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{{Short description|Finnish political scientist}}
{{Short description|Finnish political scientist}}
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[[File:Mika Aaltola in December 2022.jpg|thumb|Mika Aaltola (2022)]]
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'''Mika Petteri Aaltola''' (born 2 May 1969)<ref>[https://seura.fi/viihde/julkkikset/mika-aaltola-analysoi-ukrainan-sodan-kaanteita-esikoisen-syntyman-kynnyksella/ Mika Aaltola analysoi Ukrainan sodan käänteitä esikoisen syntymän kynnyksellä] - ''[[Seura]]'' (in Finnish)</ref><ref>[https://yle.fi/a/74-20043332 Ulkopoliittinen] - ''[[Yle]]'' (in Finnish)</ref> is a Finnish [[political science|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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kymäläinen |first=Simo |last2=Kakko |first2=Teemu |last3=Raimoaho |first3=Asmo |date=6 May 2022 |title=Mika Aaltolan perheessä on kolme harvinaista karvatonta terrieriä – katso, montako tietyn rotuista koiraa on kotipaikkakunnallasi |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12411117 |website=[[Yle]]}}</ref> Aaltola holds a doctorate in [[social science]]s. He works as [[docent]] at [[Tampere University]], and is a part-time [[professor]] at [[Tallinn University]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pukka |first=Linda |date=27 February 2022 |title=Kun maailmalla rähistään, tv:ssä on Mika Aaltola – johtaja herää viideltä analysoimaan maailmaa ja ehtii vastaamaan kansalaispuheluihin |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12335444 |website=[[Yle]]}}</ref> He is running for [[President of Finland|President]] of Finland in 2024.
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'''Mika Petteri Aaltola''' (born 2 May 1969)<ref>[https://seura.fi/viihde/julkkikset/mika-aaltola-analysoi-ukrainan-sodan-kaanteita-esikoisen-syntyman-kynnyksella/ Mika Aaltola analysoi Ukrainan sodan käänteitä esikoisen syntymän kynnyksellä] - ''[[Seura]]'' (in Finnish)</ref><ref>[https://yle.fi/a/74-20043332 Ulkopoliittinen] - ''[[Yle]]'' (in Finnish)</ref> is a Finnish [[political science|political scientist]] and director of the [[Finnish Institute of International Affairs]]. He has gained media attention during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], which he follows and regularly comments on.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Kymäläinen |first1=Simo |last2=Kakko |first2=Teemu |last3=Raimoaho |first3=Asmo |date=6 May 2022 |title=Mika Aaltolan perheessä on kolme harvinaista karvatonta terrieriä – katso, montako tietyn rotuista koiraa on kotipaikkakunnallasi |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12411117 |website=[[Yle]]}}</ref> Aaltola holds a doctorate in [[social science]]s. He works as [[docent]] at [[Tampere University]], and was a part-time [[professor]] at [[Tallinn University]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pukka |first=Linda |date=27 February 2022 |title=Kun maailmalla rähistään, tv:ssä on Mika Aaltola – johtaja herää viideltä analysoimaan maailmaa ja ehtii vastaamaan kansalaispuheluihin |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12335444 |website=[[Yle]]}}</ref> He ran as an independent candidate for [[President of Finland]] in the [[2024 Finnish presidential election|2024 presidential election]].
His sister is philosopher [[Elisa Aaltola]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://petajavesilehti.fi/2021/05/jonkun-elama-voi-menna-niin-ettei-siina-ole-yhtaan-valoa/|title=Sinikka Aaltola: "Jonkun elämä voi mennä niin, ettei siinä ole yhtään valoa"|work=Petäjävesi|date=18 May 2021|access-date=30 October 2022|language=fi}}</ref>


He was elected as a [[member of the European Parliament]] in the [[2024 European Parliament election]]. He represents the [[National Coalition Party]], which is part of the [[European People's Party|European People's Party (EPP)]].
==Biography==


