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Jyrki Ruohomäki
@jyrkiruohomaki.bsky.social
Head of Research @cmcfinland.bsky.social #peace #conflict #civiliancrisismanagment #electionobservation PhD in Politics. Triathlete and runner.
Heading to Tampere with excitement. This year’s theme ”Reclaiming Peace in the Age of Militarism” couldn’t be more topical.
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Kiitollisena ja innostuneena odotan tulevaa päätoimittajakautta Kosmopolis-lehdessä aivan parhaiden päätoimittajakollegoiden kanssa. Tässä hieman ajatuksiani tulevasta www.cmcfinland.fi/cmcn-jyrki-r...
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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"Senior officers from some 30 countries across Europe and beyond were due to meet Thursday at a military headquarters on the outskirts of London to flesh out plans for an international peacekeeping force for Ukraine."
@france24.com
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Military chiefs gather in UK to discuss Ukraine peacekeeping force
Senior officers from some 30 countries across Europe and beyond were due to meet Thursday at a military headquarters on the outskirts of London to flesh out plans for an international peacekeeping for...
www.france24.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is a very clear and helpful piece by @cdeconing.bsky.social for understanding the techical elements of a ceasefire and pointing the key factors behind a successful ceasefire. theglobalobservatory.org/2025/03/what...
What Would It Take for a Ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine to Hold? - IPI Global Observatory
We know a lot about how to implement a ceasefire, as well as the factors that influence the likelihood that a ceasefire will be successful.  In the case of the Russian war on Ukraine, the US has propo...
theglobalobservatory.org
March 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Tetiana Kyselova, who keynoted a @cmcfinland.bsky.social seminar on civil society and crisis management last fall, writes about the dangers of repeating Minsk mistakes together w/ Yuna Potomkina in @foreignaffairs.com
“Accommodating Russian narratives and positions could turn out to be a provocative yet smart move to bring Putin to the table—but only if Trump sets high standards and demands once negotiations begin,” write Tetiana Kyselova and Yuna Potomkina.
How Not to End the War in Ukraine
Past failures make clear that an imposed peace won’t last.
www.foreignaffairs.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Interesting study, pointing that any deal that would endanger the Ukrainian sovereignty would not be accepted by the Ukrainians, even when measured against high casualties. Unjust peace would therefore not end the war but bring insurgency www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/ukrai...
Ukraine Will Not Surrender to Russia
The country is open to talks but will fight a forced deal.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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“Now is the moment to recognize the scale of the seismic change unfolding, and to find new ways to live in the world that a very different kind of America is beginning to create”

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The End of the Postwar World
Trump and Vance are sending a dark message to America’s allies.
www.theatlantic.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
New CMC Finland Policy Brief: Findings and Recommendations to Strengthen the Implementation of the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda within Civilian Crisis Management. www.cmcfinland.fi/new-cmc-poli...
New CMC Policy Brief: Findings and Recommendations to Strengthen the Implementation of the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda within Civilian Crisis Management - CMC Finland
Civilian crisis management operations often take place in fragile, conflict-affected, or post-conflict countries, where young people constitute a significant majority of the population. Unstable condi...
www.cmcfinland.fi
February 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Oli kiinnostavaa olla mukana tässä hankkeessa, joka osoitti konkreettisesti sisäisen ja ulkoisen turvallisuuden linkittymisen sekä kriisinhallintaosallistumisen potentiaalin tukea kotimaan varautumista. www.sweco.fi/ajankohtaist...
Swecon vastuullisuuskonsultit tekivät laajan ilmastoriskien selvityksen ja työkalun sisäasiainhallinnolle - Sweco Finland
Ilmastoriskejä tunnistetaan ja ilmastoriskitietoa hyödynnetään sisäasiainhallinnossa akuuttien ja fyysisten riskien osalta hyvin, kertoo tuore Swecon tekemä selvitys. Sisäasianhallinnolla tarkoitetaan...
www.sweco.fi
February 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Tänään keskustellaan Eurooppasalissa vaalitarkkailusta rapautuvan demokratian maailmassa. Demokratiaindikaattoreiden näyttäessä punaista ja vaalien kiistämisen lisääntyessä niiden tarkkailu on entistä tärkeämpää. Järjestäjinä @demofinland.bsky.social ja @cmcfinland.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I spent most of the week in a virtual country called Carana, mentoring a joint peace mediation exercise by the students from the Finnish National Defence University and Tampere University. Like a fellow mentor put it, we learned as much as the students.
