research Fellow Matti Pesu and Santtu Lehtinen has been published in a......
An article entitled "ASEM has a role to play in improved Asia-Europe cooperation on security" (p. 13-15) written by Senior Research Fellow Bart Gaens as part of the discussion paper "My ASEM wishlist:......
FIIA's Senior Research Fellow Emma Hakala defended her doctoral thesis on September 29. The title of the thesis is "International Organisations and the Securitisation of the Environment in......
FIIA will take part in a Horizon 2020 project on differentiated integration in the EU. FIIA researchers have concluded books on the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood policy, posttruth in Finnish journalism......
A peer-reviewed article entitled "The political challenges of community-level PVE practices: The Danish case of Copenhagen vs. Aarhus on dialoguing with extremist milieus" written by FIIA's Senior......
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs, with the support of the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, seeks to establish a collaborative effort with partner organizations in Sweden, Norway, and......
FIIA's Senior Research Fellow Wolfgang Mühlberger was interviewed to op-ed published in Asia Times (13.9.). Op-ed's title was "After Syria’s partition, will Xinjiang be destabilized?"....
Following Susanna Huovinen's departure from the Parliament, the FIIA Advisory Council elected Maarit Feldt-Ranta as the new chair in its meeting on 5 September....
News Now Finland (29.8.) interviewed Research Fellow Tuomas Iso-Markku to article entitled "Bonjour: Emmanuel Macron Arrives In Finland Looking For New Friends In The North". “I guess for France,......
A peer-reviewed book chapter entitled "Development Lending as Financial Statecraft? A Comparative Exploration of the Practices of China and Japan" written by Mikael Mattlin and FIIA's Senior Research......
A blog posting entitled "A lack of critical public debate: Questioning the EU’s support for the Southern Gas Corridor" written by FIIA's Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi has been published in LSE......
FIIA's Senior Research Fellow Ryhor Nizhnikau was interviewed to article "President Niinistö Heads To Sochi For Talks With Putin" by News Now Finland (22.8.). “One thing I can say is that we can......
Senior Visiting Fellow Mark N. Katz discusses the new Caspian Accord in his article published by Lobe Log on 15 August....
Senior Research Fellow Elina Sinkkonen commented on Sino-Russian cooperation in security issues in South China Morning Post on 9 August....
Director Teija Tiilikainen commented on a recent poll on Finnish views on NATO in a Yle News article on 13 August....
A peer-reviewed book chapter entitled "Contemporary Arctic Meets World Politics: Rethinking Arctic Exceptionalism in the Age of Uncertainty" written by Senior Research Fellows Juha Käpylä and Harri......
New book entitled "Geo-economics and Power Politics in the 21st Century: The Revival of Economic Statecraft" edited by FIIA's Senior Research Fellow Mikael Wigell, Sören Scholvin and FIIA's......
New book entitled "EU Induced Institutional Change in Post-Soviet Space: Promoting Reforms in Moldova and Ukraine" written by Senior Research Fellow Ryhor Nizhnikau has been published by Routledge......
Director Teija Tiilikainen was interviewed by Helsingin Sanomat on a possible meeting between the US and Russian presidents in Helsinki and the interview was quoted by Yle News (27.6.). ""The......
FIIA's Programme Director Juha Jokela has co-written with Henrik Larsen, University of Copenhagen and Göran von Sydow, Swedish Institute for European Studies, Stockholm, a book chapter entitled......
FIIA took part in organising Kultaranta Talks and concluded a research project on hybrid influencing in democracies. FIIA researchers published nine peer-reviewed articles by the end of May in 2018....
Research Fellow Matti Pesu was quoted in article on the 6th annual Kultaranta talks published by Yle News (17.6.). ...
FIIA's Senior Research Fellow Charly Salonius-Pasternak was interviewed by France 2 (France Télévisions, 14.6.2018). Interview focused on conscription in Finland. Charly Salonius-Pasternak at 2:00.......
An independent investigation team has completed a safety investigation of the stabbings that took place in Turku on 18 August 2017. In its report, the investigation team gives nine safety......
Judy Dempsey interviewed Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi to article "Judy Asks: Should Germany Dump Nord Stream 2? Can it?". Article was published in Judy Dempsey's Strategic Europe -blog (14.6.......
Programme Director Mika Aaltola was interviewed by Yle News (7.6.) to article "US and Russian top military brass to meet in Helsinki"...
Senior Research Fellow Teemu Tammikko has published a peer-reviewed article "The Threat of Returning Foreign Fighters: Finnish State Responses to the Volunteers in the Spanish and Syria-Iraq Civil......
Yle News (8.5.) interviewed Senior Research Fellow Charly Salonius-Pasternak to article "Finland, Sweden and US deepen defence cooperation in Washington"....
Senior Research Fellow Marcin Kaczmarski has written a book review entitled "Between an axis of convenience and a return to the past". The review focuses on the following two books: A Wary Embrace:......
Article entitled "The Arctic route for Russian LNG opens" written by Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi has been published in World Energy Magazine (38, 80-83)....
A peer-reviewed book chapter "‘First as Tragedy…’: Mistakes, Blaming and Learning at the Copenhagen Climate Conference" written by Senior Research Fellow Antto Vihma has been published in......
South China Morning Post (20.4.) interviewed Senior Research Fellow Jyrki Kallio to article "EU presents (nearly) united front against China’s ‘unfair’ Belt and Road Initiative". ...
