Administrative Secretary Pirjo Kytölä +358 9 432 7711
US domestic and foreign affairs, great power relations, Finnish foreign and security policy, global governance
Turkey’s domestic and foreign policies, in particular relations with the EU, the US and Russia; the Kurds in international relations; the Middle East in world politics; Europe-Middle East relations; Cyprus question; strategic cultures; political Islam
US domestic and foreign policy, Donald Trump and his supporters
Gulf Countries/Arabian Peninsula, EU-Gulf Relations, Gulf Economic Policy and Diversification, Regulatory Governance
Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, non-traditional security, political risk, politics in East Asia, China’s political economy, foreign policy and trade relations
Geoeconomics, Economic Statecraft, Defence Economics, Defence Innovation, Artificial Intelligence, NATO, Great Power Competition
International law, especially responsibility issues; human rights; global governance
Geoeconomics, geopolitics, resilience, security of supply, risk management, Southeast Asia, Asia-Australia relations
Japanese studies (area studies), Japan in the Asian regional context, major power relations in East Asia, EU-Asia relations, Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), Asia-Europe connectivity
Climate security, environmental security, Western Balkan, post-conflict cooperation
EU border management, free movement, European security, European integration
EU foreign policy and defence cooperation, German foreign and defence policy, transatlantic security cooperation.
Internet power politics, data supply chain, geoeconomics, resilience
Conflicts and political violence, Finnish foreign and security policy, Iran’s domestic and foreign policy, Iraq’s domestic and foreign policy
Common security and defence policy, Finnish EU policy, German politics, EU institutions
EU’s foreign and security policy, the UK withdrawal from the EU (Brexit), EU in global and regional governance, Finland’s EU policy
Chinese political culture, Chinese foreign policy, regional issues in East Asia, China’s society, traditional Chinese thought
EU’s foreign and security policy, international interventions and peacebuilding
United States foreign and domestic politics, United States and the United Nations (UN), the legitimacy of the UN
Arctic region, geo- and security politics in the Global Commons, research methodology
Contemporary nationalism(s) in Russia, Russian media and civil society, conceptual history
Russian domestic politics, in particular identity politics, nationalism, political movements, populism, political rhetoric and communication
Russia’s foreign and security policy, Russian political strategy, great power politics
Transatlantic relations; US grand strategy; NATO; transformation of war; security in northern and eastern Europe
US defense and foreign policy, NATO, NATO-EU relations, US bilateral defense relations with Europe, arms control
Arctic region; societal resilience; security of supply; hybrid threats; European security and defence market; Finnish foreign, security and defence policy
Russia-EU relations, Internal and foreign policy of Ukraine and Belarus
Conflicts and political violence, EU’s common foreign and security policy, international conflict prevention and crisis management efforts, Sub-Saharan Africa
The EU’s Eastern neighbourhood, Russian policy in the post-soviet space, domestic and foreign policies of Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine
Finnish foreign, security and defence policy, Euro-Atlantic security, Northern European security, Foreign Policy Analysis
Afghanistan, South Asia, Middle East, South-East Asia, Horn of Africa, terrorism, non-state actors and asymmetric warfare, fragile states, peace processes and reconstruction, development policy, foresight
Russian foreign policy; EU’s and Finland’s policy towards Russia; post-Soviet conflicts, EU’s eastern partnership policy, foresight
Nordic politics, Populism, Radical right-wing parties, Changing political cleavages in Western democracies, Trends in EU integration
United States foreign and domestic policy, Finnish security and defence policy (including peace-keeping and crisis management)
EU-Russia relations, EU energy policy, politics of memory and identity in Europe, European security, Italy’s role in the European Union
Russian and Belarusian domestic policy and social movements, politics and society in Central Asian states
China’s domestic and foreign policy, security politics in East Asia, authoritarian governance, great power relations, national identity and nationalism
US foreign policy, norms and values in foreign policy, great-power politics, trust in international politics
The Israel-Palestine conflict, EU and US Middle East policy, religion in politics, Fundamentalism, Christian Zionism, peace processes and conflict resolution
On leave of absence
Terrorism and other political violence, counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism in Europe, border security and Schengen Treaty. Spanish politics.
Geoeconomics, European Union, World Trade Organisation, transatlantic trade relations, EU-Mercosur trade, international trade policy, industrial policy, sustainability, climate change, corporate social responsibility, digital trade, political risk
Brazilian environmental policy and external relations; concepts of world order; northern and southern transatlantic relations; U.S. foreign and trade policy.
On parental leave until 27.6.
Climate politics, political theory, populism, media
International climate policy; Climate finance; Transparency in multilateral climate governance; Climate change adaptation
International economic relations, geoeconomics and sanctions, hybrid threats and hybrid warfare, Chinese and Russian grand strategies, EU’s external economic relations
