The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) is an independent research institute that functions in association with the Parliament of Finland. The mission of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs is to conduct and publish research on international political and economic affairs, as well as on issues relating to the European Union.
Additional Materials from Finnish Institute for International Affairs: Working Papers
General Policy Briefs
Title: From stagnation to cul-de-sac? The roots and trajectory of Russia's troubles
Authors: Sinikukka Saari
Date: February 2015Title: Balancing targeted sanctions: Effectiveness through a climate of legality
Authors: Katja Creutz
Date: February 2015Title: War on two fronts: The EU perspective on the foreign terrorist fighters of ISIL
Authors: Teemu Sinkkonen
Date: January 2015Title: Pushed together by external forces? The foreign and security policies of Estonia and Finland in the context of the Ukraine crisis
Authors: Kristi Raik, Mika Aaltola, Katri Pynnöniemi, Charly Salonius-Pasternak
Date: January 2015Title: Fine-tuning EU foreign policy: A joint approach between the new Commission and the European External Action Service?
Authors: Niklas Helwig
Date: January 2015Title: Towards a two-state solution: A new approach is needed to promote the Middle East Peace Process
Authors: Mari Neuvonen
Date: December 2014Title: Europe's changing security landscape: What role will the EU play in security and defence?
Authors: Tuomas Iso-Markku
Date: December 2014Title: Deeper Defence Cooperation: Finland and Sweden together again?
Authors: Charly Salonius-Pasternak
Date: December 2014Title: EU Sanctions Against Russia: Europe brings a hard edge to its economic power
Authors: Kristi Raik, Niklas Helwig, Juha Jokela
Date: October 2014Title: China's Public Opinion Management: Tightening the Grip in the Digital Age
Authors: Elina Sinkkonen
Date: October 2014Title: Russian thinking in the Ukraine crisis: From drawing a line of defence to seeing a threat to national security
Authors: Katri Pynnöniemi
Date: September 2014Title: The end of the EU project in Turkey? Determinants of Turkey's EU bid under the AKP regime
Authors: Toni Alaranta
Date: June 2014Title: Eurosceptics in the 2014 EP Elections: Protest parties mobilized on national cleavages between globalization winners and losers
Authors: Sanna Salo
Date: June 2014Title: Divided Stands the Visegrad? The V4 have been united towards the Ukraine crisis but remain split concerning Russia
Authors: András Rácz
Date: June 2014Title: Beyond the Euro Crisis: European constitutional dilemmas and Treaty amendments
Authors: Päivi Leino, Janne Salminen
Date: May 2014Title: The ICC under Political Pressure: Towards Lowered Expectations of Global Justice
Authors: Katja Creutz
Date: April 2014Title: Chinese Dream, Others' Nightmare? Despite superficial similarities, China is not destined to follow Russia's path to rogue-dom
Authors: Jyrki Kallio
Date: April 2014Title: Illicit trade flows: how to deal with the neglected economic and security threat
Authors: Karl Lallerstedt, Mikael Wigell
Date: March 2014Title: Who leads the new EMU? Implications of the Economic Crisis for the EU's Institutions
Authors: Teija Tiilikainen
Date: February 2014Title: The Conflict over Aviation Emissions: A Case of Retreating EU Leadership?
Authors: Antto Vihma, Harro van Asselt
Date: February 2014Title: Japan's New Security Policy: Breaking Away from the Post-War Regime?
Authors: Bart Gaens
Date: February 2014Title: The Post-2015 Agenda and the EU: Faltering in the Global Development Partnership?
Authors: Marikki Stocchetti
Date: December 2013Title: Putin's reactive reforms: Unfavourable conditions are forcing the Kremlin to change the rules of the game
Authors: Sean Roberts
Date: December 2013Title: Updating The EMU: Differentiated economic integration in the European Union
Authors: Samu Kurri
Date: November 2013Title: UN Statebuilding at a Turning Point: What's new about the intervention brigade and peacekeeping drones?
