Ambiguous alliance: Neutrality, opt-outs, and European defence
The EU’s work on its Strategic Compass should include debates on the special status states’ future role in European defence
Experts & Staff
Tuomas Iso-Markku
Finnish Institute of International Affairs
ECFR associate researcher for Finland
Jan 2016 — presentBiography
Tuomas Iso-Markku is a Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. His research interests include the EU’s role in security and defence matters, European defence cooperation, EU-NATO relations, German politics, Finnish EU policy, Finnish foreign, security and defence policy as well as European party politics. Iso-Markku’s publications encompass both policy-oriented and academic contributions. In addition to FIIA, his research has been published by several other European research institutes and think tanks. Prior to joining FIIA in 2013, Iso-Markku studied and worked in Germany, completing a master’s degree at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, and the Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, Poland.
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