The topic for the workshop was “Great powers and small states — Rudolf Kjellén’s Baltic geopolitical visions and the role of democracy.” Participants responded enthusiastically to this specialized but inclusive topic, addressing the history of the legendary — but often ostracized — political scientist and father of terminology and theories of geopolitics and biopolitics, Rudolf Kjellén (1864–1922).
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Oscar Nygren
January 24, 2022
Den stora fröstölden. Svält, plundring och mord i växt-förädlingens århundrade [The Great Seed Theft. Famine, starvation and murder in the century of plant breeding.] Jens Nordquist. (Lund: Historiska media, 2020), 333 pages.
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Thomas Lundén
April 22, 2021
The first world conference on borders, under the title Post-Cold War Borders – Global Trends and Regional Responses was held in Joensuu, Finland and St. Petersburg, Russia and in the borderland in-between on June 9-13, 2014.
By
Thomas Lundén
August 4, 2014
The author shows how one small region, Stettin/Szczecin, because of its strategic place became involved in important events throughout history.
By
Thomas Lundén
February 4, 2014
Region-building around the Baltic Rim is not simply proceeding along a continuous path: it has entered a new phase. The region’s agenda has become increasingly outwardly oriented, argues the author.
By
Pertti Joenniemi
April 7, 2011
Einar Maseng, Utsikt over de nord-europeiske staters utenrikespolitikk i de siste århundrer
[An overview of the Northern European States’ foreign policy during the last centuries]. I–III
Oslo: Universitets-forlaget 2005: 323, 291, 353 pages
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Sven Eliaeson
July 1, 2010
+ Jane Dawson Eco-Nationalism: Anti-Nuclear Activism and National Identity in Russia, Lithuania and Ukraine. Duke University Press, 221 pages.
Rurik Holmberg Survival of the Unfit: Path Dependence and the Estonian Oil Shale Industry. Linköping University, 345 pages.
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Per Högselius
February 16, 2010