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📝What’s happening with the European Green Deal as we approach 2026?

The program faces 3 urgent challenges: the growing resistance from center-right and right-wing parties, an increasingly tense geopolitical climate and a tightening economic situation.⤵️
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"The EU's political debate and legislative process are increasingly shaped by the imperatives of competiveness and security, often in ways that contradict the green agenda." A quote from Marco Siddi and Federica Prandin from FIIA Briefing Paper 424: Tracking the European Green Deal: Ambitions meet growing resistance.
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UPIn tutkija @tyynekarjalainen.bsky.social, vanhempi tutkija @katariinamustasilt.bsky.social ja Kriisihallintakeskus CMC:n johtava asiantuntija @jyrkiruohomaki.bsky.social valittiin Kosmopolis-lehden uusiksi päätoimittajiksi.

Lämpimät onnittelut! 👏⤵️

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The new editors in chief Katariina Mustasilta, Tyyne Karjalainen and Jyrki Ruohomäki.
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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📝 New RESLIDE publication!

The concept of 'democracy' is often underspecified in academic and political debate and in everyday speech.

@slsalo.bsky.social outlines a more nuanced understanding of what is and is not democracy in her RESLIDE conceptual note.

Read here⤵️
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A quote from Sanna Salo, Senior Research Fellow at FIIA: "A more nuanced understanding of what is, and is not, democracy would serve not only public debate and scholarly work, but the actual evolution of our existing democracies." and a photo of Sanna smiling.
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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📣 @yhteiskuntaala.bsky.social YKA on valinnut vuoden 2026 yhteiskuntatieteilijäksi UPIn vanhemman tutkijan @timostewart.bsky.social .

UPI onnittelee valinnasta! ✨

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Vuoden yhteiskuntatieteilijäksi Timo R. Stewart - FIIA - Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Yhteiskunta-alan korkeakoulutetut YKA on valinnut vuoden 2026 yhteiskuntatieteilijäksi Ulkopoliittisen instituutin vanhemman tutkijan Timo R. Stewartin.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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🌎 How did Brazil’s COP30 presidency navigate the work of multilateral climate negotiations at this challenging geopolitical moment?

For key takeaways from COP30, join #FIIAClimateBriefing webinar on Thursday, 27 Nov, 10:00 EET.

Read more and sign up ⤵️
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Text on turquoise background: "FIIA Climate Briefing – Taking stock of climate leadership and COP30. Webinar, 27 November 2025, at 10–11 EET. #FIIAClimateBriefing." An aerial view photo of logging in the Amazon.
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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📝What’s happening with the European Green Deal as we approach 2026?

The program faces 3 urgent challenges: the growing resistance from center-right and right-wing parties, an increasingly tense geopolitical climate and a tightening economic situation.⤵️
fiia.fi/en/publicati...
"The EU's political debate and legislative process are increasingly shaped by the imperatives of competiveness and security, often in ways that contradict the green agenda." A quote from Marco Siddi and Federica Prandin from FIIA Briefing Paper 424: Tracking the European Green Deal: Ambitions meet growing resistance.
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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📝New FIIA Briefing Paper

Environment-related risks can trigger sudden, cascading effects across sectors and borders. @ezhakala.bsky.social and @helmiraisanen.bsky.social explore environment-related risks as part of comprehensive security and discuss ways to prepare for them.
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"The environmental crisis should be integrated as comprehensively as possible into foresight practices and preparedness, rather than treated as a separate domain." A quote from Emma Hakala and Helmi Räisänen, from FIIA Briefing Paper 423: Environment-related risks in comprehensive security: A framework for foresight and preparedness.
November 6, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Ulkopoliittinen instituutti on hyväksynyt eduskunnan ehdotuksen UPIn muuttamisesta eduskunnan tiloihin. Eduskunnan kansliatoimikunta tekee päätöksen muutosta 20.11.

