Unto Vesa
Biographic Data
| ID | 5423628 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Unto Vesa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Unto |
| FAMILY NAME | Vesa |
| SIGNATURE | VESA U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tampere Peace Research Institute, Tampere |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From Peacekeeping to Crisis Management
Finland participated in most UN peacekeeping operations starting in 1956, a role it retained throughout the Cold War. The transition to post–Cold War operations of crisis management, which introduced elements of peace enforcement and a variety of different missions, meant that Finland had to adapt to the new circumstances and change its legislation. The arguments used in the Finnish debate to defend participation in traditional peacekeeping and t…
Continuity and Change in the Finnish Debate on Peacekeeping
In the 1990s when the international community faced new challenges and thereby ‘peace support operations’ became the dominant concept, Finland – like other traditionalists – had to adapt to the new approach. The adaptation has been rather smooth because there is considerable continuity in the Finnish peacekeeping discourse over the 50-year period, and government and media have consistently maintained the self-image of a peacekeeping ‘superpower’.…
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
The formulation of Finland's military doctrine in the post-Second World War era has been related to the more general problem of Finnish foreign policy of this period, namely, how to maintain good relations without being sucked into an uncomfortably close orbit with the Soviet Union. While the military instruments of security policy have been markedly secondary to political instruments, Finland has tried to use its limited resources to create an i…
Finland and the New International Economic Order
Vesa, U. Finland and the New International Economic Order. Cooperation and Conflict, XIV, 1979, 105-120. Finland's position towards the NIEO issues can be explained by two sets of factors: first, her overall foreign policy 'ideology', which is characterized as an active, peace-seeking policy of neutrality, and secondly, her position in the international system and in the international division of labour. Structurally, Finland has a kind of interm…
Continuity and Change in the Finnish Debate on Peacekeeping
In the 1990s when the international community faced new challenges and thereby ‘peace support operations’ became the dominant concept, Finland – like other traditionalists – had to adapt to the new approach. The adaptation has been rather smooth because there is considerable continuity in the Finnish peacekeeping discourse over the 50-year period, and government and media have consistently maintained the self-image of a peacekeeping ‘superpower’.…
Finland and the New International Economic Order
Vesa, U. Finland and the New International Economic Order. Cooperation and Conflict, XIV, 1979, 105-120. Finland's position towards the NIEO issues can be explained by two sets of factors: first, her overall foreign policy 'ideology', which is characterized as an active, peace-seeking policy of neutrality, and secondly, her position in the international system and in the international division of labour. Structurally, Finland has a kind of interm…
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
The formulation of Finland's military doctrine in the post-Second World War era has been related to the more general problem of Finnish foreign policy of this period, namely, how to maintain good relations without being sucked into an uncomfortably close orbit with the Soviet Union. While the military instruments of security policy have been markedly secondary to political instruments, Finland has tried to use its limited resources to create an i…
Continuity and Change in the Finnish Debate on Peacekeeping
In the 1990s when the international community faced new challenges and thereby ‘peace support operations’ became the dominant concept, Finland – like other traditionalists – had to adapt to the new approach. The adaptation has been rather smooth because there is considerable continuity in the Finnish peacekeeping discourse over the 50-year period, and government and media have consistently maintained the self-image of a peacekeeping ‘superpower’.…
From Peacekeeping to Crisis Management
Finland participated in most UN peacekeeping operations starting in 1956, a role it retained throughout the Cold War. The transition to post–Cold War operations of crisis management, which introduced elements of peace enforcement and a variety of different missions, meant that Finland had to adapt to the new circumstances and change its legislation. The arguments used in the Finnish debate to defend participation in traditional peacekeeping and t…
Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Foreign policy (2 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (2 works) · International trade (2 works) · Peacekeeping (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Politics (2 works)