US domestic and foreign affairs, great power relations, Finnish foreign and security policy, global governance

Turkey’s domestic and foreign policies, especially Turkey’s relations with the EU, USA and Russia; the Kurdish question; Cyprus question; Middle East great power politics; political islam, political ideologies

Protection of national minorities and indigenous peoples, Arctic security, Russian foreign policy, Baltic-Russian relations

International law, especially responsibility issues; human rights; global governance

Japanese studies (area studies), Japan in the Asian regional context, major power relations in East Asia, EU-Asia relations, Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)

climate security, environmental security, Western Balkan, post-conflict cooperation

Editing, web editing, co-operation with freelance writers

Common security and defence policy, Finnish EU policy, German politics, EU institutions

EU’s foreign and security policy, global governance and the G20, EU’s Asia policy and Finland’s EU policy

Russia’s foreign policy, Russia-China relations, great-power regionalism

Chinese political culture, Chinese foreign policy, regional issues in East Asia, China’s society, traditional Chinese thought

Arctic region, geo- and security politics in the Global Commons

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

Arctic region, European security and defence market, Security research, Security of supply

Russia-EU relations, Internal and foreign policy of Ukraine and Belarus

EU-MENA (Middle East and North Africa) relations; post-Arab Spring political transitions and armed conflicts in Libya and Syria; Levant: Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Arab conflicts; transnational and national Islamist movements: Hamas, Hezbollah, Muslim Brotherhood.”

Editing, web editing, co-operation with freelance writers

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, European security, transatlantic relations, Foreign Policy Analysis.

Editorship, marketing and development of the journal

Political developments in Russia, Russian policy in the post-Soviet space, EU–Russia relations, the EU’s Eastern Partnership and conflict resolution in the post-Soviet space

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

China’s domestic and foreign policy, security politics in East Asia, authoritarian governance, great power relations, national identity and nationalism

United States foreign policy, United States Middle East policy, norms, values and power in foreign policy, changing constellations of global power, trust in international politics

Terrorism and other political violence, counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism in Europe, border security and Schengen Treaty. Spanish politics.

European integration and the EU’s political institutions as well as the Common Foreign and Security Policy; the European security policy system; Finland’s foreign and security policy

Geostrategy and geoeconomics, energy in external relations, global climate governance, politics of international law

Rising powers, geostrategy and geoeconomics, BRICS cooperation, Latin American politics and economy, EU-Latin America relations