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Panel discussion

14.06.2025   at 11:00 - 11:50

Folkemøde 2025: The Baltic Sea as "Sea of Peace" and geopolitical battle zone

The Baltic Sea as "Sea of Peace" and geopolitical battle zone

Geopolitics is back, and the Baltic Sea is once again dominated by great power rivalry. On Bornholm, in the centre of the strategically important and dangerous Baltic Sea, we will discuss the special conditions that make the Baltic Sea a geopolitical battle zone. Where has the battle for the Baltic Sea been over the past 200 years in art and great power politics, and what can we look forward to today?

Participants in the panel

  • Rasmus Glenthøj (SDU): "A giant should not be bitten in the toe, but in the throat: Why the Crimean War should have been fought in the Baltic Sea - not the Black Sea"
  • Frederik Forrai Ørskov (UCPH): "The Germanic Mediterranean" - The Baltic Sea in Nazi cultural diplomacy
  • Kristian Handberg (UCPH): "The Baltic Sea must be a Sea of Peace!" Cold War and cultural exchange in the Baltic Sea before and after 1989

Moderator:
  • Jakob Seerup, Curator (Bornholm Museum)
Folkemødet's Research Stage is located on the hill between Folkemødehuset and Allinge Røgeri [F13 + F14]