Publications
BOOKS
- (2023) (McGill Queen's University Press).
- (2021) (Oxford University Press) with Pertti Joenniemi and Brent Steele.
- (2013) (Oxford University Press).
- (2008) (Oxford: Peter Lang).
EDITED BOOKS
- (2025) , eds, with Marko Lehti and Johan Strang (London: Routledge). (Available ).
- (2010) , eds. with Marko Lehti (London: Routledge).
- (2005) , ed. (Aldershot: Ashgate).
EDITED SPECIAL ISSUES
- (2023) Art Diplomacy and Nation Branding in China, Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art 10(3). (co-edited with Jenifer Chao).
- (2021) Humorous States: IR, New Diplomacy and the Rise of Comedy in Global Politics, Global Society 35(1), (co-edited with James Brassett and Alister Wedderburn).
- (2017) Nation Branding and Competitive Identity in World Politics, Geopolitics 22(3), (co-edited with Antonio Ferraz de Oliveira).
- (2004) Baltic Sea Politics, Cooperation and Conflict 39(3), (co-edited with Pertti Joenniemi).
JOURNAL ARTICLES
- (2026) 'Global Britain: Imaginaries, Identities and Ontological Security', Politics 0(0). With Matteo Bonotti and Ben Wellings.
- (2025) 'The Crown in Crisis? Britain's Royal Ontological (In)Security in the Post-Brexit Age', Politics 0(0). With Tom Howe. ()
- (2025) 'Lettuce Rejoice in the Downfall of Liz Truss? Humour, Ontological (In)Security and the Politics of Ridicule', Alternatives: Global, Local, Political 50(1), pp.129-50. With James Brassett. ()
- (2024) "'Russian warship, go fuck yourself': Humour and the (geo)political limits of vicarious war', Cooperation and Conflict 59(3), pp.311-36. With James Brassett. ().
- (2023) 'China's cautious "facetuning": The art of cultural diplomacy and nation branding', Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art 10(3), pp.255-65. With Jenifer Chao.
- (2023) 'Anxiety, Humour and (Geo)Politics: Warfare by Other Memes', International Relations 37(1), pp.172-9. With James Brassett. ().
- (2022) 'Hierarchies of Heroism: Captain Tom, Spitfires, and the Limits of Militarised Vicarious Resilience during the Global Pandemic', Global Studies Quarterly 2(3), ()
- (2021) 'EU've Got to Be Kidding: Anxiety, Humour and Ontological Security', Global Society 35(1), pp.8-26. With James Brassett and Muireann O'Dwyer ().
- (2021) 'Humorous States: IR, New Diplomacy and the Rise of Comedy in Global Politics', Global Society 35(1), pp.1-7. With James Brassett and Alister Wedderburn ()
- (2019) 'Brexit Populism and Fantasies of Fulfilment', Cambridge Review of International Affairs 32(3), pp.222-44 ().
- (2018) 'Brexit, Existential Anxiety and Ontological (In)Security', European Security 27(3), pp.336-355.
- (2018) 'REF Impact and the Discipline of Politics and International Studies', British Politics 13(3), pp.249-69. With Chris Moran.
- (2018) 'Geostrategies, Geopolitics and Ontological Security in the Eastern Neighbourhood: The European Union and the "New Cold War"', Political Geography 62(1), pp.106-115.
- (2018) '"Je suis en terrasse": Political Violence, Civilisational Politics and the Everyday Courage to Be', Political Psychology 39(2), pp.243-61.
- (2017) 'Introduction: Nation Branding and Competitive Identity in World Politics', Geopolitics 22(3), pp. 481-501. With Antonio Ferraz de Oliveira. ().
- (2017) 'Reading Brand Africa Geopolitically: Nation-Branding, Subaltern Geopolitics and the Persistence of Politics', Geopolitics 22(3), pp.640-664. With Antonio Ferraz de Oliveira. ().
- (2017) 'Ontological Security, Self-Articulation and the Securitization of Identity', Cooperation and Conflict 52(1), pp.31-47. With Pertti Joenniemi.
- (2016) 'Nation Branding and Development: Poverty Panacea or 糖心TV as Usual?', Journal of International Relations and Development 19(1), pp.50-75.
- (2015) 'Nation Branding, National Self-Esteem and the Constitution of Subjectivity in Late Modernity', Foreign Policy Analysis 11(2), pp.195-214.
- (2013) 'From Fratricide to Security Community: Re-theorising Difference in the Constitution of Nordic Peace', Journal of International Relations and Development 16(4), pp.483-513. With Pertti Joenniemi.
