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Article by Saila Heinikoski on Finnish foreign policy approaches and demilitarisation of the Åland Islands published

15 September 2020

New peer-reviewed article by FIIA’s senior research fellow Salla Heinikoski on different Finnish defence and foreign policy approaches related to security policy stances and the demilitarisation of the Åland Islands published in the Journal of Autonomy and Security Studies. 

The article analyses foreign and defence policy arguments in the Finnish parliamentary discourses after Finland’s EU accession (2004–2017) related to the concepts of military non-alliance, non-membership of a military alliance, as well as demilitarisation and neutralisation of the Åland Islands. It examines how foreign policy and defence policy perspectives differ in the parliamentary debates and committee reports on the concepts.

More information on the article from this link.

Portrait of Saila Heinikoski dressed in a yellow blazer and a black blouse.
Saila Heinikoski
Senior Research Fellow
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