==Early life and university==
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nyberg |first=Dan |date=14 September 2021 |title=Meet Our Professors: Mika Aaltola |url=https://www.tlu.ee/en/yti/mediahub/blogs/meet-our-professors-mika-aaltola |website=[[Tallinn University]]}}</ref>
Aaltola was born in [[Jämsänkoski]] on 2 May 1969.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pennanen |first=Tyyne |date=2022-03-17 |title=Mika Aaltola analysoi sodan käänteitä esikoisen syntymän kynnyksellä: "En tiedä, milloin olisi ollut oikea hetki tulla isäksi - ehkä se on juuri nyt" |url=https://seura.fi/viihde/julkkikset/mika-aaltola-analysoi-ukrainan-sodan-kaanteita-esikoisen-syntyman-kynnyksella/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Seura.fi |language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CV |url=https://www.aaltola2024.fi/cv |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=www.aaltola2024.fi |language=fi}}</ref> He grew up in the village of Kintaus in [[Petäjävesi]], where his mother Sinikka Aaltola worked as a primary school teacher since 1974. His father Juhani Aaltola was a professor of education at the [[University of Jyväskylä]]. Mika Aaltola's sister is animal philosopher Elisa Aaltola.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Toimitus |date=2021-05-18 |title=Sinikka Aaltola: "Jonkun elämä voi mennä niin, ettei siinä ole yhtään valoa" |url=https://petajavesilehti.fi/2021/05/jonkun-elama-voi-menna-niin-ettei-siina-ole-yhtaan-valoa/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Petäjävesi-lehti |language=fi}}</ref>


It was common for the family to talk about philosophy, science and politics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hämäläinen |first=Anna-Liisa |date=2022-12-25 |title=Mika Aaltolan tulo isäksi oli Elisa Aaltolalle suuri huojennus – kuolemanpelon kokemus yhdisti |url=https://www.apu.fi/artikkelit/sisko-ja-sen-veli-mika-aaltolan-tulo-isaksi-oli-elisa-aaltolalle-suuri-huojennus |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Apu.fi |language=fi}}</ref> Aaltola experienced severe bullying at school when he was young, due to being a "shy" and "introverted" "teacher's son", as he considered himself.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mika Aaltola oli koulukiusattu – Pää työnnettiin vessanpönttöön |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/7dd49646-fc0b-4dad-b2c1-ff92bea4318c |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.iltalehti.fi |language=fi}}</ref> Nevertheless, Aaltola felt that his childhood was "rewarding".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-11 |title=Mika Aaltola isyydestä: "Tärkeintä on vakaa ja rauhallinen tunneilmapiiri, jota lapsi saa hengittää" |url=https://mieli.fi/artikkelit/mika-aaltola-isyydesta-tarkeinta-on-vakaa-ja-rauhallinen-tunneilmapiiri-jota-lapsi-saa-hengittaa/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=MIELI ry |language=fi}}</ref> Anti-bullying is still an important topic for him, and in the spring of 2024, he participated in the MLL Up event against school bullying.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MLL Up -tapahtumassa keräsimme varoja tärkeimpään – Upea catwalk ja suuri katso olivat täynnä väkeä |url=https://timoheinonen.fi/mll-up-tapahtumassa-kerasimme-varoja-tarkeimpaan-upea-catwalk-ja-suuri-katso-olivat-taynna-vakea/ |access-date=2024-06-12}}</ref>
In 2019, he published the book {{lang|fi|Poutasään jälkeen}} ({{lang-en|After the dry weather}}) about international politics since the beginning of the [[Russo-Ukrainian war]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saarikoski |first=Jyrki |date=10 April 2019 |title=Kun poutasää on ohi ja suttuinen maailma läikkyy ylitse – Mika Aaltola opastaa Suomea rosoisen ajan ulkopolitiikkaan |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10731891 |website=[[Yle]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 April 2014 |title=Inhorealismi kannattelee Suomen ulkopolitiikkaa poutasään jälkeen – "Meillä ei keskitytä siihen, mitä täällä tapahtuu" |url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/inhorealismi-kannattelee-suomen-ulkopolitiikkaa-poutasaan-jalkeen-meilla-ei-keskityta-siihen-mita-taalla-tapahtuu/7359000 |website=[[MTV3]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Tiilikainen |first=Teppo |date=10 May 2019 |title=Inhorealismin aika |magazine=[[Suomen Kuvalehti]] |url=https://suomenkuvalehti.fi/kulttuuri/poutasaan-jalkeen-mika-aaltola-herattaa-suomea-inhorealismin-aikaan/}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |author=[[Suomen Tietotoimisto]] |date=11 September 2019 |title=Upin uusi johtaja on Mika Aaltola – valinta ratkesi vasta tiukan äänestyksen jälkeen |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10966698 |website=[[Yle]]}}</ref>