- (2013) 'The Future of Critical Security Studies: Ethics and the Politics of Security', European Journal of International Relations 19(2), pp.235-55. With Matt McDonald.
- (2010) 'Experimenting in the Northern Laboratory: The Emergence of an EU Approach to Security Governance in the North and its Broader Significance', European Security 19(3), pp.395-411.
- (2010) 'The Constitutive Power of Outsiders: The European Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Dimension', Political Geography 29(2), pp.109-18. With George Christou.
- (2008) 鈥楻eassessing Putin's Project: Reflections on IR Theory and the West鈥, Problems of Post-Communism 55(5) (Sept/Oct), pp.3-13.
- (2008) 鈥楪eostrategies of the European Neighbourhood Policy鈥, European Journal of International Relations 14(3), pp.519-52. With Pertti Joenniemi.
- (2007) 鈥楤eyond East-West: Marginality and National Dignity in Finnish Identity Construction鈥, Nationalities Papers 35(4), pp.691-716. With Marko Lehti.
- (2007) 鈥楤randing Nordicity: Models, Identity and the Decline of Exceptionalism鈥, Cooperation and Conflict 42(1), pp.27-51.
- (2006) 鈥楽mall, Smart and Salient? Rethinking Identity in the Small States Literature鈥, Cambridge Review of International Affairs 19(4), pp.669-684.
- (2005) 鈥樷漎st盲vien piiri鈥 Euroopan rajana – uuden naapuruuspolitiikan vaikutukset pohjoisessa鈥 [Europe Bordered by a 鈥淩ing of Friends鈥: On the Impact of the ENP in the North] Kosmopolis 35(3), pp.6-19. With Pertti Joenniemi.
- (2005) 鈥楨xporting Idealism? The Prospects of Baltic Sea Region Cooperation after Enlargement鈥, Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review 2004 (Vilnius: Lithuanian Military Academy) pp.85-97.
- (2004) 鈥楥ontending Discourses of Marginality: The Case of Kaliningrad鈥, Geopolitics 9(3), pp.699-730. With Pertti Joenniemi.
- (2004) 鈥業ntroduction: The Challenges of EU and NATO Enlargement鈥, Cooperation and Conflict 39(3), pp.227-231. With Pertti Joenniemi.
- (2004) 鈥楻egionality Beyond Security? The Baltic Sea Region after Enlargement鈥, Cooperation and Conflict 39(3), pp.233-253. With Pertti Joenniemi.
- (2003) 鈥楾he European Union鈥檚 Two Dimensions: The Eastern and the Northern鈥, Security Dialogue 34(4), pp.463-479. With Pertti Joenniemi.
- (2003) 鈥楾he Internal/External Security Paradox and the Reconstruction of Boundaries in the Baltic: The Case of Kaliningrad鈥, Alternatives 28(5), pp.545-581.
- (2003) 鈥楥omplementarities and Differences in EU and US Policies in Northern Europe鈥, Journal of International Relations and Development 6(1), pp.23-50.
- (2003) 鈥楾he Region-Building Approach Revisited: The Continued Othering of Russia in Discourses of Region-Building in the European North鈥, Geopolitics 8(1), pp.45-71.
- (2002) 鈥橪盲nnen ja Ven盲j盲n suhteet l盲mpenev盲t: Pohjoinen ulottuvuus syyskuun 11. p盲iv盲n terrori-iskujen j盲lkeen鈥, Ulkopolitiikka 2/2002, pp.33-40.
- (2002) 鈥楥oming Home or Moving Home? 鈥淲esternising鈥 Narratives in Finnish Foreign Policy and the Re-interpretation of Past Identities鈥, Cooperation and Conflict 37(1), pp.47-72.
- (2001) 鈥楢 Multi-Dimensional Approach to Regional Cooperation: The United States and the Northern European Initiative鈥, European Security10(4), pp.84-108.
BOOK CHAPTERS
- (2025) 'Nordic Peace: Identity, Brand, Branding', in Christopher S. Browning, Johan Strang and Marko Lehti (eds.) (London: Routledge) pp.19-37.
- (2025) 'Nordic Peace Revisited', in Christopher S. Browning, Johan Strang and Marko Lehti (eds.) (London: Routledge) pp.1-16, with Johan Strang and Marko Lehti.
- (2021) 'Fantasy, Distinction, Shame: The Stickiness of the Nordic "Good State" Brand', in Antoine de Bengy Puyvall茅e and Kristian Bj酶rkdahl (eds.) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) pp.14-37.
