OSCE in Central Asia: Co-operation or Confrontation?
29 January, 2004 at 14-16, Parliament House, Auditorium

STETE organised a seminar dealing with the OSCE and Central Asia, 29 January, 2004. Key note speakers in the seminar were President Martti Ahtisaari (Crisis Management Initiative) and Ambassador Aleksi Härkönen. The speeches can be found from the seminar link above.

EU and Russia - Upcoming Challenges of Globalisation
4 February, 2004 at 8.30 am - 4 pm, Auditorium, Parliament House

STETE organised in co-operation with the Aleksanteri Instituute a seminar "EU and Russia - Upcoming Challenges of Globalisation",  4 February, 2004. The idea of the seminar was to discuss possibilities for co-operation for instance in the field of economic and environmental issues as well as human security. Some of the speeches and discussion can be found in http://www.northerndimension.net (Selected documents -> Speeches)

Etelä-Kaukasia -  transition, kulttuurien ja kansainvälistymisen keskellä
17 February, 2004, at 5-7 pm, Grand Committee room, Parliament House

STETE organised, 17 February, a seminar in Finnish (except guest from Azebaidjan spoke in English) on the Southern Caucasus region. The speakers of the seminar were Ambassador Timo Lahelma, MFA of Finland, EU's Special Representative Heikki Tavitie, Chairman of the Finnish Delegation to the OSCE PA, Vice Speaker of the Finnish Parliament Ilkka Kanerva, Layers Gulara Guliyeva and Tair Aliyev from Azerbaidjan as well as Project Director Aino Halonen, Finnish Azerbaidjan Cultural Society.

Anti-Semitism in Europe today
3 June, 2004 at 9-10.30, Parliament House, Auditorium

Lohjan kesäseminaari
20 August, 2004, Lohja

STETE organised, 20 August, a seminar together with the city of Lohja. In the seminar Minister Mr. Tuomioja presented the security report that is discussed at the Parliament during fall 2004. The programme and some of the speeches can be found from the programme link above.

End of the Welfare State - Security Implications for Finland's Domestic Politics
20 October, 2004, Parliament House, Grand Comittee Room

STETE organised a seminar based on the research "The New Security Agenda" made by Senior Researcher Tomas Ries (National Defence College). A commentary speech was given by Senior Researcher Kimmo Rentola (Finnish Security Police).