Aaltola completed a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[Psychology]] at [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]], where he also volunteered in [[George H. W. Bush 1992 presidential campaign|George W. Bush's 1992 presidential campaign]]. Aaltola initially wanted to become a psychiatrist,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tässä on Jyväskylän diskojumala Mika Aaltola – "Newyorkerilla" härski look ensimmäisessä haastattelussaan |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/3f7014f8-624f-4d4f-b6be-c99720fa27b1 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.iltalehti.fi |language=fi}}</ref> but eventually moved to [[Tampere]], where he commenced his studies in [[political science]] and gained his [[doctorate]] in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nyberg |first=Dan |date=14 September 2021 |title=Meet Our Professors: Mika Aaltola |url=https://www.tlu.ee/en/yti/mediahub/blogs/meet-our-professors-mika-aaltola |website=[[Tallinn University]]}}</ref> Aaltola's [https://trepo.tuni.fi/handle/10024/66410 dissertation] dealt with the [[European Union|European Union's]] ability to survive internal crises, and it was awarded the best dissertation paper of the year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alumnimme Mika Aaltola: Olen kiinnostunut kokonaiskuvan muodostamisesta |url=https://www.tuni.fi/fi/tutustu-meihin/alumnimme-mika-aaltola-olen-kiinnostunut-kokonaiskuvan-muodostamisesta |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Tampereen korkeakouluyhteisö |language=fi}}</ref>
Aaltola was named Tampere University alumnus of the year in September 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Punkari |first=Pasi |date=5 September 2022 |title=Tampereen yliopiston vuoden alumni on ulkopoliittisen instituutin johtaja Mika Aaltola |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12608899 |website=[[Yle]]}}</ref> In October, he released the book {{lang|fi|Mihin menet Suomi? Pelon aika Euroopassa}}, a collection of his notes and texts from June 2021 to July 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Huhtanen |first=Jarmo |date=17 October 2022 |title=Suorasukainen haastattelu sai Mika Aaltolan miettimään vastuutaan |work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]] |url=https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000009126719.html}}</ref>


== Academia and research ==
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 [[2024 Finnish presidential election|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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Raita-aho |first=Sanna |date=17 October 2022 |title=Kirjan julkaissut Mika Aaltola: Ukrainan voitto tarkoittaisi vakaampaa oloa koko lännessä |work=[[Aamulehti]] |url=https://www.aamulehti.fi/uutiset/art-2000009140484.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Orjala |first=Anne |date=21 October 2022 |title=Mika Aaltola Ylelle: Jos lähtisin presidentinvaalikisaan, se olisi todennäköisimmin kansanliikkeen kautta – "Kyinen pelto kynnettäväksi" |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12664479 |website=[[Yle]]}}</ref>


=== Academic career ===
On August 3, 2023, Aaltonen announced his intention to run for President as an independent, saying he ”felt an obligation” to help Finland.
Aaltola is a docent of international politics at the University of Tampere.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MAB dosenttiluennnot: Ulkopoliittisen instituutin johtaja Mika Aaltola |url=https://www.tuni.fi/fi/ajankohtaista/mab-dosenttiluennnot-ulkopoliittisen-instituutin-johtaja-mika-aaltola |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Tampereen korkeakouluyhteisö |language=fi}}</ref> He was a part-time professor at Tallinn University between 2013 and 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mika Aaltola CV, ETIS |url=https://www.etis.ee/CV/Mika_Aaltola/est?tabId=CV_ENG |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.etis.ee}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |title=Mika Aaltola sai haukut ja erosi |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/0ad21023-0c54-4e86-a99e-0e2daa26ffd0 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.iltalehti.fi |language=fi}}</ref> Aaltola has been a visiting professor at the [[University of Minnesota]]. In addition, he has been a visiting researcher at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]], [[Sciences Po|Sciences Po University of Paris]] and [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-05 |title=Mika Aaltola |url=https://www.fiia.fi/henkilo/mika-aaltola |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=FIIA – Finnish Institute of International Affairs |language=fi}}</ref> Aaltola has published seven books, many of which focus on [[Foreign relations of Finland|Finnish foreign policy]].

=== Finnish Institute of International Affairs ===
In 2019, Aaltola was elected director of the [[Finnish Institute of International Affairs|Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)]]. Aaltola competed with Juha Jokela, who was nominated by the nomination working group as director in his place, but per the board's vote, Aaltola was elected by a vote of 5–4. Some of [[Finnish Institute of International Affairs|FIIA's]] employees said that they felt that Aaltola had acted ruthlessly during the appointment process by sending a presentation to the board in which he claimed to be a more qualified applicant than Jokela based on his number of academic citations. Additionally, Jokela was viewed with scepticism by some board members after information about a suspected case of bullying.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-12 |title=HS: Mika Aaltolan valintaa Upin johtoon edelsi ruma peli kulisseissa |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20059867 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi}}</ref>

