FIIA is conducting a research project entitled ‘Finland and the Tightening Competition in Global Politics’. The project is part of the implementation of the Government Plan for Analysis, Assessment and Research activities and will last until the end of 2018. The project analyses critical global and regional trends that may affect Finland’s international position in the near future.
The research project is divided into three thematical but still interlinked sections:
a) global political setting
b) regional political setting (incl. the EU and Russia)
c) Finland and its close neighborhood
Every sub-section will follow closely vital trends in international politics and in global and/or regional governance and their effects on Finland. The aim is to locate meaningful global and regional developments that have an effect on Finland’s foreign and security political environment. The project will discuss questions like what are the possibilities for international community to govern future conflicts? What kind of conflicts will challenge the global governance structures? How will the EU manage future developments?
The project’s findings will be published in a series of publications and seminars in different formats (FIIA Briefing Papers, FIIA Analyses and FIIA Reports.) The final report of the project will build on these overall results and will focus on the Finnish position and the Baltic Sea region in the global and regional setting. The final report will be delivered to the Prime Minister’s Office in December 2018.
The project is led by Director Teija Tiilikainen and supervised by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, the project is coordinated by Research Fellow Eeva Innola. FIIA researchers taking part in the project are Programme Director Juha Jokela, Senior Research Fellow Kristi Raik, Senior Research Fellow Katja Creutz and Research Fellow Tuomas Iso-Markku. Also other FIIA researchers and external specialists will contribute by producing analysis for the projects.
For more information, please contact Eeva Innola.