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......