Aaltola's works and research dealt with the global role of the United States, great power politics, changes in the world order, and Finland's foreign and security policy. He has also studied the relationship between humanitarian politics and power politics.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-05 |title=Mika Aaltola |url=https://www.fiia.fi/henkilo/mika-aaltola |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=FIIA – Finnish Institute of International Affairs |language=fi}}</ref>

In 2019, he published the book {{lang|fi|Poutasään jälkeen}} ({{lang-en|After the dry weather}}) about international politics since the beginning of the [[Russo-Ukrainian war]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saarikoski |first=Jyrki |date=10 April 2019 |title=Kun poutasää on ohi ja suttuinen maailma läikkyy ylitse – Mika Aaltola opastaa Suomea rosoisen ajan ulkopolitiikkaan |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10731891 |website=[[Yle]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 April 2014 |title=Inhorealismi kannattelee Suomen ulkopolitiikkaa poutasään jälkeen – "Meillä ei keskitytä siihen, mitä täällä tapahtuu" |url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/inhorealismi-kannattelee-suomen-ulkopolitiikkaa-poutasaan-jalkeen-meilla-ei-keskityta-siihen-mita-taalla-tapahtuu/7359000 |website=[[MTV3]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Tiilikainen |first=Teppo |date=10 May 2019 |title=Inhorealismin aika |magazine=[[Suomen Kuvalehti]] |url=https://suomenkuvalehti.fi/kulttuuri/poutasaan-jalkeen-mika-aaltola-herattaa-suomea-inhorealismin-aikaan/}}</ref> Aaltola was named Tampere University alumnus of the year in September 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Punkari |first=Pasi |date=5 September 2022 |title=Tampereen yliopiston vuoden alumni on ulkopoliittisen instituutin johtaja Mika Aaltola |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12608899 |website=[[Yle]]}}</ref> In October, he released the book {{lang|fi|Mihin menet Suomi? Pelon aika Euroopassa}}, a collection of his notes and texts from June 2021 to July 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Huhtanen |first=Jarmo |date=17 October 2022 |title=Suorasukainen haastattelu sai Mika Aaltolan miettimään vastuutaan |work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]] |url=https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000009126719.html}}</ref> His latest book, ''Havahtuminen'' (English: Awakening), was released in early October.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-10 |title=Havahtuminen - Turvallinen Eurooppa |url=https://kirja.fi/products/havahtuminen-turvallinen-eurooppa-9789520455651 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Kirja-verkkokauppa |language=fi}}</ref>

Due to political campaigns, he was on leave from August 2023 to January 2024 and from April 2024 to the beginning of June.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-23 |title=Aaltola, Rehn, Stubb... Näin presidenttiehdokkaat menettävät tuloja kampanjan aikana |url=https://www.is.fi/politiikka/art-2000009869802.html |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Ilta-Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mika Aaltola lähtee EU-vaaleihin – Lähteet: Ei olisi saanut enää jatkoa UPI:n johdossa |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/8a46d17a-6b59-4a02-b2a1-74deb96eac83 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.iltalehti.fi |language=fi}}</ref>

==== Ukraine war (since 2022) ====
Upon the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Aaltola became a prominent voice in Finnish foreign policy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-04 |title=Mika Aaltola announces presidential bid |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20043800 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=News |language=en}}</ref> Aaltola also gained popularity in culture and media.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-05 |title=Henkilö {{!}} Parhaita timanttijuttuja: Mika Aaltola ei enää käyttäydy kuin tutkija, lähteet ihmettelevät |url=https://www.hs.fi/sunnuntai/art-2000009154696.html |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Helsingin Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref> In addition to being an active commentator on domestic and global affairs, Aaltola also appeared in numerous TV-shows, such as ''Elämäni Biisi''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arja Saijonmaa esitti Elämäni Biisissä tribuutin Mikis Theodorákikselle – lue tarina esityksen taustalta |url=https://yle.fi/aihe/a/20-10003263 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=yle.fi |language=fi}}</ref>

== Political career ==

=== 2024 Presidential election ===

==== Early speculation ====
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 [[2024 Finnish presidential election|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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Raita-aho |first=Sanna |date=17 October 2022 |title=Kirjan julkaissut Mika Aaltola: Ukrainan voitto tarkoittaisi vakaampaa oloa koko lännessä |work=[[Aamulehti]] |url=https://www.aamulehti.fi/uutiset/art-2000009140484.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Orjala |first=Anne |date=21 October 2022 |title=Mika Aaltola Ylelle: Jos lähtisin presidentinvaalikisaan, se olisi todennäköisimmin kansanliikkeen kautta – "Kyinen pelto kynnettäväksi" |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12664479 |website=[[Yle]]}}</ref>

