"EU-instituutioiden tarkoitus on rakentaa samanarvoisten kumppanien yhteisöä, joka ylittää kansallismielisen kilvoittelun, takaa rauhan jäsenmaiden kesken sekä tavoittelee demokratiaa ja kansalaisoikeuksia ylikansallisella tasolla." @slsalo.bsky.social:n ja minun #Vieraskynä @hs.fi:ssa tänään

KATSE järjestää tiistaina 22.4 klo 17:30 – 18:30 keskustelutilaisuuden Arktinen alue geopolitiikan näyttämönä? Tieteiden Talolla (Kirkkokatu 6, 00170 Helsinki, 5 krs). Alustamassa UPI:n ohjelmajohtaja Harri Mikkola. Ilmoittaudu 18.4 mennessä osoitteeseen [email protected]!

Kansainvälisen politiikan tutkimuksen seura KATSE Ry järjestää ti 22.4 klo 17:30 – 18:30 keskustelutilaisuuden Arktinen alue geopolitiikan näyttämönä? Tieteiden Talolla Helsingissä. Alustamassa UPI:n ohjelmajohtaja Harri Mikkola. Ilmoittaudu 18.4 mennessä osoitteeseen [email protected]!

Two takeaways from the Finnish municipal and regional elections: 1) Finland seems to be edging away from its traditional, consensus-democracy model and towards a more polarized system where power alternates between the Left and the Right from one election to the other.

Looks like Germany might go the Danish way: rightwards in immigration, leftwards (at least moderately) in socio-economics. Will this stem the far-right like it apparently did in Denmark? www.politico.eu/article/germ...

Minulla ei ole minkäänlaista mielenkiintoa äänestää kunta- ja aluevaaleissa. Alueiden ja kuntien työnjako tuntuu hähmäiseltä. Mistä edes äänestäisin? Alueiden sote-rahoista? Mitä kunnille on jäänyt, mitä valintoja kunnat pystyvät tekemään? Tekikö alueuudistus demokratialle karhunpalveluksen?

”Europe must never again find itself in a position where the likes of US vice-president JD Vance have life-and-death power over it. All other priorities are secondary.” Janan Ganesh of the @financialtimes.com has an extraordinary skill of crystallizing the essential.

Vassals, curtseying, oaths of allegiance to the King. That’s what comes to mind when following Trump’s maneuvres. But hey, we Europeans should know how to do this. We did just the king thing for 1000 years, democracy only for the last 100.

So far, the response of Europe's mainstream leaders to President Trump can be described with one word: shushing. I know a lot is at stake, but not having the courage to stand up and speak the truth about what we are dealing with looks like, well, cowardice.

I would like to see these kinds of analyses on the European Left, as well. (Maybe I should write one, on a second thought…) How the Democrats Lost the Working Class www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/u...

I think its outright interesting how Trump's election has already shifted the terms of debate about Ukraine - at least here in Finland. Suddenly everybody talks about compromise and the fact that peace negotiations is "what Ukrainians actually want", too. yle.fi/a/74-20127694

The research consortium is led by Professor Åsa von Schoultz, and key work packages are led by @ialsaikkonen.bsky.social, @jannetukiainen.bsky.social, Kimmo Elo ja @juhajokela1.bsky.social (FIIA) Sanna Salo, @sinikukka.bsky.social and Ville Sinkkonen form the project team of FIIA.

📣 New project "The resilience of liberal democracy in Finland" by universities of @helsinkiuni.bsky.social, Eastern Finland, Turku, Åbo Akademi as well as FIIA. The project will examine the resilience of liberal democracy in Finland. ⤵️ www.fiia.fi/en/news/new-...

Great funding news! In my work package, we will study the determinants of (e.g., geographic) inequalities in political participation and political and bureaucratic representation, their effects on economic policy, democratic norms and political responses, and how inequalities can be alleviated.

Can't think of a better time to study the resilience of liberal democracy in Finland and beyond. Thank you Finnish Research Council for funding our project! www.fiia.fi/en/news/new-...