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Publishers:	Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)
Publications:	An Effective Antidote: The Four Components that Make Finland More Resilient to Hybrid Campaigns Qatar Engulfed: Tactical Steps Raise Stakes in Protracted Crisis US `Soft Power` and the Trump Administration: Disturbing Signs Beyond a War of Words? Assessing Tensions on the Korean Peninsula Securing Finland: The Finnish Defence Forces are Again Focused on High Readiness The Crisis over Ukraine – Three Years On: Is a `Grand Bargain´ Totally Ruled Out? Macron Conquered the French Presidency: Now He Must Secure the Capacity to Govern Waiting is Not an Option The Antitrust Dispute between the European Commission and Gazprom: Towards an Amicable Deal Anti-Corruption Protests in Russia: The Kremlin is Up Against Some Difficult Decisions Xi Jinping Makes a Stop-Over in Finland on His Way to the USA Trust in Multilateral Fora Needs to be Restored: The UN is Needed More than Ever One Year After the Sanctions: Is Europe Ready for the Belarus Crisis? America Searching for Respect: The Flawed Logic of Donald Trump´s Foreign Policy Europe Should Remain Steadfast on Ukraine The One China Policy and Taiwan: Trump is Playing with Fire Next to a Powder Keg Russia´s New Information Security Doctrine: Guarding a Besieged Cyber Fortress Presidential Elections in Moldova: A Sad End to a Once Promising Story Italy´s Upcoming Referendum: No Need to Panic The US in the Asia-Pacific: Continuing Rebalance towards a Region in Flux Parliamentary Elections in Georgia: Stability Preserved, but Reforms Needed A New Secretary-General for the United Nations: Fair Selection More than Window Dressing No Endgame in Syria: Why Truces are Impracticable and Peace Negotiations Challenging Bilateral Defense Treaties with the United States: Not an Alternative to NATO A More Self-Assured Germany: The New White Paper Highlights Germany´s Readiness to Bolster European Security and Defense Ukraine, 25 Years of Independence: A Strong Nation Deserves an Effective State Moscow´s European Project is Closed: We Need Russia Pleas will Meet No Response The Eastern Partnership after the Riga Summit No Liberalization in Sight for China: The Communist Party is Ever More Prominently Taking the Lead The New Alliance and Integration Treaty Between Russia and South Ossetia No Zero-sum Game among EU Foreign Policy Actors Rome and Athens Allied Against Austerity? Preparing Finland for Hybrid Warfare: Social Vulnerabilities and the Threat of Military Force The New Minsk Ceasefire The EU as a Source of Security The Rise of the Podemos Party in Spain Making Sense of the Russian Bear Metaphor Nationalism is a Double-Edged Sword Passing the Arctic Council Torch to the US And Beyond Moldova’s European Choice is Not Yet Consolidated The Dialogue Between the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union Islamic Soul-Searching on Scorched Earth Palestinian Frustration Vented The Republicans Gain the Upper Hand Russian Arctic Sanctioned Japan Warms to Collective Self-Defence What Can the EU Do for Gaza? A Pause in the Conflict in Ukraine Two Foreign Policy Chiefs for Europe? Putin’s Humanitarian Convoy and the Road to Ukraine Another Try for Ukraine and Europe Understanding Russia’s Actions in Ukraine The Return of Realpolitik? Is Germany Ready to Take a Firm Stand on Russia? The Crisis in Ukraine is Not Over Yet Another ‘Historic’ Meeting between Mainland China and Taiwan Hard Work Needed in South Sudan: Formal Statehood Cannot Work Miracles The EU’s Defeat in Vilnius: Can the Eastern Partnership be Salvaged? Will Sweden Become a Net Consumer of Security Election Monitoring Faces Credibility Crisis Finland Should Aim to be a Cyber Connector Lithuania’s Presidency Gamble Georgia's Leaderless Nexus: The Secrecy Surrounding Prime Minister Ivanishvili's Resignation Threatens the Stability of the Country Is the Communist Party Dragging China Back into the Shadow of Mao? A Hollow Victory for the Putin Administration? Towards an Integrated Transatlantic