==== Announcement ====
On 3 August 2023, Aaltola announced in [[Luumäki]] his intention to run for president as an independent, saying he ”felt an obligation” to help Finland. In his speech, he mentioned that:

"One cannot refuse (the presidency) just because the road is narrow. You have to be ready to take on challenges, especially when the world is in great turmoil. Finland needs a reforming president and a new kind of leadership".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-03 |title=Mika Aaltola pyrkii presidentiksi: "Ajan Suomen etua, se on tärkeä erottava tekijä muihin ehdokkaisiin" – ei vastannut kritiikkiin panttaamisesta |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20043730 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi}}</ref>

==== Campaign ====
Since his announcement, Aaltola has been actively campaigning, whilst being off duty from his role at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rissanen |first=Heikki |date=2023-09-09 |title="Haluaisin nähdä hänet ainakin kisassa mukana" – Mika Aaltola kampanjoi Kuopiossa, tältä siellä näytti |url=https://www.savonsanomat.fi/paikalliset/6200582 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Savon Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref> Since he is running as an independent, his team needed to collect the required 20,000 support cards.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Honkonen |first=Juha |date=2023-09-06 |title=Näin paljon Mika Aaltola on saanut kannatuskortteja kokoon |url=https://www.ess.fi/paikalliset/6193537 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Etelä-Suomen Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref> This was later achieved.
His campaign was active on [[Twitter|X (previously Twitter)]], [[Meta Platforms|Meta-platforms]], [[LinkedIn]] and [[TikTok]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-30 |title="Ylimielisyys paistaa Mika Aaltolasta" – asiantuntija arvioi presidenttiehdokkaiden Tiktok-sisällöt |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20047657 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi}}</ref>

====Results====
In the election, Aaltola finished second-to-last with 1.46% of the total votes, only outperforming [[Hjallis Harkimo]] of [[Movement Now]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/TPV-2024_1/en/ehdtulos_kokomaa.html |title=Presidential election 2024, Whole country, Results by candidate. |date=28 January 2024 |publisher=Ministry of Justice, Information and Result Service |accessdate=29 January 2024}}</ref>

=== 2024 EU Parliament Election ===
Aaltola announced his candidacy for the [[2024 European Parliament election in Finland|European Union Parliament election]] in April, 2024, as a member of the [[National Coalition Party|National Coalition Party (NCP)]]. He mentioned he had discussed with [[Petteri Orpo|Prime Minister Petteri Orpo]], who encouraged him to run as a candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-18 |title=Euroehdokkaaksi suostunut Mika Aaltola: Petteri Orpo soitti – ja tätä hän tarjosi minulle |url=https://demokraatti.fi/euroehdokkaaksi-suostunut-mika-aaltola-petteri-orpo-soitti-ja-tata-han-tarjosi-minulle/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=demokraatti.fi |language=fi}}</ref> His central themes were related to foreign and security policy, NATO-integration as well as aiding Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-18 |title=Mika Aaltola lähtee ehdolle eurovaaleihin – kokoomuksen riveissä |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20084368 |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi}}</ref> Although Aaltola ranked high in many national polls and was fourth among all candidates in the national youth elections,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vilmusenaho |first=Jaakko |date=2024-05-27 |title=Nuorten EU-vaaleissa eniten ääniä Li Anderssonille ja somessa seuratuille ehdokkaille |url=https://www.ess.fi/uutissuomalainen/6797375 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Etelä-Suomen Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref> he was at the same time a big question mark for many political pundits.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IL:n vaaliasiantuntijat: Tässä on Suomen tulevat 15 meppiä |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/325fe227-d6ff-4468-8450-4faf4fa196d3 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.iltalehti.fi |language=fi}}</ref>
[[File:Kampanjakiertue.jpg|thumb|Mika Aaltola on the campaign trail in May 2024. ]]
Aaltola ended up receiving 95,651 votes in the European elections, which made him the most-voted candidate of the [[National Coalition Party]], and was elected a member of the [[European Parliament]]. He got the third most votes nationally, right after [[Li Andersson|Andersson]] and [[Eero Heinäluoma|Heinäluoma]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mika Aaltola {{!}} Tulospalvelu {{!}} Eurovaalit 2024 {{!}} Yle |url=https://vaalit.yle.fi/epv2024/tulospalvelu/fi/candidates/214/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=vaalit.yle.fi |language=fi}}</ref> According to some analysts, Aaltola's success was partly based on his presidential campaign, but also on his emphasis on [[security policy]], as was also the case with [[Pekka Toveri]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Näin kävi Euroopan "pekkatovereille" |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/661d6bec-e313-48bf-a02d-8a96c6f1a042 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.iltalehti.fi |language=fi}}</ref>

