Mika Aaltola
US domestic and foreign affairs, great power relations, Finnish foreign and security policy, global governance
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US domestic and foreign affairs, great power relations, Finnish foreign and security policy, global governance
Invitations, speaking and interview requests: Mona Kokko, mona.kokko@fiia.fi, Tel. +358 9 432 7726
China’s foreign policy and politics, China-USA, EU-China, global economy, Taiwan, international relations simulations
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
Gulf Countries/Arabian Peninsula, EU-Gulf Relations, Gulf Economic Policy and Diversification, Regulatory Governance
The political economy of climate policy, energy resource projects, including low-carbon and rare earth element extraction, and geoeconomics, specifically trade, regulation, and supply chain dependencies.
Geoeconomics, Economic Statecraft, Defence Economics, Defence Innovation, Artificial Intelligence, NATO, Great Power Competition
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
Geoeconomics, Gulf Region, International politics theory
Climate security, environmental security, Western Balkan, post-conflict cooperation
EU migration policy, border management, free movement, EU external relations, European security, European integration
EU foreign policy and defence cooperation, German foreign and defence policy, EU-US relations.
Data power politics, technological resilience, geoeconomics, digital security architecture, cyber warfare
Climate politics, China, climate leadership, Global North-South relations
The EU’s role in security and defence policy, European security and defence cooperation, EU-NATO relations, German politics, Finnish EU policy, Finnish foreign, security and defence policy, party politics in Europe
Environmental and Climate Security, Climate Diplomacy of Emerging Economies, Regional Environmental Policy in South Asia and the Indo-Pacific, Gender and Climate Governance, and Environmental Peacebuilding
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, crisis management operations and peacebuilding, the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood policies and enlargement
United States foreign and domestic politics, United States and the United Nations (UN), the legitimacy of the UN
Russian domestic politics, in particular identity politics, nationalism, political movements, populism, political rhetoric and communication
Russia’s foreign and security policy, nuclear deterrence, great power politics
US domestic policy, specially electoral disruption and other threats to democracy, Donald Trump and his supporters
Finnish foreign, defense and security policy, Euroatlantic security and Northern European security.
US national security and foreign policy, Cyber, Europe, Western Hemisphere, Diplomatic/Military relations, Economic diplomacy.
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
On leave of absence
Conflicts and political violence, EU’s common foreign and security policy, international conflict prevention and crisis management efforts, Sub-Saharan Africa
EU institutional reform, supranational democracy, EU elections, European legal community, European public sphere, integration narratives, German politics
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
Security and Defence Policy of United Kingdom, Security Issues of Northern Europe, Military Strategy
Geoeconomics, geo-legal power, lawfare, legal geography, geojurisprudence, the concept of power
Afghanistan, Middle East, Southeast Asia, Horn of Africa, terrorism, armed non-state actors, fragile states, peace processes and reconstruction, development policy and foresight
Crisis preparedness; environmental security; simulation exercises; pandemic preparedness
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)
On parental leave until 10 September 2024
EU-Russia relations, EU energy policy, politics of memory and identity in Europe, European security, Italy’s role in the European Union
On leave of absence until 31.8.2024
Domestic and foreign policy of Central Asian states, Belarus and Russia; authoritarian governance and social movements in the post-Soviet space
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
On leave of absence until August 2024
The Israel-Palestine conflict, EU and US Middle East policy, religion in politics, Fundamentalism, Christian Zionism, peace processes and conflict resolution
Finnish foreign and security policy, NATO, Nordic security and defence co-operation, French foreign and security policy, politics and society
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.
Climate politics, multilateral negotiations, populism, media, political theory
International economic relations, geoeconomics and sanctions, hybrid threats and hybrid warfare, Chinese and Russian grand strategies, EU’s external economic relations
Authoritarian states, mass protests and public opinion
Northern European security, German foreign and security policy, Finnish foreign and security policy