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29.1.2026 | A study carried out by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs together with the University of Helsinki and the Tampere University examined Russia’s full-spectrum influence activities directed at Finland since the 2000s and their effects on Finnish society and decision-making.

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

Good decisions are based on well-researched information The Government's research activities provide information for government decision-making and policy formulation. Read more about what we do Current issues 29.1.2026 | 9:00 Study: Russia’s infl...

29.4.2022 | A new study published by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, the Aleksanteri Institute and the National Defence University explores the principles underpinning Russia’s Northern European foreign and security policies and the strategic communications undertaken by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the early 2010s until 2021.

2.6.2022 | A new study argues that Russia has geared its scientific and technological knowhow towards the unfolding great power competition. During the last decade Russia has sought to restore its scientific and technological prowess through various new strategies, programs and plans in order to regain its sovereign status as a great power.

After ‘hybrid warfare’, what next? – Understanding and responding to contemporary Russia Raportissa, ”Hybridisodan jälkeen – mitä seuraavaksi?”, korostetaan, ettei ole yksinkertaista vastausta tai käsitettä, kuten ”hybridisota”, jonka avulla voita...

4.5.2020 | On 4 May, a report on the special features of Russia’s strategic communications entitled Govorit Moskva – Moscow Speaks will be published in the publication series of the Government’s analysis, assessment and research activities. The aim of the study is to increase understanding of Russia’s strategic communications and shed light on their background and related phenomena.

13.3.2023 | As many as 41% of Finnish companies have experienced trade barriers in their international operations in recent years. Most of the examined trade barriers between 2019 and 2022 occurred in countries outside the EU, especially in Russia, the United States and China. However, according to a study conducted by ETLA Economic Research for the Finnish Government, companies also encountered trade barriers in the EU.

28.2.2023 | According to a study published on 28 February, intensifying great power competition increasingly complicates the ability to respond to global challenges through multilateral cooperation. Finland can respond to this transformation by strengthening the EU’s foreign policy capacities and by examining the potential of informal avenues of cooperation as well as partnerships in the context of the Global South.

Global energy transitions and Russia’s energy influence in Finland This study argues that in a condition of a rapid energy transition Russia’s possibility to use energy trade as leverage diminishes. Therefore, a slow transition to a renewables-dom...

18.10.2024 | 1(2) Call for applications for analysis and research activities in support of government decision-making On the 21st of October 2024, the Prime Minister’s Office will open a call for applications for funding intended to generate data through analy...

Venäjän turvallisuuspolitiikka – tutkimus Suomessa ja kehitystrendit Venäjällä Kaksiosaisen hankkeen ensimmäisessä osassa on arvioitu vuosina 2011- 2015 Suomessa tehtyä Venäjän turvallisuuspolitiikkaa koskevaa vertaisarvioitua tutkimusta. Toinen o...