A chapter entitled "Finland Focuses on Its Northern Partners as Brexit Takes the UK out of ‘Northern Lights’ Grouping" written by Programme Director Juha Jokela has been published in SCER Report......
An article entitled "How the evolving international environment affects EU member states’ positions toward Russia" written by Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi has been published in LSE EUROPP......
Article "Russian infowar targets transatlantic bonds" written by Visiting Senior Fellow Sofie Eisentraut and Bret Schafer has been published by The Cipher Brief (30 March 2018)....
FIIA has launched four new Government-funded research projects. In late March FIIA organized jointly with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland a two-day brainstorming meeting on EU Defence....
Finland’s political leaders will be watching carefully today, to see if other EU countries announce sanctions against Russia, over the nerve agent attack in England earlier this month (News Now......
News Now Finland (14.3.) interviewed Senior Research Fellow Charly Salonius-Pasternak to article "Finland Reacts To Escalating UK – Russia Tensions"....
STT (13.3.) interviewed Programme Director Mika Aaltola, interview focused on the dismissal of U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Aaltola's interview was quoted by Yle News (13.3.). ...
Visiting Fellow Sophie Eisentraut has co-written with Stephanie De Leon an article entitled "Propaganda and Disinformation in the Western Balkans: How the EU Can Counter Russia’s Information War".......
“In terms of foreign policy, this is probably the most inactive government we’ve had in years and it’s partly due to Sipilä himself. He’s an engineer by background so it’s not that he......
Director Teija Tiilikainen commented on the Munich Security Conference to Helsingin Sanomat (19.2). "There is tremendous potential for conflict in world politics at the moment, and much......
Second Line of Defense (14.2.) interviewed Matti Pesu to "Shaping a way ahead for the defense of Finland: the perspective of a Finnish research analyst"....
Policy Memo "What Will Replace Russia’s Dwindling Trump-Euphoria? Russian Foreign Policy Viewpoints Today" written by Programme Director Arkady Moshes has been published by PONARS Eurasia (Policy......
Yle News (7.2.) interviewed Senior Research Fellow Charly Salonius-Pasternak to an article that was entitled "US State Dept OKs possible missile sale to Finland in deal valued at 580m euros". ...
Article entitled "A "Eurasian Turn" in Turkish Foreign Policy? Not Likely" written by Senior Research Fellow Toni Alaranta has been published in The Turkey Analyst (31 January 2018)....
The School of Management (University of Tampere) has nominated Institute's Senior Research Fellow Mikael Wigell as a Docent in International Political Economy....
Institute's Visiting Research Fellow Matti Pesu has written a blog posting entitled "What Sauli Niinistö’s re-election means for Finnish foreign policy" to EUROPP - European Politics and Policy......
Bloomberg (26.1.) interviewed Director Teija Tiilikainen to article entitled "Finland’s President Eyes Easy Re-Election". ...
A book entitled "Domestic Determinants of Foreign Policy in the European Union and the United States" edited by Daniel S. Hamilton and FIIA's Director Teija Tiilikainen has been published. Book also......
The Telegraph (24.1.) interviewed Programme Director Juha Jokela, interview focused on the security relations with the UK after Brexit. "As Finland is not a member of NATO, bilateral defence......
Foreign Policy (18.1.) interviewed Senior Research Fellow Charly Salonius-Pasternak to article entitled "Inside a European Center to Combat Russia’s Hybrid Warfare". The article focused on the......
Senior Research Fellow Jussi Lassila was interviewed by Yle Novosti (24.1.), interview focused on Finnish presidential elections (in Russian)....
Research Fellow Ville Sinkkonen has written book chapter entitled "Understanding the trust–distrust nexus between the United States and Egypt" and Visiting Research Fellow Matti Pesu has written,......
Senior Research Fellow Elina Sinkkonen has written a book review of the book "The Intellectual in Modern Chinese History", by Timothy Cheek. The review has been published online by The English......
Senior Research Fellow Bart Gaens has co-edited with Gauri Khandekar a book entitled "Japan’s Search for Strategic Security Partnerships". The book includes a peer-reviewed chapter entitled......
A writing entitled "Japan’s restrained response to the Rohingya issue" written by Senior Research Fellow Bart Gaens has been published by Japan Today (13.1.)....
A peer-reviewed article "Kun pienvaltiorealismin hegemonia murtui: suomalaiset ulkopoliittiset koulukunnat kylmän sodan jälkeisen ajan alussa" (When the hegemony of "small state realism" was broken:......
Institute's Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi has written a peer-reviewed article entitled "The EU’s Botched Geopolitical Approach to External Energy Policy: The Case of the Southern Gas Corridor".......
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2018 from the Finnish Institute of International Affairs!...
In its organising meeting The Board of the University of Helsinki elected Director Teija Tiilikainen as a vice chair for 2018-2021. President Tarja Halonen was elected as a chair of the Board. ...
FIIA has moved to Arkadiankatu 23 B and renewed both its logo and website. The FIIA Board has appointed the Scientific Advisory Council for 2018-2020. The third year of Nordic researcher exchange......
Third New Pact for Europe “Re-energising Europe: A package deal for the EU27” has been published. According to one of the key findings of the report, EU countries have varying geopolitical......
