New scientific output from the research project ‘Demilitarisation in an increasingly militarised world’, has been published.
Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark’s article “The Meaning of Airspace Sovereignty Today – A Case Study on Demilitarisation and Functional Airspace Blocks” appears in 86 Nordic Journal of International Law (2017) 91-117.
In this article Spiliopoulou Åkermark examines the trend towards increased fusion of civil and military concepts and institutions in airspace management and regulation, with NEFAB as an example. She argues that such new forms of cooperation seem to pay limited attention to older legal agreements and legal obligations. At the same time, however, the demilitarisation regime for Åland relies on a distinction between what is military and what is civilian. Spiliopoulou Åkermark discusses further the wider importance of the questions raised in her article here.
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In an article published in Swedish speaking magazine “Fredsposten”, Researcher Saila Heinikoski describes the 161-years old demilitarisation of Åland in relation to the policies of the 100-year old Republic of Finland. The article (in Swedish) can be found in pdf here.