European security environment has deteriorated in recent years as power politics and use of military force has made a forceful comeback to the European theatre. A more assertive Russia and war-torn neighbourhood(s) have highlighted the role of NATO as a principal security actor in Europe. Yet the recent developments in transatlantic relations are seen to require a stronger European pillar in security. What are the premises for greater European responsibility in defence?
Puhujat
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Panelistit
Director, Estonian Foreign Policy Institute, ICDS
Puheenjohtaja
Programme Director
Juha Jokela is the Programme Director of the European Union and strategic competition research programme at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.
Jokela’s previous academic and policy studies projects and publications include the EU’s sanctions policy, political implications of Brexit for the EU, political and security developments in the Arctic, Europeanisation of foreign policy, EU’s Asia relations, and Finland’s EU policy. His current research interests include differentiated integration in EU’s foreign policy, and the role of G7 and G20 in multilateral cooperation.
Jokela has previously worked at the EU Institute for Security Studies as a Senior Associated Analyst and Senior Visiting Research Fellow, as an Advisor at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, and as a Research Fellow and the Director of the Network for European Studies at the University of Helsinki. Jokela is a member of the board of Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA), member of the Steering Committee of EuroMesCo, the main network of research centres and think-tanks in the Euro-Mediterranean area, and member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP).
Jokela holds a PhD from the University of Bristol (UK), which focused on Europeanisation and foreign policy in Finland and the UK, and a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the University of Birmingham (UK).