{"id":1817,"date":"2017-02-12T18:35:29","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T18:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.faiafinland.fi\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2022-03-31T10:07:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T10:07:13","slug":"why-do-we-need-saia-and-faia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faiafinland.fi\/en\/2017\/02\/12\/why-do-we-need-saia-and-faia\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do we need SAIA and FAIA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1312760305466158\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Spee<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ch<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> by FAIA\u00b4s president Joel Linnainm\u00e4ki at the SAIA Forum Weekend in Uppsala, 12.2.2017<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1817 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.faiafinland.fi\/en\/faia_group_in_saia\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.faiafinland.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/faia_group_in_saia-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.faiafinland.fi\/en\/saia_forum_group_work\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.faiafinland.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/saia_forum_group_work-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.faiafinland.fi\/en\/2017\/02\/12\/why-do-we-need-saia-and-faia\/kuva1-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.faiafinland.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kuva1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faiafinland.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kuva1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.faiafinland.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kuva1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.faiafinland.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kuva1-140x140.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thank you Rosaline for your speech and thank you all for having us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My name is Joel. I\u00b4m the first, but hopefully not the last president of FAIA, the Finnish Association of International Affairs, founded last August.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">FAIA would not exist without you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And I want you to know: you inspire us every day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You inspire us by the standards you set to your own work, with your ability to connect with young people in Sweden and with the warm welcome you have extended to us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So why do we need organizations like FAIA and SAIA?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We live in extraordinary, but not unprecedented times, where the modern liberal world order is being stretched to its limits. But let\u00b4s be clear about one thing: there are no alternative facts. The alternative to a fact is a lie. Free speech means that you have a right to your own opinion, not to your own facts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a 1962 speech, the former UN Secretary-General, <strong>Dag Hammaskj\u00f6ld<\/strong> cited a contemporary description of <strong>Sun Tzu<\/strong> and his students in 4<sup>th<\/sup> century BC China:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cConstantly rebuffed but never discouraged, they went around from State to State helping people to settle their differences, arguing against wanton attack and pleading for the suppression of arms, that the age in which they lived might be saved from its state of continual war. To this end they interviewed princes and lectured the common people, nowhere meeting with any great success, but obstinately persisting in their task till kings and commoners alike grew weary of listening to them. Yet undeterred they continued to force themselves on people\u00b4s attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Democracy takes work. In other words: Foreign policy is too important to be left to the diplomats. Each one of you is needed, now more than ever.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finally, I think it\u00b4s fitting that FAIA will turn one year old at the same time as Finland is celebrating its one hundred years of independence. The theme of Finland\u00b4s centennial year is Together, so it is especially nice to be here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, for today and tomorrow we are here to listen and to learn from you, to learn from the best. We hope to talk to as many of you as possible and hope that we\u00b4ll be able to see each other in the future as well. Please come and talk to us and engage us and give us any tips that come to mind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speech by FAIA\u00b4s president Joel Linnainm\u00e4ki at the SAIA Forum Weekend in Uppsala, 12.2.2017 Thank you Rosaline for your speech and thank you all for having us. My name is Joel. I\u00b4m the first, but hopefully not the last president of FAIA, the Finnish Association of International Affairs, founded last August. 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