Lue lisää ⤵️
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Ulkopoliittinen instituutti valmistautuu siirtymään eduskunnan tiloihin vuonna 2027 - FIIA - Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Eduskunta on tarjonnut Ulkopoliittiselle instituutille (UPI) toimitiloja eduskunnan yhteydestä. Aloite asiasta on tullut eduskunnalta toukokuussa 2025.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Today's seminar focused on the decline of global development and possible ways forward. The speakers discussed topics such as the role of global aid in mitigating human suffering, states' justifications for withdrawing from global development, and the interdependence between poverty and conflict.
Sarah Stroup, Marikki Karhu, Patricia Justino, Katariina Mustasilta, and Ville Sinkkonen on stage, smiling.
October 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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From helmets to 60 billion euros. European support for Ukraine has changed dramatically since the beginning of the full-scale war.

Read the new InvigoratEU publication by Ryhor Nizhnikau, @tyynekarjalainen.bsky.social and @juhajokela1.bsky.social ⤵️
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October 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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📚 UPIn tutkijoita on mukana Helsingin Kirjamessujen ohjelmassa tänään ja sunnuntaina!

Lue lisää UPIn sivuilta ⤵️
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UPIlaisia mukana Kirjamessuilla keskustelemassa Lähi-idästä ja muinaisen Kiinan valtio-opista - FIIA - Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Ulkopoliittisen instituutin tutkijoita on jälleen mukana Helsingin Kirjamessuilla, jotka järjestetään Helsingin Messukeskuksessa 23.–26.10.2025.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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New publication out! Very happy to share our article "European strategic cultures in flux? Case study on the European peace facility", co-authored with the one and only @tyynekarjalainen.bsky.social, published at the European Journal of International Security (EJIS).

The article is Open access! 👇
October 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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📝 In her new FIIA Briefing Paper, @elinasinkkonen.bsky.social discusses the evolution of China’s technology policy which has produced leading innovations.

What are the broader security implications of China's tech development?

Read here ⤵️
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"The US export restrictions have increased China’s urgency to achieve self-reliance, and in the long term, they may even accelerate its technological development." A quote from Elina Sinkkonen from FIIA Briefing Paper: China’s technological development. Security implications in an era of great power rivalry
October 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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The EU has begun talks on its long-term budget at a geopolitically critical moment.

In the latest FIIA Briefing Paper, @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu examines key disputes shaping the complex and likely slow negotiations.

Read here ⤵️
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“If EU member states wanted shorter, more straightforward negotiations that produce an ambitious and coherent long-term budget, they would have to abolish the unanimity rule.” A quote from Manuel Müller's FIIA Briefing Paper "The European Union’s next long-term budget: Complicated negotiations ahead".
October 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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China Research Day 2025 examines the evolving scope of China’s global engagement, with particular focus on its strategic interests in the Arctic region and its emerging role in international conflict mediation.
Kalle Kankaanpää, Johanna Ikävalko, Elina Sinkkonen and Marc Lantaigne on stage in China Research Day 2025 organised by FIIA.
October 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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📝Why hasn’t Tajikistan joined the Russia-led EAEU? Tajikistan seems to prefer bilateral ties with Moscow, while Russia is running out of both carrots and sticks in its struggle for dominance in Central Asia, write @kristiinasilvan.bsky.social and Arkady Moshes.⤵️

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"Russia seems unable to convince even its closest partners that joining its integration projects serves their interests." A quote from Kristiina Silvan and Arkady Moshes from FIIA Comment Tajikistan's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union: Why is it not happening?
October 20, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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How has EU foreign policy changed since the beginning of Russia's war on Ukraine?

FIIA researchers @tyynekarjalainen.bsky.social & @marcosiddi.bsky.social analyse the shift in their new article, published in the Journal of European Integration.