Authors: Touko Piiparinen
Date: November 2013Title: The WTO Under Pressure: Tackling the deadlock in multilateral trade
Authors: Johanna Jacobsson, Marikki Stocchetti
Date: November 2013Title: European Defence Under Scrutiny: What can be expected from the European Council?
Authors: Tuomas Iso-Markku
Date: November 2013Title: Towards a Deeper EMU: An assessment of political divisions within the EU
Authors: Juha Jokela
Date: October 2013Title: European Climate Diplomacy: Building capacity for external action
Authors: Diarmuid Torney
Date: October 2013Title: Three Options for the EU: Assessing the EU's powers in a true economic and political union
Authors: Teija Tiilikainen
Date: September 2013Title: Right-wing nationalism in Russia: A by-product of electoral competition or a political agenda for the future?
Authors: Maria Nozhenko
Date: September 2013Title: Obama's Climate Policy: Addressing climate change through executive actions
Authors: Anna Kronlund
Date: September 2013Title: Iceland and Europe: Drifting further apart?
Authors: Alyson J.K. Bailes Baldur Thorhallsson
Date: September 2013Title: Arctic Conflict Potential: Towards an extra-Arctic perspective
Authors: Juha Käpylä, Harri Mikkola
Date: September 2013Title: The Global Arctic: The Growing Arctic Interests of Russia, China, the United States and the European Union
Authors: Juha Käpylä, Harri Mikkola
Date: August 2013Title: The German Election: No vote for Europe?
Authors: Timo Behr, Tuomas Iso-Markku
Date: August 2013Title: Transatlantic drug trade: Europe, Latin America and the need to strengthen anti-narcotics cooperation
Authors: Mikael Wigell, Mauricio Romero
Date: June 2013Title: The German energy transition: Status, challenges and the Finnish perspective
Authors: Patrick Matschoss
Date: May 2013Title: Responsibility to protect... itself? Russia's strategy towards the crisis in Syria
Authors: Marek Menkiszak
Date: May 2013Title: Maritime Security in a multipolar world: Towards an EU Strategy for the Maritime Commons
Authors: Timo Behr, Mika Aaltola Erik Brattberg
Date: May 2013Title: Counterterrorism in external action: The EU's toolbox for responding to terrorism abroad
Authors: Teemu Sinkkonen
Date: May 2013Title: Arctic economic potential: The need for a comprehensive and risk-aware understanding of Arctic dynamics
Authors: Harri Mikkola, Juha Käpylä
Date: April 2013Title: Russia's defence reform: Assessing the real 'Serdyukov heritage'
Authors: Katri Pynnöniemi
Date: March 2013Title: The shale gas boom: The global implications of the rise of unconventional fossil energy
Authors: Antto Vihma
Date: February 2013Title: The changing European defence market: Will the new European defence market legislation be a game-changer for Finland?
Authors: Harri Mikkola, Jukka Anteroinen, Ville Lauttamäki
Date: February 2013Title: David Cameron's European policy: Britain sidelined by Euroscepticism and the economic crisis
Authors: Juha Jokela
Date: February 2013Title: David Cameron's European policy: Britain sidelined by Euroscepticism and the economic crisis
Authors: Juha Jokela
Date: February 2013Title: Carving out his place in history: What challenges will Barack Obama tackle in his second term?
Authors: Charly Salonius-Pasternak
Date: January 2013Title: Transatlantic cybersecurity: The only winning move is to play with others
Authors: Charly Salonius-Pasternak, Jarno Limnéll
Date: December 2012Title: Russia's pressure politics: The Kremlin's uncompromising approach to opponents threatens political stability
Authors: Sean Roberts
Date: December 2012Title: Bringing Stability to Europe: Why Europe needs a banking union
Authors: Erik Jones
Date: November 2012Title: Georgian Dream or Nightmare? Transition of power poses great challenges for Georgia and its foreign relations
Authors: Teemu Sinkkonen
Date: October 2012Title: Towards efficient early action: The EU needs a regional focus and proactive tools to prevent and manage conflicts
Authors: Tanja Tamminen
Date: September 2012Title: The electoral trap: Why the EU should think beyond Belarus's parliamentary election
Authors: Anaïs Marin
Date: September 2012Title: Not just another arms deal: The security policy implications of the United States selling advanced missiles to Finland
Authors: Charly Salonius-Pasternak
Date: September 2012Title: Ripe and ready for Rio+20? The UN conference on sustainable development and the European Union
Authors: Marikki Stocchetti
Date: June 2012Title: Great expectations: Understanding why the UN climate talks seem to fail
Authors: Antto Vihma, Harro van Asselt
Date: June 2012Title: A rocky road towards Europe: The prospects for the EU's Eastern Partnership Association Agreements
Authors: Kristi Raik
Date: June 2012Title: Turkey and the Iranian nuclear programme: Key to progress in regional disarmament?
