The Baltic Sea
Tobias Boestad
The Baltic Sea is more than an inland sea – it is a historic geopolitical stage. From maritime travel in the Viking era toa NATO-dominated region, this brackish inland sea has been a lifeline for people and countries in northern Europe. The Baltic Sea...
Location:
United States
Description:
The Baltic Sea is more than an inland sea – it is a historic geopolitical stage. From maritime travel in the Viking era toa NATO-dominated region, this brackish inland sea has been a lifeline for people and countries in northern Europe. The Baltic Sea has served as a hub for economic and political relations – with the dominance of the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages, the Great Power Battles between Sweden, Poland-Lithuania and Russia, and the dramatic shifts in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars as well as two World Wars and the Cold War. But the Baltic Sea is also a place of cooperation. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the region has been characterized by integration and growth – a development that once again is being challenged by new geopolitical tensions. How will the future be affected by energy flows, climate change and military strategies? In this comprehensive anthology, leading scholars in history, political science, international relations and other subjects are brought together to examine the driving forces that have formed the Baltic Sea region from the 13th century until today. Duration - 12h 3m. Author - Tobias Boestad. Narrator - Leighton Pugh. Published Date - Sunday, 05 January 2025.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:28
Introduction: The Hidden Sea
Duration:00:20:29
Raiding and Trading Complexes in the Baltic Sea
Duration:00:39:15
On the Other Side of the Sea: Crusading in the Baltic
Duration:00:27:26
Novgorod and the Baltic (12th–15th centuries)
Duration:00:22:00
With Friendship, Law or Violence: the Hanse as a Network and an Actor
Duration:00:22:42
Swedish Expansionism and the Geopolitics of the Baltic, c. 1518–92
Duration:00:27:51
Poland-Lithuania and Its Northern Expansion
Duration:00:37:15
The Military Revolution at Sea in the Baltic: An Archaeological Perspective
Duration:00:33:36
Mare Liberum or Mare Clausum? Early Modern Struggles over Baltic Hegemony
Duration:00:23:50
The Rise of Muscovy and the Baltic Sea
Duration:00:30:14
Gotska Sandön: A Remote Baltic Crossroads
Duration:00:28:52
The Napoleonic Wars and their Consequences
Duration:00:34:10
Finland in Baltic Sea Geopolitics, 1808‒1919
Duration:00:21:40
Between Two Hammers: The Baltic Sea in the World Wars
Duration:00:25:08
Sweden and the Geostrategic Situation in the Baltic Sea Region during the Cold War
Duration:00:18:56
The Geopolitics of Energy in the Baltic Sea Region
Duration:00:43:09
A Former Fleet in a NATO Lake? Russia and the Baltic Sea
Duration:00:26:28
The Written Languages of the Baltic: Origins and Significance
Duration:00:43:47
Finland’s Baltic Sea Policy from the Cold War to the Russo-Ukrainian War
Duration:00:29:45
Blue, Green, Grey: the Baltic Sea in an Era of Contestation, 2000‒25
Duration:00:30:55
The ‘Promised Sea’ of Range
Duration:00:25:10
Sweden’s Regional Role as a New Member of NATO
Duration:00:36:34
Britain and the Geopolitics of the Baltic
Duration:00:36:17
A Submariner's Tale
Duration:00:26:31
Contributors
Duration:00:10:09
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:28