Raimo Väyrynen has made a significant contribution to the establishment of peace research and the promotion of research and teaching on  international relations  in Finland and internationally. He was a founder member of the Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI) and the Secretary-General of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA).  Väyrynen has been the professor and dean at the University of Helsinki. For well over a decade he held professorial positions at U.S. universities, including the Regan Directorship of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame and visiting positions at Princeton University, Harvard University, and MIT. He has held key leadership positions at the Academy of Finland and the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.  He has made crucial contributions to science and technology policy worldwide.  These activities have included the UnitedNations University, the European Science Foundation, and the European University Institute.

• Part I. The Author.- Chapter 1. My Journey: From the Countryside to the World.- Chapter 2. Comprehensive Bibliography.- Part II. Selection of Core Articles.- part III. A Small States and Finnish Foreign Policy.- chapter 3. On the Definition and Measurement of Small Power Status.- chapter 4. Adaptation of a Small Power to International Tensions: The Case of Finland.- part IV. The Arms Race and Warfare.- chapter 5. Domestic Crises and International Wars.- chapter 6.   Capitalism, War, and Peace: Virtuous or Vicious Cycles.- chapter 7. Economy, Power, and the Arms Race.- chapter 8. Economic Cycles, Power Transitions, Political Management, and Wars between Major Powers.- chapter 9. Military Alliances, Nuclear Deterrence and Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones.- part V. Peace and Conflict Research.- chapter 10. Peace Research between Idealism and Realism.-  chapter 11. To Settle or to Transform: Perspectives on the Resolution of National  and International Conflicts.- chapter 12. Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Concepts and Issues.- chapter 13. Stable Peace through Security Communities? Steps towards Theory-Building.- part VI. International Security.- Chapter 14. International Stability and Risky States. The Enforcement of Norms.- Chapter 15. Multilateral Security: Cooperative or Collective.- Chapter 16. A Metaphor and an Incipient Doctrine.- Part VII. Globalization, Geopolitics and Global Governance.- Chapter 17. Norms, Compliance and Enforcement of Global Governance.- Chapter 18. Sovereignty, Globalization, and Transnational Social Movements.- Chapter 19. World Economy and Geopolitics: The Case of Brazil.- Part VIII. Regionalism and International Structure.- Chapter 20. Regional Conflict. An Intractable Problem of International Relations.- Chapter 21. Regionalism: Old and New.- Chapter 22. Reforming World Order: Multi- and Plurilateral Approaches.- Index.

Raimo Väyrynen has made a significant contribution to the establishment of peace research and the promotion of research and teaching on  international relations  in Finland and internationally. He was a founder member of the Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI) and the Secretary-General of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA).  Väyrynen has been the professor and dean at the University of Helsinki. For well over a decade he held professorial positions at U.S. universities, including the Regan Directorship of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame and visiting positions at Princeton University, Harvard University, and MIT. He has held key leadership positions at the Academy of Finland and the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.  He has made crucial contributions to science and technology policy worldwide.  These activities have included the UnitedNations University, the European Science Foundation, and the European University Institute.

• Part I. The Author.- Chapter 1. My Journey: From the Countryside to the World.- Chapter 2. Comprehensive Bibliography.- Part II. Selection of Core Articles.- part III. A Small States and Finnish Foreign Policy.- chapter 3. On the Definition and Measurement of Small Power Status.- chapter 4. Adaptation of a Small Power to International Tensions: The Case of Finland.- part IV. The Arms Race and Warfare.- chapter 5. Domestic Crises and International Wars.- chapter 6.   Capitalism, War, and Peace: Virtuous or Vicious Cycles.- chapter 7. Economy, Power, and the Arms Race.- chapter 8. Economic Cycles, Power Transitions, Political Management, and Wars between Major Powers.- chapter 9. Military Alliances, Nuclear Deterrence and Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones.- part V. Peace and Conflict Research.- chapter 10. Peace Research between Idealism and Realism.-  chapter 11. To Settle or to Transform: Perspectives on the Resolution of National  and International Conflicts.- chapter 12. Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Concepts and Issues.- chapter 13. Stable Peace through Security Communities? Steps towards Theory-Building.- part VI. International Security.- Chapter 14. International Stability and Risky States. The Enforcement of Norms.- Chapter 15. Multilateral Security: Cooperative or Collective.- Chapter 16. A Metaphor and an Incipient Doctrine.- Part VII. Globalization, Geopolitics and Global Governance.- Chapter 17. Norms, Compliance and Enforcement of Global Governance.- Chapter 18. Sovereignty, Globalization, and Transnational Social Movements.- Chapter 19. World Economy and Geopolitics: The Case of Brazil.- Part VIII. Regionalism and International Structure.- Chapter 20. Regional Conflict. An Intractable Problem of International Relations.- Chapter 21. Regionalism: Old and New.- Chapter 22. Reforming World Order: Multi- and Plurilateral Approaches.- Index.