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Mika Aaltola (born 1969) is a Finnish political scientist and director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. He has gained media attention during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, which he follows and regularly comments on.[1] Aaltola holds a doctorate in social sciences. He works as docent at Tampere University, and is a part-time professor at Tallinn University.[2]

His sister is philosopher Elisa Aaltola.[3]

Biography

Aaltola was born in 1969 in Petäjävesi, Central Finland. He completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Columbia University in New York City. Aaltola then moved Tampere, took up political science, and got his doctorate in 1999.[4]

In 2019, he published the book Poutasään jälkeen (English: After the dry weather) about international politics since the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2014.[5][6][7] The same year, Aaltola was elected director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, where he had been working since 2011 as leader of the research project on global security.[8]

Aaltola was named Tampere University alumnus of the year in September 2022.[9] In October, he released the book Mihin menet Suomi? Pelon aika Euroopassa, a collection of his notes and texts from June 2021 to July 2022.[10]

Owing to his high profile during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Aaltola rose to the peak position of an October 2022 poll in anticipation of the presidential elections in 2024. Aaltola responded that he found it unlikely he would become president, but that if he ran, he would do so as an independent.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ Kymäläinen, Simo; Kakko, Teemu; Raimoaho, Asmo (6 May 2022). "Mika Aaltolan perheessä on kolme harvinaista karvatonta terrieriä – katso, montako tietyn rotuista koiraa on kotipaikkakunnallasi". Yle.
  2. ^ Pukka, Linda (27 February 2022). "Kun maailmalla rähistään, tv:ssä on Mika Aaltola – johtaja herää viideltä analysoimaan maailmaa ja ehtii vastaamaan kansalaispuheluihin". Yle.
  3. ^ "Sinikka Aaltola: "Jonkun elämä voi mennä niin, ettei siinä ole yhtään valoa"". Petäjävesi (in Finnish). 18 May 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  4. ^ Nyberg, Dan (14 September 2021). "Meet Our Professors: Mika Aaltola". Tallinn University.
  5. ^ Saarikoski, Jyrki (10 April 2019). "Kun poutasää on ohi ja suttuinen maailma läikkyy ylitse – Mika Aaltola opastaa Suomea rosoisen ajan ulkopolitiikkaan". Yle.
  6. ^ "Inhorealismi kannattelee Suomen ulkopolitiikkaa poutasään jälkeen – "Meillä ei keskitytä siihen, mitä täällä tapahtuu"". MTV3. 10 April 2014.
  7. ^ Tiilikainen, Teppo (10 May 2019). "Inhorealismin aika". Suomen Kuvalehti.
  8. ^ Suomen Tietotoimisto (11 September 2019). "Upin uusi johtaja on Mika Aaltola – valinta ratkesi vasta tiukan äänestyksen jälkeen". Yle.
  9. ^ Punkari, Pasi (5 September 2022). "Tampereen yliopiston vuoden alumni on ulkopoliittisen instituutin johtaja Mika Aaltola". Yle.
  10. ^ Huhtanen, Jarmo (17 October 2022). "Suorasukainen haastattelu sai Mika Aaltolan miettimään vastuutaan". Helsingin Sanomat.
  11. ^ Raita-aho, Sanna (17 October 2022). "Kirjan julkaissut Mika Aaltola: Ukrainan voitto tarkoittaisi vakaampaa oloa koko lännessä". Aamulehti.
  12. ^ Orjala, Anne (21 October 2022). "Mika Aaltola Ylelle: Jos lähtisin presidentinvaalikisaan, se olisi todennäköisimmin kansanliikkeen kautta – "Kyinen pelto kynnettäväksi"". Yle.
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