- (2018) 'The Construction and Deconstruction of the EU's Neighbourhood', in Tobias Schumacher, Andreas Marchetti and Thomas Demmelhuber (eds.) (London and New York: Routledge) pp.119-29.
- (2017) 鈥楽ecurity and Migration: A Conceptual Exploration鈥, in Philippe Bourbeau (ed.) (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar) pp.39-59.
- (2016) 'Geostrategies of the European Neighbourhood Policy', reprinted in Ben Tonra, Richard Whitman and Alasdair Young (eds.) (SAGE Publications).
- (2016) 'Ethics and Ontological Security', in Jonna Nyman and Anthony Burke (eds.)(London and New York: Routledge) pp.160-73.
- (2015) 'Small-State Identities: Promotions Past and Present', in Louis Clerc, Nikolas Glover and Paul Jordan (eds.) (Leiden: Brill Nijhoff) pp.282-300.
- (2015) 'The Ontological Significance of Karelia: Finland's Reconciliation with Losing the Promised Land', in Bahar Rumelili (ed.) (Routledge). With Pertti Joenniemi, pp.154-71.
- (2014) 'The Hidden Opportunities within Finland's Country Brand', in Ville Sinkkonen and Henri Vogt (eds.) [Foreign Policy Utopias: Visions of Finland's Position in the World] (Jyv盲skyl盲: Ulkoasiainministeri枚) pp.53-63.
- (2013) 'The Region-Building Approach Revisited: The Continued Othering of Russia in Region-Building in the European North', reprinted in Geir H酶nneland (ed.) (Edward Elgar)
- (2011) 'Geographic Centrality and Marginality: East, West and North in Finnish Symbolic Geography', in Alexander Maxwell (ed.) (Oxford: Peter Lang). With Marko Lehti, pp.155-68.
- (2010) 'Introduction: New Tensions in a Troubled Partnership', in Christopher S. Browning and Marko Lehti (eds.) (London: Routledge). With Marko Lehti, pp.1-11.
- (2010) 'The West: Contested, Narrated and Clustered', in Christopher S. Browning and Marko Lehti (eds.) (London: Routledge). With Marko Lehti, pp.15-32.
- (2010) 'Beyond the West and Towards the Anglosphere?', in Christopher S. Browning and Marko Lehti (eds.) (London: Routledge). With Ben Tonra, pp.161-181.
- (2010) 'Conclusion: The Resilient West?', in Christopher S. Browning and Marko Lehti (eds.) (London: Routledge). pp.218-229.
- (2008) 鈥楪ibraltar, Jerusalem, Kaliningrad: Peripherality, Marginality, Hybridity鈥, Noel Parker (ed.) (PalgraveMacmillan). With Pertti Joenniemi, pp.141-58.
- (2008) 鈥楾he European Neighbourhood Policy and Why the Northern Dimension Matters鈥, in Joan Debardeleben (ed.) (PalgraveMacmillan). With Pertti Joenniemi. pp.33-49
- (2006) 鈥楻ethinking Assumptions about Power and Influence in International Relations: The Transatlantic Rift, Small States and Finnish Lessons鈥, in Yury Akimov and Dmitri Katsy (eds.) Post-Cold War Challenges to International Relations (St. Petersburg: Saint-Petersburg State University Press) pp.51-93
- (2005) 鈥楩rom East-West to New Europe-Old Europe: The American Challenge to Finnish Identity鈥, in David J. Smith (ed.) (Amsterdam: Rodopi) pp.11-38.
- (2005) 鈥業ntroduction: Remaking Europe in the Margins鈥, in Christopher S. Browning (ed.) (Aldershot: Ashgate) pp.1-10.
- (2005) 鈥榃estphalian, Imperial, Neomedieval: The Geopolitics of Europe and the role of the North鈥, in Christopher S. Browning (ed.) (Aldershot: Ashgate) pp.85-101.
- (2005) 鈥楥onclusion: Europe-Making and the North after Enlargement鈥, in Christopher S. Browning (ed.) (Aldershot: Ashgate). With Pertti Joenniemi, pp.205-223.
- (2004) 鈥楰aliningrad鈥櫸筺 Kimlik Aray喂艧喂: Nereye Ait Olmak?鈥, in Erhan B眉y眉kakinci (ed.) De臒i艧en D眉nyada Rusya ve Ukrayna (Ankara: Phoenix) pp.231-63. With Pertti Joenniemi.
- (2004) 鈥楾he EU as a foreign policy actor: the limitations of territorial sovereignty鈥, in Stefano Guzzini and Dietrich Jung (eds.) (London: Routledge) pp.167-179.
