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......
