51 research outputs found
What Went Wrong and What Right for the EU in Ukraine?
The severe crisis and consequent conflict and even war in and over Ukraine have resulted in severe soulsearching
in key Western actors and institutions, the European Union (EU) included. This is hardly a
surprise that the collapse of Yanukovych and the events that followed took by and large the whole
Western scholarly and diplomatic community by surprise. By annexing the Crimean peninsula and
incorporating it swiftly into its federal structure Russia has not only shown its acute displeasure with
how things have been developing in Ukraine and Eastern Europe but has also thrown down the gauntlet,
essentially questioning and consequently challenging the very foundations of European (security) order
and indeed international law
TÀydellinen tutkija? Turbulentin maailman ja kansainvÀlisen politiikan vÀlisestÀ suhteesta
Ei abstraktia
Listening in a Masspersonal Context : Examining Professional Diplomatsâ Interaction Involvement on Twitter
Listening has become a key concept in practicing public diplomacy on social media. This study explores professional diplomatsâ listening on Twitter, operationalizing their listening behavior as interaction involvement (II). II is related to knowing when and how to use language in social situations, and it covers three crucial aspects of listening: attentiveness, perceptiveness, and responsiveness. The present study examines the relationship between diplomatsâ interaction involvement and their perceptions of how their goals are being met by their use of Twitter. Survey data were collected from participants (N = 108) who were diplomats from five Northern European countries stationed at each countryâs foreign embassies. As hypothesized, the data revealed a positive association between II and perceived goal attainment. Moreover, active tweeting and the following of other users do not alone determine successful impact, but listening skills related to relational awareness and responsiveness are at least as important, if not more important.publishedVersionPeer reviewe
Globaalitalouden haasteet Suomelle vuoteen 2030
Raportti tarkastelee kansainvÀlisen talouden keskeisiÀ kehityskulkuja ja murroskohtia seuraavan kahden vuosikymmenen
kuluessa ja pohtii Suomen mahdollisuuksia sopeutua niihin. Talouskasvua yllÀpitÀvÀ teknologinen kehitys tulee
edelleen jatkumaan sikÀli kuin riittÀvÀt yhteiskunnalliset edellytykset ja kannusteet sekÀ työnteolle ettÀ yrittÀmiselle
sÀilyvÀt. Vaurauden lisÀÀntymisen ohella talouden kasvuvauhdin vaihtelut tulevat kuitenkin kasvamaan. Globaalitalouden
keskeiset haasteet liittyvÀt tuloerojen kasvuun sekÀ talouden ylikansalliseen hallintaan tarvittavien instituutioiden
rakentamiseen. Kansallisella tasolla muutoskyvyn merkitys kasvaa. Kehittyvien talouksien, kuten Kiinan ja VenÀjÀn,
tÀytyy pystyÀ muuttamaan taloutensa rakenteita, jotta niiden vaurastuminen voi jatkua. Suomella on mahdollisuudet
menestyÀ taloudellisesti myös jatkossa. TÀmÀ edellyttÀÀ kuitenkin talouden valmiuksien jatkuvaa parantamista.
Erityisesti työmarkkinoiden reagointikykyÀ pitÀisi lisÀtÀ ja koulutusjÀrjestelmÀÀ kehittÀÀ. Innovaatiot ovat Suomen
talouden kasvun edellytys. Julkinen innovaatiopolitiikka ei saa olla liian ohjaavaa ja holhoavaa, vaan sen on keskityttÀvÀ
innovoinnin edellytysten luomiseen yrityksissÀ. Kansalaisten keskinÀinen ja talouden instituutioihin kohdistuva
luottamus on tÀrkeÀ sopeutumista edistÀvÀ voimavara, jonka ei pidÀ antaa rapautua. KansainvÀlisellÀ tasolla on
Suomen edun mukaista edistÀÀ sekÀ globaalin yhteistyön vahvistamista ettÀ Euroopan unionin sisÀisten rakenteiden
kehittÀmistÀ. Raporttiin sisÀltyy tÀydentÀvÀ kommenttikirjoitus
Geostrategies of the European neighbourhood policy
The debate about the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) has, in essence, been about borders and bordering. Such departures could contribute â and often do so â to a rather fixed geopolitical vision of what the EU is about and how it aims to run and to organize the broader European space. However, this article aims to retain space for viewing the ENP as a developmental and somewhat fluid process. A conceptual framework, based on outlining three geopolitical models and a series of different geopolitical strategies employed by the EU in regard to its borders, is hence employed in order to be able to tell a more dynamic story regarding the developing nature of the ENP and the EU's evolving nature more generally. The complexity traced informs us that various geostrategies may be held at the same time at the external border. Moreover, the dominance of one geostrategy may be replaced by another or a different combination of them with regard to the same neighbourhood. It is, more generally, argued that if anything it is precisely this dynamism that should be championed as a valuable resource, avoiding the tendency to close off options through the reification of particular visions of the nature of the EU and its borders
The Cold Peace: Russo-Western Relations as a Mimetic Cold War
In 1989â1991 the geo-ideological contestation between two blocs was swept away, together with the ideology of civil war and its concomitant Cold War played out on the larger stage. Paradoxically, while the domestic sources of Cold War confrontation have been transcended, its external manifestations remain in the form of a âlegacyâ geopolitical contest between the dominant hegemonic power (the United States) and a number of potential rising great powers, of which Russia is one. The post-revolutionary era is thus one of a âcold peaceâ. A cold peace is a mimetic cold war. In other words, while a cold war accepts the logic of conflict in the international system and between certain protagonists in particular, a cold peace reproduces the behavioural patterns of a cold war but suppresses acceptance of the logic of behaviour. A cold peace is accompanied by a singular stress on notions of victimhood for some and undigested and bitter victory for others. The perceived victim status of one set of actors provides the seedbed for renewed conflict, while the âvictoryâ of the others cannot be consolidated in some sort of relatively unchallenged post-conflict order. The âuniversalismâ of the victors is now challenged by Russia's neo-revisionist policy, including not so much the defence of Westphalian notions of sovereignty but the espousal of an international system with room for multiple systems (the Schmittean pluriverse)
Russia of Challenges
In 2007 the Ministry of Defence conducted the research project Stable Russia â an evaluation of the security situation in Finlandâs neighbourhood. The goal of the project was to paint an all-round picture of the factors affecting stability in Russia as well as possible destabilizing developments which could alter the security situation close to the Finnish borders. The project comprehensively tapped into Finnish Russia-expertise. This publication is based on the reports written for that project
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