Articles by Tyyne Karjalainen

July 31, 2025

🧭 Can the EU overcome Hungary’s veto on Ukrainian membership?

Tyyne Karjalainen

Hungary’s blocking behaviour risks derailing Ukraine’s fragile pro-European momentum. If not addressed, it could fuel Euroscepticism, embolden authoritarian spoilers, and hollow out the EU’s enlargement promise. Tyyne Karjalainen explores what options are on the table to restore credibility to the accession process

Tyyne Karjalainen

Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

Tyyne's research focuses on European Union foreign and security policy, EU enlargement and differentiated integration in the EU.

She has also published in the fields of peacebuilding, crisis management and peace mediation.

Before joining FIIA, Tyyne worked at the Civilian Security Sector Reform Component at the European Union Advisory Mission (EUAM) in Ukraine, the Research and Development Unit of the Crisis Management Centre (CMC) Finland, and the Finnish Permanent Representation to the United Nations in New York.

Tyyne is also a doctoral researcher in political science at the University of Turku, focusing on the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood policies.

In 2025 she visited the University of Oxford as a recognised student for Russian and Eastern European studies.

She holds a degree from the master’s programme in peace, mediation and conflict research at the University of Tampere.

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