Market The UN Blueprint for the Post-2015 Development Agenda Global Drug Policy is Ripe for Reform Japan’s Territorial Disputes Remain Unresolved Swedish Defence Illusions Are Crumbling China in the Year of the Snake Saving Putin’s System Managing the Decline of European Diplomacy The Russian Adoption Ban Fits the Putin Agenda The EU and Russia Cease to Be a Priority for Each Other Is Catalonia Looking for the Exit? The Polarized Post-2015 Development Puzzle Estonia Strives to Be at the Core of the EU Obama Headed for Victory Between a Rock and a Hard Place ´Pacific Russia´ is Still a Dream The First 100 Days of Putin's Presidency See a Tightening of the Screws Moldova Deserves More From the EU Will the EU Road Open for Kosovo as Well? Putin's Plans Lack Plausibility The Republican Party at a Crossroads The Sun is Setting on Putin’s System Getting Back on Track with Energy Efficiency From Tahrir Square to the Ballot-Box Raising the Stakes European Daydreams and Chinese Whispers Democracy Divided? Putin’s Eurasian Union Dreams Talking Democracy, Thinking Geopolitics From Stability to Stagnation 20 Years After Arrested Development Small Carrots, Little Influence Zapatero’s Last Stand Europe's Flawed Arab Spring Law Enforcer or Mediator? Protecting the Real Economy Securing Russia Soft Power Works Better Old President, New Country The Blueprint for a Nordic Federation The Call for a 'Dignified' EU Foreign Policy Kosovo, Law and Order A New Opportunity for Mr Kallasvuo Russia and Its Neighbours Moscow After the Smoke The EU Factor to the Stability of Britain’s New Coalition Government What Future for the Union for the Mediterranean?

Publishers:

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

Publications:

An Effective Antidote: The Four Components that Make Finland More Resilient to Hybrid Campaigns
Qatar Engulfed: Tactical Steps Raise Stakes in Protracted Crisis
US `Soft Power` and the Trump Administration: Disturbing Signs
Beyond a War of Words? Assessing Tensions on the Korean Peninsula
Securing Finland: The Finnish Defence Forces are Again Focused on High Readiness
The Crisis over Ukraine – Three Years On: Is a `Grand Bargain´ Totally Ruled Out?
Macron Conquered the French Presidency: Now He Must Secure the Capacity to Govern
Waiting is Not an Option
The Antitrust Dispute between the European Commission and Gazprom: Towards an Amicable Deal
Anti-Corruption Protests in Russia: The Kremlin is Up Against Some Difficult Decisions
Xi Jinping Makes a Stop-Over in Finland on His Way to the USA
Trust in Multilateral Fora Needs to be Restored: The UN is Needed More than Ever
One Year After the Sanctions: Is Europe Ready for the Belarus Crisis?
America Searching for Respect: The Flawed Logic of Donald Trump´s Foreign Policy
Europe Should Remain Steadfast on Ukraine
The One China Policy and Taiwan: Trump is Playing with Fire Next to a Powder Keg
Russia´s New Information Security Doctrine: Guarding a Besieged Cyber Fortress
Presidential Elections in Moldova: A Sad End to a Once Promising Story
Italy´s Upcoming Referendum: No Need to Panic
The US in the Asia-Pacific: Continuing Rebalance towards a Region in Flux
Parliamentary Elections in Georgia: Stability Preserved, but Reforms Needed
A New Secretary-General for the United Nations: Fair Selection More than Window Dressing
No Endgame in Syria: Why Truces are Impracticable and Peace Negotiations Challenging
Bilateral Defense Treaties with the United States: Not an Alternative to NATO
A More Self-Assured Germany: The New White Paper Highlights Germany´s Readiness to Bolster European Security and Defense
Ukraine, 25 Years of Independence: A Strong Nation Deserves an Effective State
Moscow´s European Project is Closed: We Need Russia Pleas will Meet No Response
The Eastern Partnership after the Riga Summit
No Liberalization in Sight for China: The Communist Party is Ever More Prominently Taking the Lead
The New Alliance and Integration Treaty Between Russia and South Ossetia
No Zero-sum Game among EU Foreign Policy Actors
Rome and Athens Allied Against Austerity?
