Amid war-torn neighborhood, more antagonistic global milieu and internal security challenges, the EU is aiming to better protect its member states and citizens. In this regard, it has prioritised defence cooperation in the implementation of its global foreign policy and security strategy. The EU has also aimed to secure its external borders and deepen internal security collaboration among member states. Yet national variation over security challenges and priorities prevails, and might continue to hinder the EU’s aspiration to emerge as a more powerful security actor. What are the key developments in the EU’s security agenda? How do Germany and France view the EU’s role in providing security? What lies behind Finland’s emphasis on the EU as a security community?
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Tuomas Iso-Markku is a Senior Research Fellow in the European Union and Strategic Competition research programme at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA). His research deals with the EU’s role in security and defence matters, European defence cooperation, EU-NATO relations, German domestic politics, German foreign and EU policy, Finnish EU policy, Finnish foreign, security and defence policy as well as European party politics.
Iso-Markku’s publications encompass both policy-oriented and academic contributions, including several research reports prepared for the Finnish government as well as articles in top-ranked international academic journals such as German Politics and International Affairs. In addition to FIIA, his research has been published by several other European research institutes and think tanks.
Prior to joining FIIA in 2013, Iso-Markku studied and worked in Germany, completing a master’s degree at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, and the Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, Poland. Iso-Markku is part of the pan-European Associate Researcher network of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).