"Matti Pesu, a visiting research fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, believes the candidates have relatively clear-cut stances on Nato. “Maybe the campaigns and debates have......
Senior Research Fellow Jussi Lassila has co-edited with Julie Fedor, Markku Kangaspuro and Tatiana Zhurzhenko a book entitled "War and Memory in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus" (Palgrave Macmillan,......
Financial Times (6.12.) interviewed Senior Research Fellow Charly Salonius-Pasternak to an article that was entitled "A century on, Finland has learnt to tame the Russian bear"....
Senior Research Fellow Jussi Lassila has written a book review about a book "Europe faces Europe: Narratives from its Eastern Half "....
Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi's policy memo entitled "Italy’s Eastern Neighborhood Policy: Georgia in Context" has been published in "Georgian Institute of Politics Policy Memo" (7.11.2017).......
Yle News (5.11.) quoted Visiting Research Fellow Matti Pesu's interview in Helsingin Sanomat. Yle News article focused on a public opinion poll on NATO membership commissioned by Helsingin......
Ryhor Nizhnikau, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute, has written a peer-reviewed article entitled "Guiding Voice to Exit: Elections of Sitz-Chairman in Moldova, Inc." that has been published in......
Senior Research Fellow Jussi Lassila's peer-reviewed article entitled "Aleksei Naval’nyi and Populist Re-ordering of Putin’s Stability" has been published in the book "Russian Modernisation:......
Visiting Senior Fellow Leo Michel he talked about consistencies in and possible changes to U.S. foreign policy in the era of Trump in JMC's vlog....
Marco Siddi, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute, has written a peer-reviewed article entitled "EU-Russia Energy Relations: From a Liberal to a Realist Paradigm?". Article was published in Russian......
The Nordic foreign policy institutes strengthen cooperation, FIIA will publish a topical report on North Korea in October and FIIA’s relocation to Arkadiankatu will take place in November. ...
Visiting Senior Fellow Mark N. Katz was interviewed to an article entitled "U.S. Halts visas for Russians, deepening a diplomatic spat". Article was published by the Washington Post (21.8.). ...
Forbes interviewed Senior Research Fellow Bart Gaens on India-China relations (18.8). The title of the article was "Why India Takes A Backseat To China In Media Coverage". "[European media] should......
Visiting Senior Fellow Mark N. Katz's article entitled "Iran and Russia cooperate amid suspicion" has been published by The Arab Weekly (Issue 118, page 12, 6.8.2017)....
Visiting Senior Fellow Mark N. Katz has written an article entitled "Yemen’s President Invites Closer Ties with Russia". The article was published by The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington......
A peer-reviewed article "An evolving Other: German national identity and constructions of Russia" written by Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi has been published in Politics (p. 1-17, Sage 2017.)....
Senior Research Fellow Toni Alaranta was interviewed by Yle News to an article that was titled "Finland to deport Turkish Kurds facing prison terms in home country" (27.6.)....
FIIA and the Center for Transatlantic Relations have launched a project on domestic factors influencing U.S. and European foreign policies. FIIA will move to new premises at Arkadiankatu 23 in......
FIIA has launched new research projects on Nordic cooperation, US global role, societal resilience, and tension on the Korean peninsula. FIIA has started publishing video recordings of selected......
A peer-reviewed article "Political Effects of Welfare Pluralism: Comparative Evidence from Argentina and Chile" written by Senior Research Fellow Mikael Wigell has been published in World Development......
Programme Director Arkady Moshes was interviewed by Financial Times (1.3.) to an article titled "Belarus tech dream is a walk in the park"....
A policy analysis "Can Belarus perform a real belancing act between Russia and the West?" written by Programme Director Arkady Moshes has been published in Anallisi Geurasia (2/2017)....
An article "Is the Kemalist Project to Blame for Turkey’s Failed Democracy?" by Senior Research Fellow Toni Alaranta has been published in The Turkey Analyst (17.2.2017)....
Doctoral dissertation " Externally induced institutional change in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood: migration and environment reforms in Ukraine and Moldova in 2010–2015" of research fellow Ryhor......
Senior Research Fellow at the institute Toni Alaranta column "Turkish troops in Syria: Is it all about the Kurds from now on?" was published in Helsinki Times 16.2....
Senior Research Fellows Harri Mikkola ja Juha Käpylä have written a report "Finland’s chairmanship in the Arctic Council (2017-2019) in the age of change and uncertainty" published by the Prime......
Programme Director Arkady Moshes has written an article "EU-Russia relations: quo vadis? Muddling, normalization or deterioration"....
Fellows spend three eight-month stays at research institutions or think tanks participating in the program - at least one on the Eastern, and one on the Western side of the Atlantic. FIIA is among the......
Senior Research Fellow Wolfgang Mühlberger has edited EuroMeSCo Joint Policy Study 5 entitled "The Transformation in Tunisia: The first five years"....
Research Fellow Ville Sinkkonen was interviewed by Jyväskylän Ylioppilaslehti Jylkkäri to an article concerning Barack Obama and his presidency (23.1.)....
Government’s Analysis, Assessment and Research Activities unit has commissioned two research projects from FIIA....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Charly Salonius-Pasternak was interviewed to an article concerning the Santa summit in which Finland's Santa and Russia's Grandfather Frost met in Nuijamaa....