- (2003) 鈥楩rom Modern to Post-Modern Region-Building: Emancipating the Finnish Nation from the State鈥, in Marko Lehti and David Smith (eds.) (London: Frank Cass) pp.101-127.
- (2003) 鈥楾owards a New Agenda? US, Russian and EU Policies in Northern Europe鈥, in Lars Hedegaard and Bjarne Lindstr枚m (eds.) (
Berlin: Springer) pp.273-289. - (2003) 鈥楾he Identity of Kaliningrad: Russian, European or a Third Space?鈥, co-authored with Pertti Joenniemi in Irina Busygina and Olga Potemkina (eds.) New Frontiers of Europe: Opportunities and Challenges (Moscow: MGIMO University) pp.138-192.
- (2002) 鈥楥ompeting or Complementary Policies? Understanding the Relationship between the NEI and NDI鈥 in Konstantin Khudoley and Stanislav Tkachenko (eds.) Challenges to International Relations in Post-Cold War Europe (St. Petersburg: Saint-Petersburg State University Press) pp.115-145.
WORKING PAPERS / MISCELLANEOUS
- , The Critic (May 2022) pp.14-17.
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- , CEURUS EU-Russia Paper 18, May 2014 (University of Tartu, Estonia) 31 pages. With Pertti Joenniemi.
- (Mariehamn: 脜land Islands Peace Research Institute, Report 1/2007). With Pertti Joenniemi.
- Geostrategies of the European Neighbourhood Policy (Copenhagen: DIIS Working Paper 2007/9) pp.37. With Pertti Joenniemi.
- 'Rethinking Marginality: The Northern Experience as a Resource鈥, BALTINFO – Official Newsletter of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (No. 71, March, 2005) pp.6-7.
- 鈥楳arginaalin kautta ytimeen鈥, [To the Core via the Margin] Ulkopolitiikka, 1/2004, pp.81-82. With Pertti Joenniemi.
- 鈥楾he Identity of Kaliningrad: Russian, European or a Third Space?鈥 in Fabrizio Tassinari (ed.) The Baltic Sea Region in the European Union: Reflections on Identity, Soft-Security and Marginality (Gdansk and
Berlin: BaltSeaNet Working Papers 8, 2003) pp.58-103. With Pertti Joenniemi. - 鈥楾owards and enduring rapprochement in Northern Europe鈥, in Teresa Pohjola and Johanna Rainio (eds.)The New North of Europe: Policy Memos (Helsinki: Ulkopoliittinen instituutti and Institut f眉r Europ盲ische Politik 2002) pp.10-14.
- The Internal/External Security Paradox and the Reconstruction of Boundaries in the Baltic: The Case of Kaliningrad (Copenhagen: COPRI Working Papers 21/2002) 42 pages.
- Competing or Complementary Policies? Understanding the Relationship between the NEI and NDI (Copenhagen: COPRI Working Papers 8/2002) 29 pages.
- 'Tiln忙rmelse mellem Vesten og Rusland: Hvilken rolle spiller EUs nordlige dimension efter 11. September?鈥 [West-Russian Rapprochement: What Role for the EU鈥檚 Northern Dimension after September 11] COPRI Nyhedsbrev 12/2002, pp.32-38.
- The Construction of Europe in the Northern Dimension (Copenhagen: COPRI Working Papers 39/2001) 37 pages.
- A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Regional Cooperation: The United States and the Northern European Initiative (Copenhagen: COPRI Working Papers 15/2001) 32 pages.
- The Region-Building Approach Revisited: The Continued Othering of Russia in Discourses of Region-Building in the European North (Copenhagen: COPRI Working Papers 6/2001) 60 pages.
- Coming Home or Moving Home? 鈥淲esternising鈥 Narratives in Finnish Foreign Policy and the Re-interpretation of Past Identities (Helsinki: Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Working Paper 16/1999) 29 pages.
MEDIA ENGAGEMENT
- , 30 June 2025 (1hr 5mins).
- Extended expert interview on 'Humour, Nation Branding and the Politics of Identity', (August 2019)
- Tom McTague, '', Politico, 17 September 2018 [interviewed/quoted based on Brexit research papers above].
- [Finland at 99 years], Ulkopolitiikka 4/2016 pp.34-41 [interviewed in respect of an article on Finland's country brand]
- Yggdrasil 20 December 2014. Interview on Norden in British political debate.
- Politiikasta.fi. 17 October 2014. Invited intervention for a discussion on 'The Return of Finlandisation'.
- [Finland's Country Brand has Hidden Opportunities] Turun Sanomat 27 February 2014.