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Minna Ålander, M.A.

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EU/Europe Research Assistant

minna.alander@swp-berlin.org +49 30 88007-446

Curriculum Vitae
Publications

Areas of Expertise

EU, Europe

Northern Europe
Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
EU Eastern Partnership
Political system of the European Union

Focus

Conference on the Future of Europe, EU Council presidency and EU institutions, Finland and other Northern EU member states

Short Curriculum vitae

Since 2019 at SWP; Research Assistant, Research Division EU/Europe

2016-2019 M.A. International Relations, Free University of Berlin / Humboldt University of Berlin / University of Potsdam

2017-2018 student assistant in the EU Horizon 2020 research project »EU-STRAT: The EU and Eastern Partnership Countries. An Inside-Out Analysis and Strategic Assessment«

2012-2016 B.A. Political Science and History, University of Bonn

2013-2014 student assistant in the Department of Events and Conferences, Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb)

SWP Publications

- Minna Ålander
Finland wants to use the “NATO option”
- German
Accession to NATO has been discussed in Finland since 1995. Now the country could apply for membership as early as May. Finland is well prepared – and both sides would benefit, says Minna Ålander.

Point of View, 27.04.2022
- Minna Ålander
- Michael Paul
Moscow Threatens the Balance in the High North

In Light of Russia’s War in Ukraine, Finland and Sweden Are Moving Closer to NATO

SWP Comment 2022/C 24, 31.03.2022, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022C24
- Minna Ålander
- Nicolai von Ondarza
- Sophia Russack
Managed Expectations: EU Member States’ Views on the Conference on the Future of Europe

Working Paper Research Division EU/Europe 2021/ No. 03, June 2021, 35 Pages

doi:10.18449/2021WP07
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- Nicolai von Ondarza
- Minna Ålander
The Conference on the Future of Europe
- German
Obstacles and Opportunities to a European Reform Initiative That Goes beyond Crisis Management

SWP Comment 2021/C 19, 17.03.2021, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2021C19
A Critical Perspective on Data Transparency in the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union

Methodological Challenges in Foreign Policy Research

Working Paper Research Division EU/Europe 2020/ No. 02, November 2020, 20 Pages

doi:10.18449/2020WP11
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- Minna Ålander
- Sophia Russack
Member states’ expectations towards the German Council Presidency

Working Paper Research Division EU/Europe 2020/ No. 01, July 2020, 26 Pages

doi:10.18449/2020WP07
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External publications

- Minna Ålander
- Dmitry Stefanovich
Should Finland and Sweden join NATO?

In: ISPI Counterpoint, edited by Eleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti, 28 April 2022
- Minna Ålander
- Julina Mintel
- Dominik Rehbaum
How Germany’s coalition negotiations could change the EU’s political landscape

Coalition negotiations are still ongoing between the German Social Democrats, Greens and Free Democrats. Minna Ålander, Julina Mintel and Dominik Rehbaum examine what an agreement between the three parties might mean for EU politics.

in: LSE Blog, 12.11.2021
- Minna Ålander
- Tiago Fernandes
- Sara Pina
Small steps amid a pandemic: The Portuguese EU Council Presidency, January-June 2021

EPIN Council Presidency Report, No. 1 / October 2021.
- Minna Ålander
- Julina Mintel
- Dominik Rehbaum
What the 2021 election manifestos tell us about the views of German parties on the EU

Angela Merkel will step down as German Chancellor following the country’s federal elections on 26 September. But what direction might Germany’s EU policy take in the post-Merkel era? Minna Ålander, Julina Mintel and Dominik Rehbaum assess what lessons can be learned from the main party manifestos.

in: LSE Blog, 12.08.2021
- Minna Ålander
- Anna-Lena Kirch
- Dominik Rehbaum
Germany’s hour of the executive – policymaking during the Covid-19 crisis

in: Sophia Russack (ed.): The effect of Covid on EU democracies, EPIN Report 30 April 2021, Brussels: CEPS, pp. 16-17.
- Minna Ålander
- Nicolai von Ondarza
The European Citizens' Initiative and its reform: Truly unique or the same old story?

in: Steven Blockmans, Sophia Russack (eds.): Deliberative Democracy in the EU: Countering Populism with Participation and Debate, Rowman & Littlefield International/ CEPS, London 2020, pp. 281–296.

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