✍️ Read here ⤵️
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From role change to policy change: EU member states and change in EU foreign policy after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Russia’s war against Ukraine has led to a fundamental rethinking of EU foreign policy, including enlargement, security and defense, and energy policy. The nature and depth of the shift, as well as ...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Western foreign aid budgets are shrinking — and the change is clearest in the US. Sarah S. Stroup examines the Trump administration’s justifications for aid cuts and calls for a renewed focus on poverty reduction.⤵️

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"Beyond its vicious rhetoric and wrecking-ball approach to institutions, the Trump administration's arguments echo long-standing critiques of development aid that experts in the field have made themselves." Quote from Sarah S. Stroup from FIIA Briefing Paper Global development in crisis: Responding to America's retreat.
October 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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📝Critical minerals are vital for defence, technology, and the energy transition – yet China dominates refining and processing, writes Cordelia Buchanan Ponczek in the latest FIIA Briefing Paper.

Read the publication on minerals diplomacy as geoeconomic statecraft⤵️
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"Control over critical minerals has implications for global development, competitiveness, and international order, and geoeconomic power is shapedd by who controls these minerals." Quote from FIIA Research Fellow Cordelia Buchanan Ponczek from the FIIA Briefing Paper Minerals diplomacy as geoeconomic statecraft: Implications for resource security priorities in a rapidly changing world.
October 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Watch the recording of FIIA's latest #TransatlanticCurrents webinar for insights on US defence and security relations, with a focus on Ukraine.

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A FIIA title card with a photo of President Trump looking at President Putin and a text: "Transatlantic Currents. Webinar. 8 October. 16.00 –17.00 EEST. Donald Trump’s quest for a “grand bargain” on the Russia-Ukraine war and a reshaped American role in transatlantic defense.
October 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Israel ja Hamas ovat hyväksyneet presidentti Trumpin rauhansuunnitelman ensimmäisen vaiheen. Onko osapuolten välille saavutettavissa kestävää rauhaa?

UPI Livessä keskustelemassa UPIn tutkijat @timostewart.bsky.social & @katariinamustasilt.bsky.social.

Katso suorana: www.youtube.com/live/--BqKYD...
October 10, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Recordings of the FIIA Climate Day events are now online!

💡 The second event examined the BRICS group and its pursuit of climate leadership.

▶️ Watch the seminar "Expanding BRICS in global climate governance" here: fiia.fi/en/tapahtumat/fiia-climate-day-expanding-brics-in-global-climate-governance
October 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Recordings of the FIIA Climate Day events are now online!

🕊️ The first seminar focused on how environmental degradation factors into conflicts and peacebuilding.

▶️ Watch the seminar "Environment and peace in the era of climate crisis" here: fiia.fi/en/tapahtuma...
October 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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💡 With the US withdrawing, will BRICS fill the void in climate leadership?

Addressing the question at FIIA Climate Day event "Expanding BRICS in global climate governance" were Mihaela Papa, MIT Center for International Studies & @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social, @creacleanair.bsky.social.
Mihaela Papa giving a speech on stage with FIIA roll ups in the background. Lauri Myllyvirta talking to Karoliina Pietarila on stage, both seated.
October 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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FIIA Climate Day started with a seminar “Environment and peace in the era of climate crisis”, organized with @wwf.fi.
The focus was on natural resources as a driver of conflict but also as an entry point to peace mediation. 🕊️
A panel discussion with Sandra Valenzuela, Maruan El-Krekshi, and Antti Rautavaara. Emma Hakala moderating. Sandra Valenzuela, Maruan El-Krekshi, Antti Rautavaara, and Emma Hakala listening to Nina Elomaa, all on stage.
October 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Tänään @wwf.fi & @fiia.fi seminaari ympäristön ja rauhan kysymyksistä ilmastokriisin keskellä.
WWF Kolumbian johtaja kertoi kuinka #Amazon turvallisuushaasteet linkittyvät luonnonvaroihin ja ympäristön tilaan sekä odotuksia #COP30 kokoukselle

#ilmasto #ympäristö #turvallisuus
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM