Links

• Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• Ministry of Defence
• Ministry of the Interior
• Defence Forces
• NATO
• Finnish Defence Forces International Centre
• National Emergency Supply Agency
• Crisis Management Centre Finland
• Atlantic Council of Finland
• The Finnish Institute of International Affairs
• Securing the Functions Vital to Society

More Information Concerning Kosovo and Afghanistan

• Development Cooperation in The West Balkans (Foreign Ministry's website)
• Development Cooperation in Afghanistan (Foreign Ministry's website)
• PRT Activities in Afghanistan (NATO website)

Publications

Foreign and Security Policy Publications and Reports by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Other Governmental Organisations

• Finland aims to be a great power in peace meditation:

Peace Mediation – Finland’s Guidelines (PDF, MFA, 2010)

• Finns' opinions on foreign and security policy, defence and security issues, report 2009:

  Report 2009 (PDF, 48,4 KB), Pictures to the report 2009 (PDF, 140,3 KB)

• Finnish Government, Security and Defence Policy
  Suomeksi (PDF, 1,18 MB) På svenska (PDF, 1,55 MB) 
    Finnish Security and Defence Policy 2009 (PDF, 1,53 MB)

• Comprehensive Approach - Trends, Challenges and Possibilities for Cooperation in Crisis Prevention and Management (PDF, 908 kB)
  
  Annex I (PDF, 320 kB) 
  Annex II A (PDF, 1,23 MB)  Annex II B (PDF, 1,5 MB)
  
  A joint publication by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of the Interior, Finnish Defence Forces and Crisis Management Initiative CMI on the challenges and opportunities of the current crisis management (2008)
   
• Finland's National Strategy for Civilian Crisis Management (PDF, 958 kB)
  Publication by the Ministry of the Interior (2008)
  Suomeksi (PDF, 383 kB)
   
• The Mutual Assistance Obligation in the European Union's Treaty of Lisbon (PDF, 2,35 MB)
  State Secretary Teija Tiilikainen's (Foreign Ministry) report (2008)
  Suomeksi (PDF, 3,3 MB) På svenska (PDF, 2,29 MB)
   
• Effects of Finland's Possible NATO Membership (PDF, 253 kB)
  Ambassador Antti Sierla's (Foreign Ministry) report (2007)
  Suomeksi (PDF, 508 kB) På svenska (PDF, 486 kB)
   
• Effects of a Possible Membership in a Military Alliance to the Development of the Finnish Defence System and to the Defence Administration (PDF, 165 kB)
  Summary in English of a report by the Ministry of Defence (2004)
  Suomeksi (PDF, 413 kB) Sammandrag på svenska (PDF, 149 kB)
   

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Other Organisations' Publications

• Reconstructing Finnish Defence in the Post-Cold War Era (PDF, 747 kB)

Reconstructing Finnish Defence in the Post-Cold War Era by Jyri Raitasalo is number 18 in the series of Finnish Defence Studies. The book focuses on the altered image of war and its impact on the Finnish defence.

• Waking the neighbour - Finland, Nato and Russia (PDF, 1.4 MB)

"This paper (2009) will examine the arguments put forward in Finland for and against seeking membership in NATO, placing them in a domestic and regional context and measuring them against the biggest single factor in Finnish security: the relationship with the eastern neighbour."
Publisher: Defence Academy of United Kingdom

• Contributions of Non-NATO Members to NATO Operations (PDF, 76 kB)
  NATO Parliamentary Assembly's subcommittee's report (2008)
   

• Key questions defining Afghanistan's future (PDF, 596 kB)
  Report by Security & Defence Agenda (2008)
   

• Revisiting NATO-ESDP Relations, Part I (PDF, 524 kB)
  Revisiting NATO-ESDP Relations, Part II (PDF, 628 kB)
  Reports by Security&Defence Agenda (2008)
   

• Towards a Grand Strategy for an Uncertain World: Renewing Transatlantic Partnerships (PDF, 3,54 MB)
  Publication by Noaber Foundation (2007)
   
• From Protecting Some to Securing Many - NATO's Journey from a Military Alliance to a Security Manager (PDF, 608 kB)
  Report by Finnish Institute of International Affairs (2007)
  Suomeksi (PDF, 580 kB) Referat på svenska (PDF, 404 kB)
   
• Challenges to Neutral & Non-Aligned Countries in Europe and Beyond (PDF, 528 kB)
  Report by Geneva Centre for Security Policy (2005)
   
• NATO and the Media. Public Debate about Finland's Security Policy (PDF, 36 kB)
  Summary in English of a report by the University of Tampere (2004)
  Suomeksi (PDF, 521 kB)
   

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NATO's Publications

• Together for Security - An Introduction to NATO (PDF, 1,83 MB)
  A general publication about NATO (2009)
  Suomeksi (PDF, 1,72 MB) På svenska (PDF, 1,87 MB)
   
• Multiple Futures Project - Navigating towards 2030 (PDF, 2,94 MB)
  NATOs publication about the future of the Alliance (2009)
   
• Ambassador Pölhö's video interview
  Ambassador Aapo Pölhö's video interview by NATO Review, concerning the effects of the crisis in Georgia to NATO Partner countries (2008)
   
• PerCEPtions Newsletter 7/2008 (PDF, 1,29 MB)
  A Finnish writer's article on PRT activities in Afghanistan
   
• Security Through Partnership (PDF, 4,43 MB)
  NATO Partnership Publication (2005)
  Suomeksi (PDF, 4,63 MB) På svenska (PDF, 4,68 MB)
   
• Basic Document of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
  Founding Document of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (1997)
   
• Partnership for Peace: Framework Document
  Founding Document of the Partnership for Peace (1994)
   
• The North Atlantic Treaty
  Founding Document of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (1949)
  Epävirallinen suomennos (PDF, 12 kB)
  
   

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Map of Finland's Participation in International Crisis Management

• Map: Finnish participation in crisis management operations 15.3.2010 (PDF, 232 KB)
• Kartta: Suomen osallistuminen kriisinhallintaan 6.4.2010 (PP, 798 kB)
• Karta: Finlands deltagande i internationell krishantering 15.3.2010 

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Peace Meditation, Finland's guidelines (PDF, 946 KB)