Preparing Finland for Hybrid Warfare: Social Vulnerabilities and the Threat of Military Force
The New Minsk Ceasefire
The EU as a Source of Security
The Rise of the Podemos Party in Spain
Making Sense of the Russian Bear Metaphor
Nationalism is a Double-Edged Sword
Passing the Arctic Council Torch to the US And Beyond
Moldova’s European Choice is Not Yet Consolidated
The Dialogue Between the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union
Islamic Soul-Searching on Scorched Earth
Palestinian Frustration Vented
The Republicans Gain the Upper Hand
Russian Arctic Sanctioned
Japan Warms to Collective Self-Defence
What Can the EU Do for Gaza?
A Pause in the Conflict in Ukraine
Two Foreign Policy Chiefs for Europe?
Putin’s Humanitarian Convoy and the Road to Ukraine
Another Try for Ukraine and Europe
Understanding Russia’s Actions in Ukraine
The Return of Realpolitik?
Is Germany Ready to Take a Firm Stand on Russia?
The Crisis in Ukraine is Not Over
Yet Another ‘Historic’ Meeting between Mainland China and Taiwan
Hard Work Needed in South Sudan: Formal Statehood Cannot Work Miracles
The EU’s Defeat in Vilnius: Can the Eastern Partnership be Salvaged?
Will Sweden Become a Net Consumer of Security
Election Monitoring Faces Credibility Crisis
Finland Should Aim to be a Cyber Connector
Lithuania’s Presidency Gamble
Georgia's Leaderless Nexus: The Secrecy Surrounding Prime Minister Ivanishvili's Resignation Threatens the Stability of the Country
Is the Communist Party Dragging China Back into the Shadow of Mao?
A Hollow Victory for the Putin Administration?
Towards an Integrated Transatlantic Market
The UN Blueprint for the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Global Drug Policy is Ripe for Reform
Japan’s Territorial Disputes Remain Unresolved
Swedish Defence Illusions Are Crumbling
China in the Year of the Snake
Saving Putin’s System
Managing the Decline of European Diplomacy
The Russian Adoption Ban Fits the Putin Agenda
The EU and Russia Cease to Be a Priority for Each Other
Is Catalonia Looking for the Exit?
The Polarized Post-2015 Development Puzzle
Estonia Strives to Be at the Core of the EU
Obama Headed for Victory
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
´Pacific Russia´ is Still a Dream
The First 100 Days of Putin's Presidency See a Tightening of the Screws
Moldova Deserves More From the EU
Will the EU Road Open for Kosovo as Well?
Putin's Plans Lack Plausibility
The Republican Party at a Crossroads
The Sun is Setting on Putin’s System
Getting Back on Track with Energy Efficiency
From Tahrir Square to the Ballot-Box
Raising the Stakes
European Daydreams and Chinese Whispers
Democracy Divided?
Putin’s Eurasian Union Dreams
Talking Democracy, Thinking Geopolitics
From Stability to Stagnation
20 Years After
Arrested Development
Small Carrots, Little Influence
Zapatero’s Last Stand
Europe's Flawed Arab Spring
Law Enforcer or Mediator?
Protecting the Real Economy
Securing Russia
Soft Power Works Better
Old President, New Country
The Blueprint for a Nordic Federation
The Call for a 'Dignified' EU Foreign Policy
Kosovo, Law and Order
A New Opportunity for Mr Kallasvuo
Russia and Its Neighbours
Moscow After the Smoke
The EU Factor to the Stability of Britain’s New Coalition Government
What Future for the Union for the Mediterranean?