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  Berlin and Europe 1989 and now

  By Joakim Ekman on 18 juni, 2019

  On May 13–14, 2019 the Körber History Forum took place, where some 200 experts on European history and politics had gathered in the capital of Germany to discuss current European affairs and global issues. In particular, the imminent threat of Russia and the historical roots of the return of “strong leaders” in European politics were in focus in this year’s debates.

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  Responses within the European Community to the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Prospect of German Reunification

  By Karl Magnus Johansson on 12 februari, 2010

  Even at one minute past midnight on 1 January 1990 we already knew that this would be a formative decade […]

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  Fifty Years of Waiting for the Right to Vote.

  By Anders Mellbourn on 19 februari, 2010

  Joachim Gauck was 50 years old when, on March 18, 1990, he first voted in a free, democratic election. The […]

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  A TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY PERSPECTIVE

  By Archie Brown on 25 augusti, 2010

  Just after Mikhail Gorbachev was chosen as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party in March […]

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• PiS in Poland Promises a Welfare State upon Winning the Elections

  To understand the election results and its implications it is necessary to distinguish two different layers of Polish politics. At the visible surface of politics, the battle takes places between the two dominant parties, PiS and PO. However, at a “deeper lever”, both parties struggle to react to global challenges, but they do so in diametrically different manners. Whether PO or PiS in government, the past years of Polish politics has seen a steadily growing realisation that politics at the national level becomes increasingly difficult.

  By Jaakko Turunen Inga kommentarer till PiS in Poland Promises a Welfare State upon Winning the Elections

• Introduction Special Section Life in the Archipelago The Baltic Sea Region Archipelagos and Islands: Conditions and challenges

  This special issue deals with a number of questions related to the livelihoods of people, economic conditions, challenges and opportunities for entrepreneurs located on the archipelagos and islands of the Baltic Sea Region (BSR). While some local conditions, problems, and challenges are shared by all rural, remote, and peripheral areas, the BRS archipelagos and islands have their own unique characteristics.

  By Paulina Rytkönen and Nadir Kinossian Inga kommentarer till The Baltic Sea Region Archipelagos and Islands: Conditions and challenges

• Berlin and Europe 1989 and now

  On May 13--14, 2019 the Körber History Forum took place, where some 200 experts on European history and politics had gathered in the capital of Germany to discuss current European affairs and global issues. In particular, the imminent threat of Russia and the historical roots of the return of “strong leaders” in European politics were in focus in this year’s debates.

  By Joakim Ekman Inga kommentarer till Berlin and Europe 1989 and now

• App speeds up anchoring on busy islands

  The ideas of two Media Technology students added value to the project Archipelago Business Development.

  By Ninna Mörner Inga kommentarer till App speeds up anchoring on busy islands

• The Archipelago Business Development project gave new insights

  Tiina Thörnroos was one of the participators of the project Archipelago Business Development. The project aims at developing new business models in the archipelago by forming partnerships between entrepreneurs and start-up companies in Finland (including Aland Islands) and Sweden.

  By Annemari Andersén Inga kommentarer till The Archipelago Business Development project gave new insights

• 3 islands — 3 entrepreneurs Jacks-of-all-trades keep the Stockholm Archipelago alive

  For a few hectic weeks each summer, sparsely inhabited islands in the Stockholm Archipelago are transformed into coveted destinations for vacationers. For permanent residents who make their livelihood here, running a businesses in the seaside environment entails great challenges. We have met three entrepreneurs on three different islands, with diverse conditions but a common vision — keeping the archipelago alive.

  By Susanna Lidström Inga kommentarer till 3 islands — 3 entrepreneurs

• Entrepreneurship in the Stockholm Archipelago A historical perspective

  A cursory reading of the literature describing yesterdays’ societies in the Stockholm Archipelago tells us that people in the archipelago heavily relied on fishing and small-scale farming for their living. With the arrival of modern industrialized society during the latter half of the 19th century, things changed, and other opportunities to earn a living appeared. However, there were and are certain circumstances in the Stockholm Archipelago that make it somewhat inert, preventing it from taking a place in the modern labor market.

  By Christian Widholm Inga kommentarer till Entrepreneurship in the Stockholm Archipelago

• New research agenda Agents of change in peripheral regions

  Spatial polarization has become one of the EU’s most pressing issues. While the EU Member States have shown convergence in economic development, interregional inequalities within states have increased considerably. Polarization means that urban agglomerations and capital city-regions demonstrate population growth and increasing prosperity, while a growing number of rural, remote, and old industrial regions suffer from economic and demographic stagnation or decline. The growing divides between rich and poor regions are caused not only by economic laws.

  By Nadir Kinossian Inga kommentarer till New research agenda

• The Dream of a Balto-Scandian Federation: Sweden and the independent Baltic States 1918–1940 in geography and politics

  In the period between the two world wars, Swedish interest in the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania was in general extremely limited, whereas from the other side Sweden was seen as a geopolitically inactive power and consequently as a possible source of support and an ally against the Baltic states’ two greater neighbors, the Soviet Union and Germany.

  By Thomas Lundén Inga kommentarer till The Dream of a Balto-Scandian Federation:

• A comparative study of entrepreneurial responses and local development on three islands: Facing business challenges with the Stockholm Archipelago as a context

  By conducting a comparative qualitative and systematic study of the local (island) pre-conditions for creating sustainable socio-economic development through entrepreneurship, here defined as a process of identifying, evaluating, and exploiting entrepreneurial opportunities, this study aims to shed light on entrepreneurial responses to challenges and opportunities on three islands in the Stockholm Archipelago and how context influences these responses.

  By Paulina Rytkönen et al Inga kommentarer till A comparative study of entrepreneurial responses and local development on three islands:

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  1. Art History outside the nationalist paradigm. Soros art centers in a global perspective

     Globalizing East European Art Histories. Past and Present. Routledge Research in Art History Beáta Hock and Anu Allas (ed.), London: Routledge, 2018. 232 pages.

  2. Politics of colonization. Russian imperial governance through the institution of marriage

     Negotiating Imperial Rule. Colonists and Marriage in the Nine-teenth-Century Black Sea Steppe Julia Malitska, Södertörn Doctoral Dissertations 135, Stockholm 2017, 392 pages.

  3. The Gulag memory. The sites and places of commemoration

     Gulag Memories. The re-discovery and com-memoration of Russia’s repressive past, Zuzanna Bogumil New York & Oxford: Berghahn Books 2018. 302 pages.

  4. Between memory and courage. Rune Ottosen’s Tourist in Utopia

     Tourist in Utopia. Travels in Ideology and the Albanian landscape [Turist i Utopia, reiser i ideologi og albansk landskap], Rune Ottosen (1950-). 336 pages.

  5. Writing the War. Literature about the war in Donbas

     The Length of the Day (2017), Volodymyr Rafeenko, Dovhi Chasy, Lviv: Vydav-nytstvo Staroho Leva, 2017, 336 pages. The Boarding School (2017), Serhii Zhadan, Internat, Chernivtsi: Meredian Czernowitz, 2017, 272 pages.

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