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......
