Juha Jokela is the director of the European Union Research Program at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. His recent projects have focused on the EU’s political dynamics and reform agenda following the Brexit, as well as the EU’s foreign and security policy. He has worked at the EU Institute for Security Studies as a senior associate analyst and senior visiting fellow, an advisor to the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and a researcher and director of the European Studies Network at the University of Helsinki. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Trans-European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA).