The Global Security and Governance research programme explores the ongoing shifts in international political, economic and security relations where great power politics and spheres of influence are potentially replacing interdependencies and multilateral institutional cooperation in a fragmenting global order. The Programme Director is Katja Creutz.
The key research themes of the programme are:
- Analysis of systemic changes in world politics, particularly the fragmentation of the global order and its consequences on power and actorness
- Competition for global leadership, especially the struggle between the United States and China through economic, technological and ideational means and its implications for Europe and Finland.
- Governance of significant global challenges in times of weakening multilateral institutions, particularly the politics of climate change and the rapid technological development.
Understanding the geostrategic competition between the United States and China is central to the programme, as is the multi-dimensional struggle for global leadership in key international institutions and domains. The programme also produces knowledge on core areas of global governance, such as the UN system, international law, and issues of war and peace.
The work in the programme is mostly structured around three research centres: the Center on Climate Politics and Security (CLIPS), the Center on Global Orders and China (CORD), and the Center on US Politics and Power (CUSPP).