A new 3-year programme period will start in January with some new emphases on the research agenda. Meanwhile, FIIA is preparing a report on major trends in the EU as part of a larger research project......
Senior Research Fellow Katri Pynnöniemi talked about the report "Russia’s changing role in Finland’s neighbourhood" in a podcast concerning on Finland's security and defence politics in......
Senior Research Fellow Kristi Raik was interviewed by KSMU's (Ozarks public radio). The title of the broadcast was "Near The Russian Border, U.S. And NATO Beef Up Their Presence"....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute, Kristi Raik's article has been included article collection showcasing research on the Soviet Union....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Marco Siddi has published a peer-reviewed article in European Politics and Society...
Antto Vihma and Mikael Wigell have written an article on Russia’s geoeconomics and the Nord Stream II pipeline....
Leo Michel, Visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute, held a keynote speech under the topic After the US Election: European Security and the Future of the Transatlantic Link...
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Jyrki Kallio will defend the doctoral dissertation on Friday 25 November....
Kanava Prize for the best non-fiction book was granted to "Enemmän kuin puoli taivasta" written by Tiina Airaksinen, Elina Sinkkonen and Minna Valjakka....
Research Fellow Tuomas Iso-Markku was interviewed by BBC Radio Scotland in the programme "Good Morning Scotland"....
Senior Research Fellow Marco Siddi comments on recent developments in Russo-Italian relations with regard to Syria, NATO and sanctions in his article "Italy's Russia Dilemma"....
FIIA Research Fellow Ryhor Nizhnikau wrote an article that was published in the journal Problems of Post-Communism...
FIIA Research Fellow Veera Laine co-authored an article that was published in the book Philosophical and Cultural Interpretations of Russian Modernisation...
"The Discourse of Master Kong: the Essence of Confucianism", translated and edited by FIIA Senior Research Fellow Jyrki Kallio, reviewed in the journal Philosophy East and West in October 2016...
Senior Research Fellow Katri Pynnöniemi one of the speakers at a seminar on 24 May 2016 in Riga focusing on exploring the Kremlin and DAESH information activities. Seminar report was published in......
Charly Salonius-Pasternak interviewed on HSTV's English-language current affairs show Newsmakers on Oct 12...
Senior Research Fellow András Rácz wrote an article about the Visegrad Group...
FIIA Research Fellow Tuomas Iso-Markku has written an article that was published in the book Euroscepticism in Small EU Member States...
Reuters reported the violation of Finnish airspace by Russian jets on Oct 7, with comments by Senior Research Fellow Charly Salonius-Pasternak....
Senior Research Fellow András Rácz commented on the Hungarian referendum in Politico on October 3....
Programme Director Mika Aaltola commented on the MH17 investigation for Yle News on October 1...
The compositions of the research programmes at the beginning of the next three-year programme period will be the following....
FIIA has concluded two projects that focused on EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood and the role of Russia in Finland’s neighbouring areas. In addition, the 3rd Helsinki Summer Session focused on various......
Senior Research Fellow Jyrki Kallio has written an article on the bilateral relations of Finland and China. It was published by the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs in "Dragon in the......
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Charly Salonius-Pasternak has written an article on the security policy in the Nordic countries and in the Baltic....
Programme Director Arkady Moshes wrote a commentary article on the Belarus elections. It was published on the PONARS Eurasia website on September 12th....
Director Teija Tiilikainen commented on the defence cooperation between Sweden and Finland for Yle....
Yle published an article on the report "Russia's changing role in Finland's neighbourhood"....
Senior Research Fellow Niklas Helwig commented on Finland's EU policies in Süddeutsche Zeitung on August 25....
Programme Director Arkady Moshes was interviewed by Kommersant on the defence cooperation agreement between Finland and the US on August 23....
Senior Research Fellow Charly Salonius-Pasternak commented on the bilateral defence cooperation agreement between Finland and the US on Monocle 24 radio's The Briefing programme on August 23....
Programme Director Mika Aaltola stated that while Nato is accepting new members, it is not actively seeking for new members....
Director Teija Tiilikainen commented on Russia's actions on the Finnish border to The Economist....
Director Teija Tiilikainen argues that "Brexit seems to have had a strong impact on Finnish attitudes toward the EU"....
Visiting Senior Fellow Michael Haltzel and William Courtney published an opinion piece in Newsweek on 11 June....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Marco Siddi answered to CGI's question about the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline on June 17th....
FIIA took part in organising the Kultaranta Talks which focused on Northern European security. FIIA leads a National Reflection Group of an EU-wide project on European future. Programme directors have......
Senior Research Fellow at the institute Marco Siddi has written an article on EU's energy politics. The article was published in the recent issue of the Baltic Rim Economies....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Marco Siddi has written a peer-reviewed article on Germany's foreign policy towards Russia. The article was published in Europe-Asia Studies (vol. 68 issue 4)....
Programme Director at the Institute Arkady Moshes commented the EU-Belarus relations in Deutsche Welle on June 1st....
Northern-European security and defence cooperation between Finland and Sweden will be the main topics of this year's Kultaranta talks, to be hosted by President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö on 19......
"Viewed from Helsinki, a Brexit would result in substantial economic and political costs which are difficult to quantify", writes Programme Director Juha Jokela in LSE's BrexitVote blog on May 27th....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Wolfgang Mühlberger has - together with Patrick Müller - written a peer-reviewed article on the EU's security policy in the MENA region....
Visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute Michael Haltzel has written an article on his ten-day trip in four small European countries: Estonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Austria....
Senior Research Fellow Juha Käpylä and Program Director Mika Aaltola have written a peer-reviewed article to a book called: "The Regional security puzzle around Afghanistan: Bordering practices in......
Senior Research Fellows at the Institute Harri Mikkola and Juha Käpylä said to Hight North News on May 24th that all the loose talk about “the new World War” is potentially dangerous and does......
The assessment of the effects of Finland's possible NATO membership was submitted to Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini on 29 April 2016. Teija Tiilikainen was a member in the group of assessors....
Programme Director at the Institute Arkady Moshes discussed the Finnish-Russian relations and the recent NATO report in BBC Fifth Floor on May 17th....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Marco Siddi has written together with Jekaterina Grigorjeva an article on the Nord Stream 2. The article was published on May 10th in the Policy Papers -series......
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Kristi Raik has written a peer-reviewed article entitled "Liberalism and geopolitics in EU-Russia relations: rereading the "Baltic factor"". The article was......
Ahead of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit to be held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 15-16 July, Bart Gaens has co-authored a booklet on “ASEM in the age of connectivity”, together with Yeo Lay......
FIIA’s Senior Research Fellows Dr Mikael Wigell and Dr Antto Vihma have published an article on Russia’s geostrategy in the latest International Affairs. The paper develops a new framework for......
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute András Rácz has written a study entitled "The frozen conflicts of the EU's Eastern neighbourhood and their impact on the respect of human rights". The study......
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute András Rácz has written an article on terrorism and the sense of security. The article was published in HVG.hu and the title in English is "Creating hysteria......
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Mikael Wigell has, together with Docent Mikael Mattlin, edited a special issue of Asia Europe Journal. The issue is entitled "Geoeconomics in the context of......
Visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute David Cadier talked about Putin, power, sanctions, and Syria in HSTV interview on April 13th. He said that the western sanctions against Russia are having an......
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute András Rácz commented on the newly established National Guard in Russia to Origo.hu on April 9th....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Marco Siddi has written an article on migrants and refugees in Europe. The article was published on April 11th in openDemocracy....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute András Rácz commented on the terrorism in Europe in a Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemetz on April 7th. The title of the article in English is: "Insiders may......
Research Fellow at the Institute Juha Käpylä defended the doctoral dissertation entitled "Neopragmatismi ja kansainvälinen politiikka: Tutkielma Richard Rortyn pragmatismista ja sen vaikutuksista......
FIIA has been granted external research funding while the Finnish Journal of Foreign Affairs wins an award. Several researcher vacancies will become available later this spring as the three-year......
The Finnish Journal of Foreign Affairs was awarded the Magazine of the Year 2015 Prize in the trade and organizational magazines’ category in the Edit Magazine Competition....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute András Rácz answered to Judy Dempsey's question in the Carnagie Europe blog on March 9th....
Visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute Christian Fjäder has written an article on national security and global interdependence. The article's title is "National security in a hyper-connected world:......
Programme Director at the Institute Arkady Moshes has written an article on Ukrainian, Russian and European relations. The article was published on PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo series (no 422) on March......
Elina Sinkkonen's co-edited book on Chinese women was published on March 7th. The title is "Enemmän kuin puoli taivasta. Kiinalainen nainen historiassa, yhteiskunnassa ja kulttuurissa". In this book,......
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Elina Sinkkonen commented on the China's National People's Congress to Yle News on March 4th....
The high-level Group of Personalities which was set up by the European Commission published on Tuesday 23 February a report on research programme related to the Common Security and Defence Policy......
Researcher at the Institute Veera Laine has written a piece "Shifting dynamics in the Russian civil society". It was published in the Baltic Rim Economies 1/2016....
The Finnish Journal of Foreign Affairs (Ulkopolitiikka) is nominated one of the top three in two categories at the Edit Magazine Awards 2015 organized by the Finnish Periodical Publishers’......
Programme Director at the Institute Arkady Moshes spoke at the conference called "The European Union: Imprint of the Latvian Presidency"....
Program Director at the Institute Arkady Moshes commented on the Belarus sanctions situation in Euroradio on February 22nd....
Al-Jazeera Center for Studies published on 16.2.2016 Wolfgang Mühlberger's report: Egypt: Pharaonic Politics Redux?...
Director Teija Tiilikainen comments on European Union Global Strategy in the publication of EU Institute for Security Studies....
Senior Research Fellows at the Institute Anna Kronlund and Charly Salonius-Pasternak are both giving a lecture, and so is Programme Director Mika Aaltola....
The Center on US Politics and Power at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs will organise 3rd Helsinki Summer Session on US policies on August 30 - September 2. Please, see the Call for......
Adjunct Professor (Docent), Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Antto Vihma has written an article together with Umut Turksen: "The Geoeconomics of South Stream Pipeline Project". The article was......
Director of the Institute Teija Tiilikainen commented on the Finland-Russia relations to Yle News on January 29th....
Institute's Director Teija Tiilikainen is one of the experts appointed to prepare the assessment....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Wolfgang Mühlberger wrote an article about the Egypt's Libya policy. The article was published on the Ahram online on January 27th....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute András Rácz wrote a chapter to a book titled "Russia and East Central Europe after the Cold War: A Fundamentally Transformed Relationship."...
