Nordic-Baltic Collaboration in Geopolitically Uncertain Times

About this episode

The episode discusses Nordic-Baltic cooperation and reflections from a youth exchange visit to Estonia.

CONNECTING THE DOTS x RINGJOON 🇸🇪🤝🇪🇪 In the first week of March, RSR had the pleasure of hosting students from the Association of Foreign Affairs at Lund University (UPF) during their visit to Estonia. During the exchange, we had the chance to sit down with two UPF members for a discussion about Sweden, Estonia, and Nordic–Baltic cooperation. In this episode, we reflect on the exchange and share what we learned from meetings with various NGOs, institutions, and workshops throughout the week. We also discuss some of the broader themes that emerged during the visit, including Sweden’s decision to end 200 years of neutrality and join NATO, how “Nordic” Estonia really is, and the presence of Swedish companies in Estonia. The discussion features Paula and Sabina from UPF, and Karl Andreas and Liisbet from RSR, with audio editing by Orlando. — This episode is part of a joint project under the Erasmus+ Small-Scale Partnerships in Youth programme between the Tartu Association of International Relations (RSR) and the Utrikespolitiska Föreningen – the Association of Foreign Affairs at Lund University (UPF), titled “Nordic-Baltic Youth Knowledge Exchange”. The project aims to build…

People in this episode

Host: RSR

Guests: Paula, Sabina, Karl Andreas, Liisbet

Topics covered

• Nordic-Baltic cooperation
• Sweden's NATO membership
• youth exchange
• foreign policy
• Estonia-Sweden relations

Keywords

• Nordic-Baltic
• cooperation
• youth exchange
• Sweden
• Estonia
• NATO
• foreign policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Association of Foreign Affairs, Lund University, Tartu Association of International Relations, Utrikespolitiska Föreningen

Places: Sweden, Estonia, Nordic-Baltic

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