Authors: Hanna Ojanen, Barbara Zanchetta
Date: May 2012Title: On the road to a true Economic and Monetary Union? The challenges of fiscal federalism and democratic legitimacy
Authors: Teija Tiilikainen
Date: May 2012Title: An alienated partnership: German-Russian relations after Putin's return
Authors: Stefan Meister
Date: May 2012Title: A Eurosceptic big bang: Finland's EU policy in hindsight of the 2011 elections
Authors: Juha Jokela, Kaisa Korhonen
Date: May 2012Title: The corporate benefits of the euro: Finnish companies cannot live without a common currency
Authors: Timo Korkeamäki
Date: April 2012Title: Fighting climate change: A structural shift towards renewable energies requires concerted policy action
Authors: Patrick Matschoss
Date: March 2012Title: Russian Protest On- and Offline: The role of social media in the Moscow opposition demonstrations in December 2011
Authors: Markku Lonkila
Date: February 2012Title: Russian Protest On- and Offline: The role of social media in the Moscow opposition demonstrations in December 2011
Authors: Markku Lonkila
Date: February 2012Title: Constructing a German Europe? Germany's Europe Debate Revisited
Authors: Timo Behr, Niklas Helwig
Date: February 2012Title: Constructing a German Europe? Germany's Europe Debate Revisited
Authors: Timo Behr, Niklas Helwig
Date: February 2012Title: Europe's declining role in the G-20: What role for the EU in the club of the most important powers?
Authors: Juha Jokela
Date: December 2011Title: The persistence of Putin's Russia: Why don't Russians demand more?
Authors: Sinikukka Saari
Date: November 2011Title: The empowered European Parliament: Accommodation to the new functions provided by the Lisbon Treaty
Authors: Teija Tiilikainen
Date: November 2011Title: Legal order free of pillars: European Courts' jurisdiction in the post-Treaty of Lisbon setting
Authors: Janne Salminen
Date: November 2011Title: Between consensus and confusion: Institutional changes and policy challenges in the EU's development policy Post-Lisbon
Authors: Marikki Stocchetti
Date: November 2011Title: Austerity ahead: How will a conservative victory change Spanish politics?
Authors: Teemu Sinkkonen
Date: November 2011Title: Swimming in murky waters: Challenges in developing the EU's external representation
Authors: Piotr Maciej Kaczyński
Date: September 2011Title: Protectors of Putin's vertical: Russian power ministries before the 2011-2012 elections
Authors: Alexander Golts
Date: September 2011Title: Pro-European Presidency: Poland on the way to the club of heavyweight EU members
Authors: Tiia Lehtonen
Date: September 2011Title: Much ado about nothing: The EU's transport dialogue with Russia
Authors: Katri Pynnöniemi
Date: June 2011Title: Divided we fail: Time for the EU to speak with one voice to Belarus
Authors: Anaïs Marin
Date: June 2011Title: Guardians of subsidiarity: National parliaments strive to control EU decision-making
Authors: Kaisa Korhonen
Date: May 2011Title: Assertive Brazil: An emerging power and its implications
Authors: Mikael Wigell
Date: May 2011Title: Between conditionality and engagement: Revisiting the EU's democracy promotion in the Eastern neighbourhood
Authors: Kristi Raik
Date: April 2011Title: The Arab uprising: Causes, prospects and implications
Authors: Timo Behr, Mika Aaltola
Date: March 2011Title: Practicing progressive pragmatism: Charting Barack Obama's course for U.S. foreign policy
Authors: Charly Salonius-Pasternak
Date: March 2011Title: Getting cold in the Caucasus: Can the EU prevent the freezing of the Georgian-Russian conflict?