== Views ==

=== Foreign Policy ===
Aaltola was running his 2024 Presidential campaign on a platform of support for Ukraine, increase in defense spending to 3%, support for [[NATO]], and allowing for weapons from the United States to be stored in Finland for strategic purposes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kauranen |first1=Anne |last2=Lehto |first2=Essi |title=Lifted by Ukraine war, Finnish academic Mika Aaltola to run for president |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/lifted-by-ukraine-war-finnish-academic-mika-aaltola-run-president-2023-08-03/ |access-date=25 October 2023 |work=Reuters |date=3 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823012532/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/lifted-by-ukraine-war-finnish-academic-mika-aaltola-run-president-2023-08-03/ |archive-date=23 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

Aaltola describes himself as a [[Classical realism (international relations)|classical realist]] in the [[International relations theory|theory of international relations]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-06 |title=Analyysi: Mika Aaltola päätyi tentissä määrittelemään, mitä ei ainakaan ole – nosti esiin fasismin ja ylimielisyyden |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20068041 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi}}</ref> His foreign policy view has been influenced by thinkers such as [[Thucydides]] and [[Plato]] as well as [[Sauli Niinistö|President Sauli Niinistö]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aaltola |first=Mika |date=2019-09-09 |title=Mika Aaltolan kolumni: Uppoava Britannia repii auki monta kiistaa |url=https://www.is.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000006230083.html |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Ilta-Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=Aaltola |first=Mika |date=2021-10-30 |title=Mika Aaltolan kolmni: Lopullisia ratkaisuja ei ole |url=https://www.is.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000008367932.html |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=Ilta-Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mika Aaltola saapui Linnaan – Analyysi Sauli Niinistöstä |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/360e6aef-d1c5-447f-927a-a3b15f46abdc |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.iltalehti.fi |language=fi}}</ref> He emphasizes the understanding of [[Power politics|great power politics]] and the importance of defense. At the same time, for example, he strongly disagrees with the [[Offensive realism|neo-realist]] [[John Mearsheimer|Mearsheimer]], arguing how the West's surrender "created space" for [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russia to attack Ukraine]] and influence North Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aaltola |first=Mika |date=September 15, 2023 |title=Mika Aaltola: Analysis on Mearsheimer. |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@mika.aaltola/video/7279069532948385056?lang=en |website=Tiktok}}</ref>

=== Domestic Politics ===
According to Aaltola, empathy should be an important basis for political influence, which he refers to as "empathy society".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aaltola |first=Mika |date=January 23, 2024 |title=MIKA AALTOLA: "PUOLUSTAN EMPATIAYHTEISKUNTAA, JOSSA VALLITSEE AVOIMUUDEN, PARANTAVAN PUHEEN JA ROHKEUDEN ILMAPIIRI" |url=https://finfami.fi/ajankohtaista/mika-aaltola-puolustan-empatiayhteiskuntaa-jossa-vallitsee-avoimuuden-parantavan-puheen-ja-rohkeuden-ilmapiiri/}}</ref> During Yle's big election debate, Aaltola said that [[economic policy]] should be practised "beyond election terms, as unanimously agreed" and that the [[Orpo Cabinet|Orpo government's]] [[Austerity|austerity policy]] was not necessarily conducted at the "right time".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suuri vaalikeskustelu {{!}} Presidentinvaalit 2024 {{!}} Yle Areena |url=https://areena.yle.fi/1-66656233 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=areena.yle.fi |language=fi}}</ref>

=== Political Spectrum ===
On the Helsingin Sanomat political spectrum, Aaltola was labeled slightly economically centre-left, and socially neither conservative nor liberal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-16 |title=Presidentinvaalit {{!}} Essayah ja Haavisto yhtä vihreitä, Aaltola hieman vasemmalla – Näin presidenttiehdokkaat sijoittuvat arvokartalle |url=https://www.hs.fi/politiikka/art-2000009992800.html |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Helsingin Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
His sister is philosopher [[Elisa Aaltola]].<ref>{{cite web |date=18 May 2021 |title=Sinikka Aaltola: "Jonkun elämä voi mennä niin, ettei siinä ole yhtään valoa" |url=https://petajavesilehti.fi/2021/05/jonkun-elama-voi-menna-niin-ettei-siina-ole-yhtaan-valoa/ |access-date=30 October 2022 |work=Petäjävesi |language=fi}}</ref>