How far is Europe prepared to go in improving relations with the official Minsk? Program Director at the Institute Arkady Moshes discussed this and other issues in the "Interview of the Week" of......
Program Director at the Institute Arkady Moshes discussed the sanctions towards Russia at the BBC Fifth Floor on December 23rd. Are the sanctions working in today's world?...
The relevance of the OSCE is discussed in publications as the organisation’s 40th anniversary year comes to an end. FIIA will co-organise a seminar on EU Global Strategy in January. Meanwhile, Jyrki......
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Sinikukka Saari has written an article called: "EU's approach to frozen conflicts in its Eastern neighborhood"....
Program Director at the Institute Arkady Moshes commented on the downing of the Russian aircraft in Turkey in Euroradio on November 26th....
Program Director at the Institute Arkady Moshes commented on the downing of the Russian plane and NATO reactions to it in BBC interview Fifth Floor on November 25th....
Senior Research Fellow Harri Mikkola and Research Fellow Juha Käpylä have written an article on the global climate change and its economic consequences to the Arctic. The article was published in......
Program Director at the Institute Arkady Moshes wrote an article on Russia-West relations after the Paris attacks....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Antto Vihma has written an article on the climate regime. The article was published in the MIT Center for Energy and Environment Policy Research newsletter on......
Program Director at the Institute Arkady Moshes commented on the Russia-West relations in Den (Ukrainian newspaper) on November 19th....
Program Director at the Institute Arkady Moshes commented on the Russia-West relations in Global Post on November 18th....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Niklas Helwig wrote a blog article on EU's mutual defence clause. The article was published in Verfassungsblog on November 18th....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Jyrki Kallio has contributed to a recent report on China by the European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC). He wrote a chapter called "Finland-China relations:......
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Mikael Wigell has written an article on geoeconomics. The article is now published in Asia Europe Journal....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute András Rácz has written an article to a conference papers publication "Towards Reassurance and Solidarity in the Euro-Atlantic Community - Riga Conference......
Program Director at the Institute Arkady Moshes discussed President Lukashenko and the situation in Belarus in Euroradio on November 6th....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute András Rácz was interviewed in an article that was about Navalnyi in a Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet on November 4th....
Programme Director at the Institute Arkady Moshes commented on the EU-Russia relations in Postmees on October 30th. He said that Europe should stay firm, regarding the sanctions, and that the only......
The Finnish Security Intelligence Service held a press conference on Tuesday announcing its security threat assessment. The announcement was evaluated by international affairs researcher Teemu......
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Marco Siddi has written an article about the Putin's gas pipe politics, Ukraine and EU. The article was published in Affari Internazionali on October 28th....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Jyrki Kallio has written a chapter to a book called "Contemporary East Asia and the Confucian revival". The book was published on October 28th....
Program Director at the Institute Juha Jokela has written an article about the Finnish view on the UK's renegotiation. The article is called "Supportive, but wait-and-see approach" and it was......
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Toni Alaranta wrote an article about the EU-Turkey relations. The article was published in The Turkey Analyst on October 28th....
China has announced that it is giving up its infamous one-child policy. Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Elina Sinkkonen commented on the Chinese announcement to STT (the Finnish news agency)......
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Kristi Raik has written an article about the EU and upheavals in its neighborhood together with Lupu Dinesen Ruxandra. The article was published on October 23rd......
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Toni Alaranta commented on the Turkish political situation to STT on October 28th. There will be parliament elections on Sunday in Turkey, and Alaranta said......
Program Director at the Institute Mika Aaltola commented on the third Republican presidential primary debate to STT on October 29th. He said that Hillary Clinton won this time....
Finland would benefit financially from the NATO membership, said Program Director Mika Aaltola to Yle News on October 27th....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Antto Vihma discussed the UN Paris climate change conference COP21 in Yle Politiikkaradio on October 27th....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Antto Vihma discussed the UN Paris climate change conference COP21 in Yle Politiikkaradio on October 27th....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute András Rácz wrote an article on Hungary's President Orbán's politics in the migration crisis. The article was published in the Visegrad Revue on October......
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Jyrki Kallio has written an article about the Chinese Dream. The article was published in Fudan Journal of the humanities and social sciences on October 27th.......
Researchers of Center on US Politics and Power at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs will tackle the presidential elections and topical US politics related questions from their point of......
Program Director at the Institute Arkady Moshes wrote an article entitled "Wie es Lukaschenka gelingt, an der Macht zu bleiben, und was das für die Zukunft von Belarus bedeutet". The article was......
Jyrki Kallio, Lic.Phil., has been awarded the Centennial Prize of the Joel Toivola Foundation as recognition for his merits in the field of China research. The Foundation commends Kallio especially......
Program Director at the Institute Juha Jokela wrote an article to a publication entitled "BREXIT: What Fair Deal between UK and EU Member States?". It was published on October 20th. ...
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Katri Pynnöniemi has written an article that was published on October 12th in Russian Analytical Digest (nr. 173). Dr. Pynnöniemi analyses the Russian......
Senior Research Fellow Toni Alaranta commented on Angela Merkel's, the Chancellor of Germany, visit to Turkey for Helsingin Sanomat on October 18....
