Matti Pesu

@pesumatti.bsky.social

Senior Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland, Northern Europe, NATO

Yhdysvallat siirtää vastuuta Euroopan puolustuksesta Naton eurooppalaisille jäsenmaille. Lue Matti Pesun analyysi Suomen asemasta eurooppalaisemmassa Natossa. Linkki vieraskynään kommenteissa.

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Ulkopoliittinen instituutti julkaisi eilen Venäjän laaja-alainen vaikuttaminen Suomeen 2000-luvulla -tutkimuksen. Siinä kuvaamme, kuinka Venäjä pyrki hyödyntämään kahdenvälisen suhteen dynamiikkaa ja erityispiirteitä – ja onnistuikin siinä osittain. Kannattaa lukea! fiia.fi/julkaisu/ven...

Venäjän laaja-alainen vaikuttaminen Suomeen 2000-luvulla | FIIA

Tutkimus kartoittaa Venäjän 2000-luvulla Suomeen kohdistaman laaja-alaisen vaikuttamisen eri muotoja sekä niiden vaikutuksia suomalaiseen yhteiskuntaan ja päätöksentekoon.

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Tomorrow, the heads of state and government of Finland, Sweden, the Baltic states, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria convene in Helsinki for the Eastern Flank Summit - an emerging coalition aimed at strengthening frontline perspectives in Europe, first and foremost within the EU.

Iro Särkkä, Joel Linnainmäki and I claim in our new @fiia.fi Briefing Paper that NATO’s extended frontline - which should be seen as a layered zone of strategically exposed areas - has become the strategic fault line of Euro-Atlantic security. 1/4

Finnish Institute of International Affairs@fiia.fi · 10mo ago

📝New FIIA Briefing Paper! NATO’s newly extended frontline – from the European Arctic to the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea – adds up to an “aggregated deterrence” against Russia, write @pesumatti.bsky.social, Iro Särkkä and @linnainmaki.bsky.social.⤵️ fiia.fi/en/publicati...

"The overarching objective of aggregated deterrence is to impose strategic dilemmas on Russia by compelling it to disperse its military assets across multiple theatres". A quote from FIIA Briefing Paper NATO's extended frontline, written by Matti Pesu, Iro Särkkä and Joel Linnainmäki. On the right there is a picture of the soldiers on a meadow.

Iro Särkkä, Joel Linnainmäki and I claim in our new @fiia.fi Briefing Paper that NATO’s extended frontline - which should be seen as a layered zone of strategically exposed areas - has become the strategic fault line of Euro-Atlantic security. 1/4

Finnish Institute of International Affairs@fiia.fi · 10mo ago

📝New FIIA Briefing Paper! NATO’s newly extended frontline – from the European Arctic to the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea – adds up to an “aggregated deterrence” against Russia, write @pesumatti.bsky.social, Iro Särkkä and @linnainmaki.bsky.social.⤵️ fiia.fi/en/publicati...

"The overarching objective of aggregated deterrence is to impose strategic dilemmas on Russia by compelling it to disperse its military assets across multiple theatres". A quote from FIIA Briefing Paper NATO's extended frontline, written by Matti Pesu, Iro Särkkä and Joel Linnainmäki. On the right there is a picture of the soldiers on a meadow.

"Yet, a paradox exists. Currently, French nuclear doctrine doesn’t align with another ambition: European strategic autonomy. If the engagement with European allies must “go further,” France’s doctrine should change as well" warontherocks.com/2025/05/ever...

Everything Changes but Nothing Changes: Can France Overcome its Own Nuclear Doctrine? - War on the Rocks

In a recent interview broadcast live on French television, President Emmanuel Macron declared: Ever since there has been a nuclear doctrine since Charles

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Three years of Zeitwende have failed to even put Germany onto the mental horizon of researchers not focused on Germany in Northern Europe. This piece by colleague @pesumatti.bsky.social has many interesting elements, but one of them to me is that Germany only gets a mention as a potential liability

Two Years in NATO, Finland is Searching for a Plan B

Just two years after joining NATO and forging an alliance with the United States, Finland finds itself compelled to consider alternative plans to ensure its security.

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