The Centre for Geopolitics hosts an exciting programme of termly events on Baltic history and politics. Invited speakers cover the entire Baltic Sea region and its relationship with the UK over the past half-millennium. Historians, politicians, and diplomats approach questions of the utmost importance from diverse perspectives. We also regularly co-sponsor events on relevant themes with partner universities, both virtually and in person.
Events in 2023
20 Jul, Neutrality and the Baltic: History and future
19 Jul, Nuclear risk reduction in the Baltic Sea region
10 Jul, The Baltic Summer School 2023 - Gdańsk
21 Jun, Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland: A life in Geopolitics
13 Jun, What is solidarity? Reconstructing the meanings of the modern idea, with Dr Jacek Kołtan
15 May, Should the West fear a Russian defeat in Ukraine?
22 Mar, The Baltic Geopolitics Programme Symposium 2023
8 Mar, Ukraine and the Baltic: the past, the present and the future
20 Feb, Energy Security in the Baltic and Northern Europe
17-18 Feb, Munich Security Conference
Events in 2022
7 Dec, The geopolitics of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
5 Dec, Security and vulnerability of NATO's Northern flank
23 Nov, Who were the Baltic Germans and what is their legacy?
18 Nov, NATO Enlargement
14 Nov, The Baltics and Germany: Joint Roundtable with the Körber Stiftung
8 Nov, Scotland and the Baltic from the early modern period to the present day
2 Nov, Changing international alignments in Sweden, Denmark, and Finland
11 Oct, The security balance in the Baltic?
5 Oct, Warsaw Security Forum - European Security and the Baltic Sea: self-defence or collective defence?
20 Sep, The geopolitics of Kaliningrad
30 Jun, 'Tripwire' deterrence - and NATO's military posture in the Baltics
20 May, Best-seller to security threat.Uncovering the Holocaust in Lithuania
12 May, Three Seas Inititiative
4 May, British-Estonian geopolitical relationships, Tallinn
3 May, Britain & Finland
27 April, Ostseepolitik: new German defence strategies
26 April, Britain and the Great Divergence
19 April, A false choice? British naval power in the Baltic and Indo-Pacific
23 March, The Baltic contribution to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991
16 March, From Spectator to Actor: Changing gear in EU foreign policy
25 February, Baltic Geopolitics Graduate Seminar
3 February, Military deployments by Baltic Sea countries
20 January, External influences in the Baltic State-building after the Great War
Events in 2021
- 26 October, Climate change and the geopolitics of nuclear power in the Baltic
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21 October, German and the Baltic States: from the Middle Ages to the present
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20 October, Belarus, the Baltic and Migration
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8-9 October, 'Gdańsk-Danzig-Gduńsk within the Baltic Borderlands'
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7 July, The cultural politics and geopolitics of the borderlands; the case of Czeslaw Milosz
- 25 May, Nord Stream 2 and the future of Baltic Energy Security
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10 March, The Baltic after Brexit?
- 26 January, 100 Years of Diplomatic Relations: Estonia and the United Kingdom
- 20 January, Baltic Programme Launch
Events in 2020
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18 November, Britain and the Western Baltic
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24 June, Baltic States 1939-1940