Senior research fellow Toni Alaranta commented the refugee crisis its impact to the relations of Turkey and the EU in Yle's radio news on October 16....
Programme director Juha Jokela commented the preliminary plan between Turkey and the EU about managing the refugee crisis in MTV News on October 16....
The refugee crisis negotiations help Turkey's dictatorial President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to show his power before the Presidential elections, argued Senior Research Fellow Toni Alaranta to STT on......
Juha Jokela, programme director at the institute, commented European Council meeting in Yle's Ykkösaamu-programme on October 16....
For the second time China organised significant military parade to celebrate the anniversary of the end of World War II. Institute's Senior Research Fellow Elina Sinkkonen commented the aims of parade......
Also Institute's senior research fellow Wolfgang Mühlberger thinks that direct conflict between Russia and the US in Syria is unlikely. Mühlberger commented the issue to Helsingin Sanomat on October......
Director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs Teija Tiilikainen argued that European Council meeting will speed up the implementation of promises made. Tiilikainen commented the issue to......
Nordic countries were brought up in the US Democratic Party presidential debate held on October 13. Programme director Mika Aaltola commented the issue to MTV3 Uutiset on October 14....
Senior Research Fellow Charly Salonius-Pasternak discussed about Russia and Syrian war in Yle's Ajantasan Kaukoputki-programme on October 13....
Programme director Mika Aaltola and researcher Tuomas Iso-Markku discussed in Yle's Ykkösaamu-programme on October 14. Aaltola commented US Democratic Party presidential debate and Tuomas Iso-Markku......
Senior research fellow at the Institute, Toni Alaranta, commented Ankara bomb attack in Yle's A-studio on October 12....
Senior Researcher Fellow at the Institute, Toni Alaranta, was interviewed to Sisuradio's programme "Huomenta Ruotsi" on October 13 on a topic: "Instability may effect election results in Turkey"...
Teemu Sinkkonen, Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, commented the impact of the events in the Middle East to the Muslims around the world to Yle Uutiset on......
Institute's Programme Director Mika Aaltola contemplated the aims of Russia in Syria and how Russian actions may effect on the actions of the Western countries to Ilta-Sanomat on October 12....
Senior Research Fellow Kristi Raik commented Belarusian Presidential election, held on the 11th of October, in Yle's Ykkösaamu-programme 12.10....
Institute's Senior Research Fellow Toni Alaranta commented the official visit of Sauli Niinistö to Ankara and Istanbul to STT on October, 12....
Institute's Senior Research Fellow Toni Alaranta commented Ankara bomb blasts to Helsingin Sanomat on the 10th of October....
The Nobel Peace Prize 2015 was awarded to National Dialogue Quartet "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011".......
Program Director at the Institute Mika Aaltola discussed the Syrian situation in Yle morning program (Aamu-tv) on October 7th. He said that the wider operation is only a matter of time. It will take......
Book review by Toni Alaranta of book "Aikamme monta islamia" edited by Joonas Mariston and Andrei Sergejeff (Helsinki: Gaudeamus. 2015.) at Politiikasta.fi -webpage....
Senior Research Fellow Wolfgang Mühlberger in the Finnish Institute of International Affairs commented the recent confrontations between Palestinians and Israelis in Helsingin Sanomat on October 6th.......
The views of Turkey and the European Union concerning the refugee crisis argued Toni Alaranta, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute, to STT on October 5th....
Toni Alaranta, Senior Research Fellow at the institute, discussed about the plans of the European Union and Turkey to refugee crisis in Yle's morning show on October 5th....
"All the states have already had a legal obligation to prevent genocide. This obligation is based on Convention on Genocide adopted 1948", reminded Senior Research Fellow Katja Creutz in Karjalainen......
Turkey and the EU are negotiating on Monday about handling of refugee crisis. There are at least two million Syrian refugees in Turkey, and most of refugees who are going to Europe are travelling......
Andras Racz, Senior Research Fellow at the institute commented the issue to STT on October 4th by saying that he is not expecting technical investigation to bring out anything new....
Institute's Senior Research Fellow Toni Alaranta commented the action plan discussed by the European leaders and Turkey concerning refugees, and Russian actions in Syria in Yle Ykkösaamu on October......
Finland has got international publicity in uncomfortable connections. First, Finland abstained from voting on transfers of refugees at the meeting of European Union interior ministers. Then, a picture......
Programme director at the Institute, Mika Aaltola commented Russian airstikes in Syria in Yle's A-studio on September 30th....
Programme director at the Institute, Arkady Moshes and Senior Research Fellow Charly Salonius-Pasternak commented on Russian Airstrikes in Syria in Yle Radio Vega's programme Aktuellt 17 on October......
A working group nominated by the Finnish Ministry of Finance to evaluate the EMU and its future published report under the title "An assessment of the development needs related to the Economic and......
Programme directors Mika Aaltola and Arkady Moshes and Senior Research Fellow Wolfgang Mühlberger in the Finnish Institute of International Affairs explained to Ilta-Sanomat on 1.10. what might be......
Russia launched airstrikes in Syria on Wednesday. Programme director Mika Aaltola said to Yle News 30.9. that with airstrikes Russia wants to spotlight Syria instead on Ukraine, and also Russia is......
At the moment Russia has no such a military strength that could be a determining factor in Syrian war said Senior Research Fellow Wolfgang Mühlberger from the Finnish Institute of International......