Aaltola is married to Kirsi Aaltola, and their first child was born in April 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-01 |title=Perhesiteitä {{!}} Mika Aaltolalla oli jatkuvasti kipuja, jotka paljastuivat vuosien kuluttua kasvaimeksi: "Luin netistä, että on 80 prosentin todennäköisyys kuolla leikkauksessa" |url=https://www.hs.fi/kuukausiliite/art-2000008676918.html |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Helsingin Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sairanen |first=Sara |date=2022-04-10 |title=Mika Aaltolan lapsi syntyi – koskettava Twitter-päivitys julki |url=https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000008742822.html |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Ilta-Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref>

At the age of 37, Aaltola had a [[benign brain tumor]] removed from the frontal cavity whilst in the United States. According to Aaltola, the probability of dying from the operation would have been as high as 80 percent. Aaltola survived, but his right eye was damaged, as a result of which he lost 30 percent of his vision.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-24 |title=Vakavasta sairaudesta selvinnyt Mika Aaltola, 53, on esikoispojan isä – herää joka päivä aamuviideltä kommentoimaan maailmaa: "Lapsesta on tullut ankkuri elämään" |url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/vakavasta-sairaudesta-selvinnyt-mika-aaltola-53-on-esikoispojan-isa-heraa-joka-paiva-aamuviidelta-kommentoimaan-maailmaa-lapsesta-on-tullut-ankkuri-elamaan/8473018 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=mtvuutiset.fi |language=fi}}</ref>

Aaltola is a [[Christianity|Christian]] by religion.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-28 |title=Mika Aaltola: "Totta kai olen kristitty" |url=https://www.sley.fi/mika-aaltola-totta-kai-olen-kristitty/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Sley |language=fi}}</ref>


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Mika Aaltola
File:Mika Aaltola, 2023, CMI (cropped).jpg
Mika Aaltola in 2023
Member of the European Parliament
for Finland
Assumed office
16 July 2024
Personal details
Born
Mika Petteri Aaltola

(1969-05-02) 2 May 1969 (age 55)
Jämsänkoski, Finland
Political partyNational Coalition Party (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations		Independent (until 2024)
Spouse
Kirsi Aaltola
​
(m. 2019)​
Children1
RelativesElisa Aaltola (sister)
Alma materColumbia University
Tampere University
OccupationPolitical scientist • Politician

Mika Petteri Aaltola (born 2 May 1969)[1][2] is a Finnish political scientist and director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. He has gained media attention during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which he follows and regularly comments on.[3] Aaltola holds a doctorate in social sciences. He works as docent at Tampere University, and was a part-time professor at Tallinn University.[4] He ran as an independent candidate for President of Finland in the 2024 presidential election.

He was elected as a member of the European Parliament in the 2024 European Parliament election. He represents the National Coalition Party, which is part of the European People's Party (EPP).

Early life and university

Aaltola was born in Jämsänkoski on 2 May 1969.[5][6] He grew up in the village of Kintaus in Petäjävesi, where his mother Sinikka Aaltola worked as a primary school teacher since 1974. His father Juhani Aaltola was a professor of education at the University of Jyväskylä. Mika Aaltola's sister is animal philosopher Elisa Aaltola.[7]

It was common for the family to talk about philosophy, science and politics.[8] Aaltola experienced severe bullying at school when he was young, due to being a "shy" and "introverted" "teacher's son", as he considered himself.[9] Nevertheless, Aaltola felt that his childhood was "rewarding".[10] Anti-bullying is still an important topic for him, and in the spring of 2024, he participated in the MLL Up event against school bullying.[11]

Aaltola completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Columbia University in New York City, where he also volunteered in George W. Bush's 1992 presidential campaign. Aaltola initially wanted to become a psychiatrist,[12] but eventually moved to Tampere, where he commenced his studies in political science and gained his doctorate in 1999.[13] Aaltola's dissertation dealt with the European Union's ability to survive internal crises, and it was awarded the best dissertation paper of the year.[14]

Academia and research

Academic career

Aaltola is a docent of international politics at the University of Tampere.[15] He was a part-time professor at Tallinn University between 2013 and 2023.[16] [17] Aaltola has been a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota. In addition, he has been a visiting researcher at Cambridge University, Sciences Po University of Paris and Johns Hopkins University.[18] Aaltola has published seven books, many of which focus on Finnish foreign policy.

