{"id":18968,"date":"2016-08-03T07:31:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T07:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peace.ax\/2016\/08\/news-from-the-demilitarisation-project-first-scientific-article-published\/"},"modified":"2016-08-03T07:31:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T07:31:18","slug":"news-from-the-demilitarisation-project-first-scientific-article-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peace.ax\/en\/news-from-the-demilitarisation-project-first-scientific-article-published\/","title":{"rendered":"News from the demilitarisation project \u2013 First scientific article published"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Calibri;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-18800\" src=\"https:\/\/peace.ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Yannick_Poullie.jpg\" alt=\"Yannick Poullie\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" style=\"margin: 0px; float: left;\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-18964\" src=\"https:\/\/peace.ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IJMG_cover_kopia.jpg\" alt=\"IJMG cover kopia\" width=\"85\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Yannick Poullie, former junior researcher in the project&nbsp;&rdquo;Demilitarisation in an increasingly militarised world&rdquo;, has published the results of his research in an article entitled &ldquo;&Aring;land&rsquo;s demilitarisation and neutralisation at the end of the Cold War: Parliamentary discussions in &Aring;land and Finland 1988-1995&rdquo;. The article is published in the <a href=\"http:\/\/booksandjournals.brillonline.com\/content\/journals\/10.1163\/15718115-02302003;jsessionid=728tam95919gp.x-brill-live-03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Journal on Minority and Group Rights Vol. 23, Issue 2 (2016) 179-2010. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Poullie&rsquo;s abstract explains the thrust of the argument: As a region that is simultaneously demilitarised, neutralised and autonomous, the &Aring;land Islands represent a unique and long-established case in international law. However, this status was never independent of surrounding events. The early 1990s saw both the end of the Cold War and Finland&rsquo;s accession to the European Union. This paper offers an analysis of the discussion regarding &Aring;land&rsquo;s demilitarised and neutral&shy;ised status among both Finnish and &Aring;landic legislators during this period. It finds that Finnish policy-makers saw little need to discuss the matter. &Aring;land&rsquo;s officials continu&shy;ously criticised the Finnish Defence Forces&rsquo; presence in the region as excessive and proved unwilling to let the issue rest. Against formal obstacles, they established them&shy;selves as a relevant actor, facilitated by differing approaches of political, diplomatic and military officials in Finland. Other sovereign states showed only limited interest in the discussion, making it a domestic one for the most part.<\/p>\n<p>While the project is not entitled to publish electronically the article in full text, anyone interested in the text can contact the research project leader, Sia Spiliopoulou &Aring;kermark, at sia[at]peace.ax with a request.<\/p>\n<p>The article is the first internationally published result of the research project &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/peace.ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/PM_research_project_demilitarisation_2016_updated2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Demilitarisation in an Increasingly Militarised World. International perspectives in a multilevel framework &ndash; the case of the &Aring;land Islands&rdquo;<\/a>. The project is a cooperation between researchers at the &Aring;land Islands Peace Institute and the Arctic Center (University of Lapland, Rovaniemi). Research is supported by the Kone foundation and the &Aring;land Culture Foundation (&Aring;lands kulturstiftelse).<\/p>\n<p>Yannick Poullie has previously on the same theme published the blog piece <a href=\"en\/bloggen\/1938-aland-s-demilitarisation-and-neutralisation-at-the-cold-war-s-end-1988-1995\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&Aring;land&rsquo;s demilitarisation and neutralisation at the end of the Cold War, 1988&ndash;1995.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yannick Poullie is now continuing his career as a doctoral candidate in Germany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yannick Poullie, former junior researcher in the project&nbsp;&rdquo;Demilitarisation in an increasingly militarised world&rdquo;, has published the results of his research in an article entitled &ldquo;&Aring;land&rsquo;s demilitarisation and neutralisation at the end of the Cold War: Parliamentary discussions in &Aring;land and Finland 1988-1995&rdquo;. The article is published in the International Journal on Minority and Group Rights Vol. 23, Issue 2 (2016) 179-2010. Poullie&rsquo;s abstract explains the thrust of the argument: As a region that is simultaneously demilitarised, neutralised and autonomous, the &Aring;land Islands represent a unique and long-established case in international law. However, this status was never independent of surrounding events. The early 1990s saw both the end of the Cold War and Finland&rsquo;s accession to the European Union. This paper offers an analysis of the discussion regarding &Aring;land&rsquo;s demilitarised and neutral&shy;ised status among both Finnish and &Aring;landic legislators during this period. It finds that Finnish policy-makers saw little need to discuss the matter. &Aring;land&rsquo;s officials continu&shy;ously criticised the Finnish Defence Forces&rsquo; presence in the region as excessive and proved unwilling to let the issue rest. Against formal obstacles, they established them&shy;selves as a relevant actor, facilitated by differing approaches of political, diplomatic and military officials in Finland. 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