Public Lecture: The Long Escape From the Empire – Baltic States and Their Quest for Sovereignty
You are kindly invited to attend topical public lecture, organized as part of the International Politics specialization course and open to everyone interested. No sign-up is needed. Please see the details below.
This lecture provides a historical perspective on the Baltic states' current geopolitical situation. It explains how the Baltic states' long-term quest to escape the Russian zone of influence often challenges not only Moscow's imperial aspiration but also Western-established international hierarchies. It focuses on the Baltic efforts to gain visibility on the international stage and analyses the Baltic place in Russian and Western political imaginaries.
Una Bergmane is a researcher at the University of Helsinki. In 2023, Oxford University Press published her book "Politics of Uncertainty: The United States, the Baltic Question, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union". Una Bergmane holds a PhD from the Sciences Po Paris. Before joining Helsinki University, Una was a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University and a teaching fellow at the London School of Economics.