Russia started air strikes in Syria on Wednesday the 29th. Program Director at the Institute Mika Aaltola said in Yle News on September 30th that the reason for the air strikes is to move attention......
Russian Defence Ministry says they started airstrikes in Syria. Senior Research Fellow Katri Pynnöniemi finds simililarities in President Vladimir Putin's approach when compared to Ukraine. "The......
The OSCE research network published its third report under the title of Reviving Co-operative Security in Europe through the OSCE. This international project was coordinated by FIIA and the final......
FIIA has launched a research project on Russia’s changing role in Finland’s neighbouring areas. Meanwhile, Nordic international relations institutes will launch a researcher exchange programme......
Programme Director Mika Aaltola has been elected to a second term in the board of EISA (the European International Studies Association)....
The decision of Germany and several other countries to close their borders to migrants has prompted dire prophecies for Europe's borderless travel policies. Senior Research Fellow at the Institute......
Finland abstained from vote on EU refugee deal because of the mandatory resettlement programme. Institute's Director Teija Tiilikainen said that abstaining from voting was not stylish but followed......
FIIA Advisory Council, appointed by the Chancellery Commission of the Parliament, convened in its current composition for the first time on 22 September. The Council elected MP Susanna Huovinen to......
Many EU countries are closing their borders to prevent the refugees coming in. This is temporary and the Institute's Director Teija Tiilikainen doesn't think that the free movement of people in EU is......
Programme Director Mika Aaltola commented on the hacker group called the Dukes in an article by Computer Weekly....
Senior Research Fellow Katri Pynnöniemi commented on the Fennovoima nuclear power plant project and Finnish-Russian relations....
Senior Research Fellow András Rácz commented on the refugee crisis and Schengen's problems in an article by the Christian Science Monitor....
Programme Director Mika Aaltola discussed the second Republican primary debate in an interview with STT-Ilta-Sanomat....
Programme Director Mika Aaltola commented on cyberattacks in an article by International Business Times....
Senior Research Fellow Teemu Sinkkonen answers the question in an article by YLE....
Senior Research Fellow Bart Gaens has edited and co-authored a publication commissioned by the EU in preparation of the 20th anniversary of ASEM in 2016....
Senior Research Fellow Teemu Sinkkonen commented in Helsingin Sanomat on the temporary reinstatement of border controls in Schengen countries....
Senior Research Fellow Teemu Sinkkonen commented on the recruiting tactics of extremist groups in the daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat....
Senior Research Fellow Harri Mikkola argued in a Yle interview that the Arctic has been one of the few areas in which Russia and the West have been able to cooperate....
Program Director at the Institute, Arkady Moshes wrote an article about EU-Belarusian relations. The article was published in the Policy Memos -series of PONARS Eurasia on September 8th. According to......
The influx of refugees is crosscutting the expertise of the FIIA in many ways, hence some of the researchers decided to write a series of columns on the topic from the view point of researchers' own......
Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute Noora Kotilainen wrote an article about the graphic pictures in the media and the refugee flows to Europe. The article was published in Turun Sanomat on......
Michael Haltzel, a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute, commented on the refugee situation in Europe to The New York Times in September 7th. He said that the reaction ranges in Europe from......
Juha Jokela, Program Director at the Institute, visited the Yle Radio's morning show on September 7th. He discussed the refugee crisis and its impact on Europe....
Visiting Research Fellow Noora Kotilainen commented on refugee issues as part of a panel of experts....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Niklas Helwig defended his thesis in September 2014. Now his doctoral thesis has been published and is available at Amazon and in Academia. The title is "The......
Is Finland naïve to think that cabinet ministers or high-profile politicians can continue to move around unburdened by conspicuous security details? Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Teemu......
The Schengen agreement is not under threat, even though it is facing pressure for change, said Senior Research Fellow Teemu Sinkkonen to YLE on August 26th. He commented the state of the agreement......
Two American military planes are suspected of violating Finnish airspace on Sunday evening. There are more airspace violations nowadays than it used to be for example five or ten years ago. Senior......
A working group was nominated by the Finnish Ministry of Finance to evaluate the EMU and its future. Institute's Director Teija Tiilikainen is one of the members of the working group....
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is getting less and less popular. Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Mikael Wigell commented on the situation in Helsingin Sanomat on August 19th....
Research Fellow at the Institute Tuomas Iso-Markku commented on the immigration situation in Germany to STT on August 20th. He said that Germany has enough resources to take care of the immigrants......
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Kristi Raik commented on the situation in Ukraine in Yle News on August 18th. She said that the situation is at its worst in the past six months. It's time the......
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Anna Kronlund discussed the US political system in Yle radio (Politiikkaradio) on August 18th. Usually the most visible part of the US political system in......
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Anna Kronlund wrote a chapter to a scientific book called "Parliamentarism and democratic theory: Historical and contemporary perspectives". The book was......
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Bart Gaens commented Japan's Prime Minister's Shinzo Abe's speech in Yle News on August 14th. Abe spoke on the Memorial Day of the end of the World War II......
Visiting Research Fellow Noora Kotilainen wrote an article on the images of suffering....
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute Toni Alaranta discussed the situation in Turkey in Yle A-studio on August 12th. Turkey is fighting the Kurds who are fighting ISIS - how far is it going to go?...