Authors: Teemu Sinkkonen
Date: March 2011Title: A climate of consensus: The UNFCCC faces challenges of legitimacy and effectiveness
Authors: Antto Vihma
Date: March 2011Title: One question, any answers? The EU's role in solving the Kurdish question in Turkey
Authors: Johanna Nykänen
Date: January 2011Title: The belittled trio: Towards a new managerial identity for the rotating EU Council presidency
Authors: Kaisa Korhonen
Date: December 2010Title: Russia's Arctic policy: Geopolitics, mercantilism and identity-building
Authors: Pavel K. Baev
Date: December 2010Title: Deciphering Egypt's Transition: What do Egypt's botched elections mean for the EU?
Authors: Timo Behr
Date: December 2010Title: Russia's modernization reloaded: Political constraints on economic development
Authors: Katri Pynnöniemi
Date: November 2010Title: Russia-EU cooperation on energy efficiency: Enthusiasm and challenges ahead
Authors: Vadim Kononenko
Date: November 2010Title: High expectations, limited resources: The bottlenecks of EU civilian crisis management in Kosovo
Authors: Tanja Tamminen
Date: November 2010Title: Will the EU get a real president? The EU's political system as another example of semi-presidentialism in Europe
Authors: Teija Tiilikainen
Date: October 2010Title: Tools for building EU climate concensus: Bringing the CEE Member States on board
Authors: Thomas Spencer, Anna Korppoo
Date: May 2010Title: No real winner? Britain's closest election in a generation and the implications for Europe
Authors: Toby Archer
Date: May 2010Title: Elephant in the room: The new G77 and China dynamics in climate talks
Authors: Antto Vihma
Date: May 2010Title: The Odd Couple? The Merits of Two Tracks in the International Climate Change Negotiations
Authors: Kristian Tangen
Date: April 2010Title: Oil or Climate Politics? Avoiding a Destabilising Resource Split in the Arab Middle East
Authors: Mari Luomi
Date: April 2010Title: Rewriting the Ground Rules of European Diplomacy: The European External Action Service in the Making
Authors: Timo Behr, Aaretti Siitonen, Johanna Nykänen
Date: March 2010Title: The morning after: Where is Ukraine headed under president Yanukovich?
Authors: Igor Torbakov
Date: February 2010Title: The EU and the global climate regime: Getting back in the game
Authors: Thomas Spencer, Kristian Tangen, Anna Korppoo
Date: February 2010Title: Hitting a moving target: Implications of Japan's missile defence
Authors: Kristian Kurki
Date: February 2010Title: Medvedev's take on the power vertical: Are the rules of the game changing in Russia?
Authors: Sinikukka Saari, Katri Pynnöniemi
Date: January 2010Title: The Stockholm programme: Europe's next step to be an "area of freedom, security and justice"
Date: December 2009Title: Bargaining in the Saudi bazaar: Common ground for a post-2012 climate agreement?
Authors: Mari Luomi
Date: December 2009Title: Medvedev's amendments to the law on defence: The consequences for Europe
Authors: Yury E. Fedorov
Date: November 2009Title: Japanese governance reform: Daybreak in the land of the rising sun?
Authors: Alexandru Luta
Date: October 2009Title: Germany after the elections: A liberal dawn?
Authors: Timo Behr
Date: October 2009Title: The Dead Souls: How to deal with the Russian surplus?
Authors: Anna Korppoo
Date: September 2009Title: German-Russian relations: Will there be changes after the German elections?
