Projects - FIIA - Finnish Institute of International Affairs

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Russia’s full-spectrum interference on Finland in the 2000s

This research project examines the different means, goals and impacts of Russia’s full-spectrum interference on Finland during the 2000s. The project is a part of the Finnish Government’s ...

Geoeconomic risks and their impact on the security of supply of Finland and the European Union

The research project “Geoeconomic risks and their impact on the security of supply of Finland and the European Union” explores the process of de-risking critical economic links. The ...

China’s disruptive technologies and international security

The research project “China’s disruptive technologies and international security” explores China’s technological and great power competitive strategy and its ...

Technical standards as critical intangible capital for Finnish companies in an era of strategic competition

The research project “Technical Standards as Critical Intangible Capital for Finnish Companies in an Era of Strategic Competition” (StandardEdge) maps and analyses the current ...

Finland as a NATO member – the potential of deepening bilateral and minilateral defence cooperation within a multilateral framework

The research project “Finland as a NATO member – the potential of deepening bilateral and minilateral defence cooperation within a multilateral framework” (BITRIMINI) explores ...

NATO in the North, the North in NATO

FIIA’s research project “NATO in the North, the North in NATO” examines NATO’s evolving role in Finland’s immediate security environment, Northern Europe. The ...

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Global Politics of the Energy Transition

The project “Global Politics of the Energy Transition” investigates the fundamental transformations that are taking place in energy systems, with a focus on their significance in terms of ...

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Water Cooperation and Peace – Finnish Water Way

FIIA is partnering with the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) in the project Water Cooperation and Peace – Finnish Water Way, funded by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ministry ...

NATO nuclear deterrence and its implications for Finland

The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) and Tampere University are conducting a research project titled “NATO nuclear deterrence and its implications for Finland.” The ...

Finland’s evolving role in Euro-Atlantic security

The research project analyses Finland’s NATO membership process and its nascent NATO policy. Additionally, the project explores the effects of Russia’s 2022 reinvasion of Ukraine on ...

Multilateral cooperation in an era of strategic competition: Options for influence for Finland and the European Union

The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) is conducting a research project titled “Multilateral cooperation in an era of strategic competition: Options for influence for Finland ...

Finland in Afghanistan 2001–2021

On 10 November 2021 (UaVP 61/2021), the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Finland commissioned the Finnish Institute of International Affairs to conduct an independent study on ...

International Business Risk and Resilience Monitor for Strengthening National Economic Preparedness (IBRRM)

The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) is working on a collaborative geoeconomic risk map to support public and private risk management and enhance strategic-level ...

Nordic Security of Supply in the Age of Disruption

The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) was awarded a contract to conduct a baseline-study to enhance Nordic cooperation on security of supply and crisis preparedness by the ...

Superregionalism and Contentious Connectivity in Asia

The research project will analyse the role of connectivity in Asia, broadly in the Indo-Pacific region, and its linkages with security, economy and (sustainable) development. In an era of ...

Russia’s technological policy and knowhow in a competitive global context

VTT Technical Research Center of Finland Ltd. (VTT), the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) and Aleksanteri institute (AI) are conducting a joint research project “Russia’s ...

Europe facing great-power competition: Mapping Finland’s risks and options in the geoeconomic rivalry

The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. (VTT) and ETLA Economic Research (Etla) jointly conducted a research project “Europe ...

Covid-19 as a political challenge at national and international levels

The project deals with the national and international political implications of the pandemic crisis, especially in Finland and at the level of the European Union (EU). We analyse the ...

Northern Europe in Russia’s Foreign and Security Policy

The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), the Aleksanteri Institute (AI) and the National Defence University (NDU) are jointly conducting a research project titled “Northern ...

Finland and Climate Security in an Interdependent World

The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), the Finnish Meteorological Institute, Security Analysis Oy and Tyrsky Consulting are jointly conducting a research project titled ...

European Strategic Autonomy in a Geo-economic World

The project investigates the consequences of Europe’s push for strategic autonomy for the EU as an international actor and for its relationships with other powers in the international ...

The Politics of Climate Change

The project investigates the current politicization of climate change on the global, European, and national level. On the global level, the project offers timely and novel analysis on the ...

EU IDEA – Integration and Differentiation for Effectiveness and Accountability

The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) leads a work package on EU foreign, security and defence policy in the EU IDEA research project, which studies differentiated integration ...

The External Dimensions of Counter-terrorism

The Finnish Institute of International Affairs was conducting a research project entitled “The external dimensions of counter-terrorism”. The project was part of the implementation of the ...

Development of EU’s Sanctions Policy: Political and economic implications for Finland

The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) jointly with the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (Etla) conducted a research project entitled ”Development of EU’s ...

Changing Great Power Politics and Its Implications to Finland

The Finnish Institute of International Affairs conducted a nine-month research project which focused on the developments of two great power relationships: (1) the relations between China and ...

New Challenges for Strategic Deterrence in the 21st Century

After a decades-long hiatus, issues involving nuclear weapons have returned to the forefront of international security concerns. The Finnish Institute of International Affairs conducted a ...

The EU as a Security Community: citizens’ views and values

The Finnish Institute of International Affairs conducted a research project entitled ”The EU as a Security Community: citizens’ views and values”. Part of the Government’s analysis, ...

America’s changing global role and its impacts on transatlantic relations

This project investigated the evolution of America’s global engagement. In particular, it examined both the longer-term trends and the more immediate dynamics that affect the global role of ...

Helsinki +40

FIIA participated in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Helsinki +40 Project, an initiative that brought together security and human rights experts, politicians and academia to evaluate ...

A Stronger North? Developing Nordic cooperation on foreign and security policy

FIIA conducted a one-year research project entitled: A Stronger North? – Developing Nordic cooperation on foreign and security policy. The project was part of the implementation of the ...

Finland and the Tightening Competition in Global Politics

FIIA conducted a research project entitled ‘Finland and the Tightening Competition in Global Politics’. The project was part of the implementation of the Government Plan for Analysis, ...

Finnish Foreign and Security policy

The project on Finnish foreign and security policy is a strategic excellence initiative that solidifies one key area of FIIA’s research mission. The initiative is supervised by the ...

Russia’s changing role in Finland’s neighbourhood

FIIA conducted a one-year research project entitled ‘Russia’s changing role in Finland’s neighbourhood’. The project was part of the implementation of the Government Plan ...