Jyrki Ruohomäki
@jyrkiruohomaki.bsky.social
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Head of Research @cmcfinland.bsky.social #peace #conflict #civiliancrisismanagment #electionobservation PhD in Politics. Triathlete and runner.
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Tetiana Kyselova, who keynoted a @cmcfinland.bsky.social seminar on civil society and crisis management last fall, writes about the dangers of repeating Minsk mistakes together w/ Yuna Potomkina in @foreignaffairs.com
foreignaffairs.com
“Accommodating Russian narratives and positions could turn out to be a provocative yet smart move to bring Putin to the table—but only if Trump sets high standards and demands once negotiations begin,” write Tetiana Kyselova and Yuna Potomkina.
How Not to End the War in Ukraine
Past failures make clear that an imposed peace won’t last.
www.foreignaffairs.com
jyrkiruohomaki.bsky.social
Interesting study, pointing that any deal that would endanger the Ukrainian sovereignty would not be accepted by the Ukrainians, even when measured against high casualties. Unjust peace would therefore not end the war but bring insurgency www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/ukrai...
Ukraine Will Not Surrender to Russia
The country is open to talks but will fight a forced deal.
www.foreignaffairs.com
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
“Now is the moment to recognize the scale of the seismic change unfolding, and to find new ways to live in the world that a very different kind of America is beginning to create”

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The End of the Postwar World
Trump and Vance are sending a dark message to America’s allies.
www.theatlantic.com
jyrkiruohomaki.bsky.social
Tänään keskustellaan Eurooppasalissa vaalitarkkailusta rapautuvan demokratian maailmassa. Demokratiaindikaattoreiden näyttäessä punaista ja vaalien kiistämisen lisääntyessä niiden tarkkailu on entistä tärkeämpää. Järjestäjinä @demofinland.bsky.social ja @cmcfinland.bsky.social
jyrkiruohomaki.bsky.social
I spent most of the week in a virtual country called Carana, mentoring a joint peace mediation exercise by the students from the Finnish National Defence University and Tampere University. Like a fellow mentor put it, we learned as much as the students.
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jfruh.bsky.social
incredible things are happening on the federal employee subreddit
jyrkiruohomaki.bsky.social
Excellent keynote by Renata Dwan on the Peacemaking in the New World Order -seminar. Few takeaways: When multilateralism is stuck, give room to minilateralism and ad hoc -coalitions, also embracing partial agreements, noting the dangers of forces comprehensiveness (pushing early elections etc).
jyrkiruohomaki.bsky.social
Kalenteriin: CMC Finland ja DemoFinland järjestävät tilaisuuden, Kohti reiluja vaaleja: Vaalitarkkailu rapautuvan demokratian maailmassa 5.2.2025 klo 14–16 Eurooppasalissa ja online. Tarkempi ohjelma julkaistaan lähempänä. Voit jo ilmoittautua tilaisuuteen: www.cmcfinland.fi/kohti-reiluj...
Kohti reiluja vaaleja: Vaalitarkkailu rapautuvan demokratian maailmassa 5.2.2025 - CMC Finland
Mitä vaalitarkkailu on, ja miten EU ja Etyj tukevat vaaleja tarkkailemalla demokratiaa? CMC Finland ja Demo Finland järjestävät tilaisuuden, jossa vaalitarkkailun asiantuntijat kertovat vaalitarkkailu...
www.cmcfinland.fi
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villesavoranta.bsky.social
Lot of discussion on the EU response to developments in Syria. Might be a good time to revisit this report from a few years back, comparing approaches in Iraq and Syria, including #CSDP deployment…
Band-aids, not bullets
This report analyzes the relevance of the foreign policy interventions of the European Union institutions (Council, Commission and External Action Service) in the Syrian and Iraqi civil wars in the br...
www.clingendael.org
jyrkiruohomaki.bsky.social
‪Very interesting closing plenary with radical ideas such as is supporting local cso’s evolved into western cherry picking based on darling agendas, such as 1325 and neglecting the focus on democratic state as a whole. ‬