Executive Assistant Päivi Kulo +358 9 432 7703
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
US domestic and foreign policy, Donald Trump and his supporters
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), 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.
Conflicts and political violence, Finnish foreign and security policy, migration, 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
Finnish foreign and security policy, crisis management, comprehensive security, South Caucasus, science diplomacy, OSCE
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
Russia’s foreign and security policy, Russian political strategy, great power politics
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
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
Foreign policy of Finland, policy coherence, external economic relations, circular economy, digital policy, health
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
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
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.
Brazilian environmental policy and external relations; concepts of world order; northern and southern transatlantic relations; U.S. foreign and trade policy.
Finnish foreign, security and defence policy, European security, transatlantic relations
On leave of absence until 1 August 2021.
Climate change politics, geoeconomics and strategy, multilateral negotiations, post-truth politics
Great power politics and geostrategy, geoeconomics, hybrid threats, Latin American politics and economy, EU-Latin America relations
