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The searchable publication database contains all material in the form of books, articles, reports, studies, working papers, and methodological material published by the Peace Institute over the years. Some material is available in digital format, such as the report series and working papers. This material can be downloaded by clicking on the title and the PDF button. It is also possible to search for articles in the Peace Institute’s e-journal JASS — Journal of Autonomy and Security Studies, which can be downloaded either directly or from the JASS’ website. Please feel free to contact us with any questions!
What is the essence of the institution of demilitarisation? Reflections upon Completion of the Research Project “Demilitarisation in an increasingly militarised world – International perspectives in a multilevel framework: the case of the Åland Islands”
2025-08-11
Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark is Associate Professor of International Law and Director of the Åland Islands Peace Institute. She has had the pleasure of heading the research project...
Read more Link to article (journal.fi)The Nexus between Arms Control and Human Rights in the Case of North Korea. Implications for the human rights agenda
2025-08-11
The exceptionally poor human rights record of North Korea has for long remained eclipsed by the issue of arms control. The Commission of Inquiry report of 2014 nevertheless cent...
Read more Link to article (journal.fi)Aspects Regarding the Svalbard Demilitarisation in Relation to Norway Joining the Atlantic Alliance in 1949, and Reflections on the Åland Islands’ Demilitarised and Neutralised status in the Event of a Finnish NATO accession
2025-08-11
The article strives to explore certain aspects regarding the Svalbard demilitarisation in relation to Norway joining the Atlantic Alliance, which could be of interest in relatio...
Read more Link to article (journal.fi)Comparing the Åland Islands Precedent and the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
2025-08-11
This research note explores available studies concerning the possibility of the resolution of the Nagorno- Karabakh Conflict through mplementation of good practices and experien...
Read more Link to article (journal.fi)Mapping Historical Consciousness: Mental Maps of Time and Space among Secondary School Students from Ten Locations around the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas
2025-08-11
The article investigates the temporal and spatial structure of historical consciousness among secondary school students from ten locations around the Baltic and Mediterranean se...
Read more Link to article (journal.fi)The Åland Islands, Finland and European Security in the 21st Century
2025-08-11
This article will review the Åland Islands in the European and Finnish security context. The Åland Islands is a demilitarised, neutralised and autonomous province of Finland, an...
Read more Link to article (journal.fi)Mackinder, Westermarck and the Åland Question
2025-08-11
In her Research Note, PHD-candidate Heidi Öst explores the possible relevance and role of two pioneers of the London School of Economics for the Åland Island question. What was ...
Read more Link to article (journal.fi)Rethinking the Westphalian Order during WW I: Max Weber on the Timeliness of the European Polity
2025-08-11
The publication of the Max-Weber-Gesamtausgabe volumes, including his letters and a recent study of Hinnerk Bruhns, have revised the canonical view on Weber as a German national...
Read more Link to article (journal.fi)Managing Diversity through Territorial Autonomy: Experiences from Iraqi Kurdistan and Zanzibar with the Åland Example as a Point of Reference
2025-08-12
Report no. 2-2016 Can autonomies be a tool for managing regional and national diversity? The experiences from the Ålands Islands show, that a functional and evolving autonomy a...
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