Sinikukka Saari
Biographic Data
| ID | 4376431 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sinikukka Saari |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sinikukka |
| FAMILY NAME | Saari |
| SIGNATURE | SAARI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Finnish Institute of International Affairs |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Russia’s Multilateral Cyber Norm Promotion
Since the 2010s, the Russian Federation has devoted significant resources to promoting its own interpretation of cyber norms. To this end, Russia has engaged in various cyber dialogues in different multilateral settings. The article adopts a constructivist perspective to explain Russia’s role as a norm entrepreneur, shaped by its great power identity and underlying vulnerabilities both domestically and internationally. We examine Russia’s norm-pr…
Mike Winnerstig (red.)
Russia's Post-Orange Revolution Strategies to Increase its Influence in Former Soviet Republics
The role of public diplomacy in Russian foreign policy has grown in recent years. There are two distinctive strands of Russian public diplomacy: one directed mainly towards Western states, and one towards the former Soviet republics. Despite the rhetoric of mutual interests and high respect for state sovereignty, the post-Soviet strand of Russian public diplomacy has more in common with the Soviet practice of ‘active measures’ than with the soft …
Strategies for nurturing trust in the wider Black Sea region
There is no absolute measure of security in international relations. A situation that one actor perceives as threatening, does not appear that to someone else in a similar situation. Security is essentially about subjective judgements and therefore the role of psychology should not be ignored in security studies. Trust influences the ways states and other actors behave towards each other. This concluding article considers different strategies for…
Managing distrust in the wider Black Sea region
The wider Black Sea region – understood in a broad sense and including Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey – is a region torn by instability and distrust. This special issue is based on the belief that trust is a key element in establishing long-term security and effective cooperation between and inside states. Even in the absence of direct military conflict in the wider Black Sea region, the threats to regional stab…
European democracy promotion in Russia before and after the ‘colour’ revolutions
This article explores international democracy promotion and its impact on Russian policies before and after the colour revolutions in the former Soviet Union. In particular, the article analyses the democracy promotion efforts of major European intergovernmental organizations – the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Council of Europe and the European Union – as well as NGOs working in Russia. The article demonstrates that Eu…
Russia's Post-Orange Revolution Strategies to Increase its Influence in Former Soviet Republics
The role of public diplomacy in Russian foreign policy has grown in recent years. There are two distinctive strands of Russian public diplomacy: one directed mainly towards Western states, and one towards the former Soviet republics. Despite the rhetoric of mutual interests and high respect for state sovereignty, the post-Soviet strand of Russian public diplomacy has more in common with the Soviet practice of ‘active measures’ than with the soft …
European democracy promotion in Russia before and after the ‘colour’ revolutions
This article explores international democracy promotion and its impact on Russian policies before and after the colour revolutions in the former Soviet Union. In particular, the article analyses the democracy promotion efforts of major European intergovernmental organizations – the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Council of Europe and the European Union – as well as NGOs working in Russia. The article demonstrates that Eu…
European democracy promotion in Russia before and after the ‘colour’ revolutions
This article explores international democracy promotion and its impact on Russian policies before and after the colour revolutions in the former Soviet Union. In particular, the article analyses the democracy promotion efforts of major European intergovernmental organizations – the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Council of Europe and the European Union – as well as NGOs working in Russia. The article demonstrates that Eu…
Strategies for nurturing trust in the wider Black Sea region
There is no absolute measure of security in international relations. A situation that one actor perceives as threatening, does not appear that to someone else in a similar situation. Security is essentially about subjective judgements and therefore the role of psychology should not be ignored in security studies. Trust influences the ways states and other actors behave towards each other. This concluding article considers different strategies for…
Managing distrust in the wider Black Sea region
The wider Black Sea region – understood in a broad sense and including Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey – is a region torn by instability and distrust. This special issue is based on the belief that trust is a key element in establishing long-term security and effective cooperation between and inside states. Even in the absence of direct military conflict in the wider Black Sea region, the threats to regional stab…
Russia's Post-Orange Revolution Strategies to Increase its Influence in Former Soviet Republics
The role of public diplomacy in Russian foreign policy has grown in recent years. There are two distinctive strands of Russian public diplomacy: one directed mainly towards Western states, and one towards the former Soviet republics. Despite the rhetoric of mutual interests and high respect for state sovereignty, the post-Soviet strand of Russian public diplomacy has more in common with the Soviet practice of ‘active measures’ than with the soft …
Mike Winnerstig (red.)
Russia’s Multilateral Cyber Norm Promotion
Since the 2010s, the Russian Federation has devoted significant resources to promoting its own interpretation of cyber norms. To this end, Russia has engaged in various cyber dialogues in different multilateral settings. The article adopts a constructivist perspective to explain Russia’s role as a norm entrepreneur, shaped by its great power identity and underlying vulnerabilities both domestically and internationally. We examine Russia’s norm-pr…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · International Relations and Foreign Policy (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics (3 works) · Distrust (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (2 works)