About me
Currently working as Research Director, taking care of the duties of professor in international relations/world politics.
Responsibilities
H2020 project ENGAGE (“Envisioning a New Governance Architecture for a Global Europe")
Academy of Finland research project on transforming strategic cultures, STRAX - see more at
https://www.tuni.fi/en/research/transforming-strategic-cultures-contemporary-europe-strax
Fields of expertise
European integration, foreign, security and defence policy, Nordic cooperation, Finnish foreign, security and defence policy, multilateralism, inter-organisational relations
Selected publications
‘Finland and Sweden in NATO: the potential of new security providers’. Policy Brief 18, NATO Defence College, 24.11.2022. https://www.ndc.nato.int/news/news.php?icode=1769
‘NATO and the EU’s Strength Lies in Their Unity’. Blog, Carnegie Europe, 28 June 2022. https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/87403
‘Finland on its way to NATO: not a total surprise’, Aspenia Online, international analysis and commentary. 16 June 2022. https://aspeniaonline.it/finland-on-its-way-to-nato-not-a-total-surprise/
‘NordNATO: Why the case for Finland to join NATO is stronger than ever’. View from the Council, European Council on Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2022 https://ecfr.eu/article/nordnato-why-the-case-for-finland-to-join-nato-is-stronger-than-ever/
’De nordiska ländernas integration saknar drivkrafter’ i 30 röster om Norden, red. Nils Erik Forsgård. Helsinki, Magma 2022. (S. 259-266.)
Tarja Seppä ja Hanna Ojanen, ’Voidaanko Venäjä erottaa YK:sta?’ Alusta! 8.4.2022. https://www.tuni.fi/alustalehti/2022/04/08/voidaanko-venaja-erottaa-yksta/
’Euroopan unioni turvallisuus- ja puolustuspolitiikassa – kaikesta huolimatta eteenpäin’. Alusta! -verkkojulkaisu, Tampereen yliopisto. https://www.tuni.fi/alustalehti/2022/03/04/euroopan-unioni-turvallisuus-ja-puolustuspolitiikassa-kaikesta-huolimatta-eteenpain/
Together with Päivi Leino-Sandberg, ’Time for Military Integration in the EU? Armed aggression and the scope of Article 42 TEU’. Verfassungsblog 3.3.2022. https://verfassungsblog.de/time-for-military-integration-in-the-eu/
’La Finlande et la Suède vis-à-vis du projet européen’. Dans : Souveraineté et solidarité, un défi européen. Sous la direction de Nathalie de Kaniv et Patrick Bellouard. Les Editions du Cerf, Paris, 2021. P. 107-113.
‘Ulko-, turvallisuus- ja puolustuspolitiikka: EU valtioiden maailmassa’. Teoksessa Tapio Raunio ja Juho Saari (toim.) 2021 ”Moninaisuudessaan yhtenäinen? Euroopan unionin suunta”. Helsinki: Gaudeamus. Pp. 188-211.
The EU's Power in Inter-Organisational Relations (Palgrave 2018)