January 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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incredible things are happening on the federal employee subreddit
January 30, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Excellent keynote by Renata Dwan on the Peacemaking in the New World Order -seminar. Few takeaways: When multilateralism is stuck, give room to minilateralism and ad hoc -coalitions, also embracing partial agreements, noting the dangers of forces comprehensiveness (pushing early elections etc).
January 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Heading to Imatra for the Finnish International Studies Association (FISA) triennal, where we have a panel focusing on (EU) #crisismanagement. fisa.fi/uutiset/fisa... @cmcfinland.bsky.social @fiia-upi.bsky.social
FISA 2025 Programme published – Kansainvälisten suhteiden tutkimuksen seura – Finnish International Studies Association
fisa.fi
January 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Järjestämme yhdessä Demo Finlandin kanssa seminaarin vaalitarkkailusta 5.2. Ilmoittautua voi 2.2 mennessä. demofinland.org/kohti-reiluj...
Kohti reiluja vaaleja: Vaalitarkkailu rapautuvan demokratian maailmassa
CMC Finlandin ja Demo Finlandin tilaisuudessa vaalitarkkailun asiantuntijat kertovat vaalitarkkailun merkityksestä ja muuttumisesta.
demofinland.org
January 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Whichever way you spin it, Europe has to step up www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/o...
Opinion | Four Scenarios for Ukraine’s Endgame
The war is entering what could be its final phase. What happens next?
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Absolutely agree with this. #electionobservation is currently too much focused on the technical and should be brought to cope with modern day challenges. www.politico.eu/article/kaja...
Russia has learned how to influence elections, EU’s top diplomat warns
Kaja Kallas says today’s methods for evaluating the fairness of elections are outdated.
www.politico.eu
December 16, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Kalenteriin: CMC Finland ja DemoFinland järjestävät tilaisuuden, Kohti reiluja vaaleja: Vaalitarkkailu rapautuvan demokratian maailmassa 5.2.2025 klo 14–16 Eurooppasalissa ja online. Tarkempi ohjelma julkaistaan lähempänä. Voit jo ilmoittautua tilaisuuteen: www.cmcfinland.fi/kohti-reiluj...
Kohti reiluja vaaleja: Vaalitarkkailu rapautuvan demokratian maailmassa 5.2.2025 - CMC Finland
Mitä vaalitarkkailu on, ja miten EU ja Etyj tukevat vaaleja tarkkailemalla demokratiaa? CMC Finland ja Demo Finland järjestävät tilaisuuden, jossa vaalitarkkailun asiantuntijat kertovat vaalitarkkailu...
www.cmcfinland.fi
December 11, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Viestimme EU:n uusille komissaareille SITRAn #EUjohtaminen -kurssin päätöspäivänä. Tämän laatiminen oli vielä viimeinen oppitunti kantojen yhteensovittamisesta 😊 www.sitra.fi/artikkelit/e...
EU-komissaarit, vahvistakaa unionin turvallisuutta! - Sitra
Osallistuimme tänä syksynä Sitran järjestämään EU:n tulevaisuuden johtamiskoulutukseen. Kurssilla pohdimme Euroopan unionin mahdollisia kehityskulkuja ja tulevaisuutta määrittäviä valintoja. Syntyi ne...
www.sitra.fi
December 10, 2024 at 8:27 PM
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Lot of discussion on the EU response to developments in Syria. Might be a good time to revisit this report from a few years back, comparing approaches in Iraq and Syria, including #CSDP deployment…
Band-aids, not bullets
This report analyzes the relevance of the foreign policy interventions of the European Union institutions (Council, Commission and External Action Service) in the Syrian and Iraqi civil wars in the br...
www.clingendael.org
December 9, 2024 at 3:27 PM
A new CMC Finland Working Paper is out! It discusses the complex relationship between #CivilianCrisisManagement and promoting transitional justice in fragile contexts and post-conflict environments.
Link to the publication here: www.cmcfinland.fi/en/new-cmc-w...
New CMC Working Papers publication: Building states, building justice? Transitional justice in the context of civilian crisis management - CMC Finland
Over the past two decades, transitional justice has become an integral part of post-conflict peacebuilding and international peace operations. Both scholars and practitioners in the peacebuilding fiel...
www.cmcfinland.fi
December 5, 2024 at 8:53 AM
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Putin isn't fighting just for territory in Ukraine, and any "peace plan" that fails to understand his goals will fail

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Putin Isn’t Fighting for Land in Ukraine
And Biden has mere weeks to give the Ukrainians the resources they need to fight.
www.theatlantic.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Professor Swati Parashar keynoting the 2nd Tampere Peace Day. Excellent points among others on deconstructing the critic of liberal peace (also w/ western bias) and on whose peace we talk about and by whom.
December 2, 2024 at 9:27 AM