Authors: Minna-Mari Salminen
Date: September 2009Title: Afghanistan's hard summer: The impact on European troop contributing nations
Authors: Toby Archer, Timo Behr, Matthieu Chillaud, Charly Salonius-Pasternak, Valtteri Vuorisalo, Barbara Zanchetta
Date: September 2009Title: "Can't Buy Me Love": Will the global economic downturn help Russia consolidate its influence in post-Soviet Eurasia?
Authors: Vadim Kononenko, Igor Torbakov
Date: September 2009Title: Military-humanitarian integration: The promise and the peril
Authors: Denis Kennedy
Date: August 2009Title: The Russian debate on climate doctrine: Emerging issues on the road to Copenhagen
Authors: Anna Korppoo
Date: June 2009Title: Parties in Russia: From a pseudo-system towards fragmentation
Authors: Sirke Mäkinen
Date: June 2009Title: Climate sudoku: Japan's bumpy ride towars a post-2012 target
Authors: Alexandru Luta
Date: June 2009Title: Looking for a New Strategic Identity: Is Turkey Emerging as an Independent Regional Power?
Authors: Hanna Ojanen, Igor Torbakov
Date: May 2009Title: Flags and hymns are not for Finns: An evaluation of the European elections in Finland before the fact
Authors: Aaretti Siitonen
Date: May 2009Title: Euros for low-carbon development Finance as a stumbling block to the EU's position for Copenhagen
Authors: Tuuli Mäkelä
Date: May 2009Title: Czech Point: A Mid-Term Evaluation of an On-Going Small State Presidency
Authors: Tiia Lehtonen
Date: March 2009Title: Immigration in Europe at a Time of Economic Hardship
Authors: Toby Archer
Date: February 2009Title: Russia's Politics Amidst the Global Economic Crisis An Empty Scoreboard?
Authors: Vadim Kononenko
Date: December 2008Title: Russia And The Post-2012 Climate Regime: Foreign Rather Than Environmental Policy
Authors: Anna Korppoo
Date: November 2008Title: From Hegemony to New Geopolitical Competition: Assessing Russia's Strategic Footprint In Central Asia
Authors: Igor Torbakov
Date: October 2008Title: The sustainability of Russia's resurgence
Authors: Mikko Patokallio
Date: September 2008Title: Opening the European Commission´s Delegation in Minsk: Do EU-Belarus relations need a rethink?
Authors: Guedes Vieira, Alena Vysotskaya
Date: April 2008Title: False Premises, Sound Principles: The Way Forward in EU-Russia Relations
Date: April 2008Title: False Premises, Sound Principles: The Way Forward in EU-Russia Relations
Authors: Hiski Haukkala
Date: April 2008Title: Albania matkalla Natoon ja Euroopan unioniin - Vapauden ja velvollisuuksien vaikea yhtälö
Authors: Tanja Tamminen
Date: April 2008Title: Russia in 2008 and beyond: What kind of foreign policy?
Authors: Vadim Kononenko
Date: March 2008Title: The transport infrastructure in Russia - From modernization to development: fact and fiction
Authors: Katri Pynnöniemi
Date: February 2008Title: Russia's Security Policy Grows "Muscular": Should the West Be Worried?
Authors: Pavel K. Baev
Date: January 2008Title: A Collapsing Façade – The Russian Duma Election in perspective
Authors: Sinikukka Saari
Date: December 2007Title: Staying the course - The Options of the West in the Face of Belarus
Authors: Arkady Moshes
Date: February 2007Title: Making a Difference - Why and how Europe should increase its engagement in Ukraine
Authors: Arkady Moshes
Date: June 2006Title: The Implications of China's Rise for Asia and Europe
Authors: Linda Jakobson
Date: May 2006Title: Integration Reloaded: Streamlining Moldova's European Course
Authors: Stanislav Secrieru
Date: March 2006Title: "WMD" Terrorism - How Scared Should We Be?
Date: May 2005Title: The US and Iran on a Confrontational Course
Authors: Tapani Vaahtoranta, Steve Wright
Date: March 2005Reports
Title: Georgia's Search for the Third Way: Despite a strong westward pull, Georgia attempts to improve its relations with Russia
Authors: Sinikukka Saari
Date: June 2014