Finnish Institute of International Affairs

In 2019, Aaltola was elected director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA). Aaltola competed with Juha Jokela, who was nominated by the nomination working group as director in his place, but per the board's vote, Aaltola was elected by a vote of 5–4. Some of FIIA's employees said that they felt that Aaltola had acted ruthlessly during the appointment process by sending a presentation to the board in which he claimed to be a more qualified applicant than Jokela based on his number of academic citations. Additionally, Jokela was viewed with scepticism by some board members after information about a suspected case of bullying.[19]

Aaltola's works and research dealt with the global role of the United States, great power politics, changes in the world order, and Finland's foreign and security policy. He has also studied the relationship between humanitarian politics and power politics.[20]

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.[21][22][23] Aaltola was named Tampere University alumnus of the year in September 2022.[24] 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.[25] His latest book, Havahtuminen (English: Awakening), was released in early October.[26]

Due to political campaigns, he was on leave from August 2023 to January 2024 and from April 2024 to the beginning of June.[27][28]

Ukraine war (since 2022)

Upon the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Aaltola became a prominent voice in Finnish foreign policy.[29] Aaltola also gained popularity in culture and media.[30] In addition to being an active commentator on domestic and global affairs, Aaltola also appeared in numerous TV-shows, such as Elämäni Biisi.[31]

Political career

2024 Presidential election

Early speculation

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.[32][33]

Announcement

On 3 August 2023, Aaltola announced in Luumäki his intention to run for president as an independent, saying he ”felt an obligation” to help Finland. In his speech, he mentioned that:

"One cannot refuse (the presidency) just because the road is narrow. You have to be ready to take on challenges, especially when the world is in great turmoil. Finland needs a reforming president and a new kind of leadership".[34]

Campaign

Since his announcement, Aaltola has been actively campaigning, whilst being off duty from his role at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.[35] Since he is running as an independent, his team needed to collect the required 20,000 support cards.[36] This was later achieved. His campaign was active on X (previously Twitter), Meta-platforms, LinkedIn and TikTok.[37]

Results

In the election, Aaltola finished second-to-last with 1.46% of the total votes, only outperforming Hjallis Harkimo of Movement Now.[38]

2024 EU Parliament Election

Aaltola announced his candidacy for the European Union Parliament election in April, 2024, as a member of the National Coalition Party (NCP). He mentioned he had discussed with Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, who encouraged him to run as a candidate.[39] His central themes were related to foreign and security policy, NATO-integration as well as aiding Ukraine.[40] Although Aaltola ranked high in many national polls and was fourth among all candidates in the national youth elections,[41] he was at the same time a big question mark for many political pundits.[42]

File:Kampanjakiertue.jpg
Mika Aaltola on the campaign trail in May 2024.

Aaltola ended up receiving 95,651 votes in the European elections, which made him the most-voted candidate of the National Coalition Party, and was elected a member of the European Parliament. He got the third most votes nationally, right after Andersson and Heinäluoma.[43] According to some analysts, Aaltola's success was partly based on his presidential campaign, but also on his emphasis on security policy, as was also the case with Pekka Toveri.[44]

Views

Foreign Policy

Aaltola was running his 2024 Presidential campaign on a platform of support for Ukraine, increase in defense spending to 3%, support for NATO, and allowing for weapons from the United States to be stored in Finland for strategic purposes.[45]

Aaltola describes himself as a classical realist in the theory of international relations.[46] His foreign policy view has been influenced by thinkers such as Thucydides and Plato as well as President Sauli Niinistö.[47] [48][49] He emphasizes the understanding of great power politics and the importance of defense. At the same time, for example, he strongly disagrees with the neo-realist Mearsheimer, arguing how the West's surrender "created space" for Russia to attack Ukraine and influence North Africa.[50]

Domestic Politics

According to Aaltola, empathy should be an important basis for political influence, which he refers to as "empathy society".[51] During Yle's big election debate, Aaltola said that economic policy should be practised "beyond election terms, as unanimously agreed" and that the Orpo government's austerity policy was not necessarily conducted at the "right time".[52]

Political Spectrum

On the Helsingin Sanomat political spectrum, Aaltola was labeled slightly economically centre-left, and socially neither conservative nor liberal.[53]

Personal life

His sister is philosopher Elisa Aaltola.[54]

Aaltola is married to Kirsi Aaltola, and their first child was born in April 2022.[55][56]

At the age of 37, Aaltola had a benign brain tumor removed from the frontal cavity whilst in the United States. According to Aaltola, the probability of dying from the operation would have been as high as 80 percent. Aaltola survived, but his right eye was damaged, as a result of which he lost 30 percent of his vision.[57]

Aaltola is a Christian by religion.[58]

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