About this episode

Hannah Lucinda Smith discusses her book 'Hinterlands: Journeys through Europe’s Unfinished Frontiers' and the geopolitical dynamics in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.

Hannah Lucinda Smith on “Hinterlands: Journeys through Europe’s Unfinished Frontiers” (Profile Books). The book is based on vivid reporting from Eastern Europe, the East Mediterranean and the Caucasus, as places like Kosovo, Bosnia, Karabakh, Transnistria and Cyprus become geopolitical hotspots with ambitious revisionist powers like Russia and Turkey looking to secure a greater share of the pie. Please support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Supporters get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by Bloomsbury Academic, transcripts of every interview, and links to articles related to each episode. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2998854&fan_landing=true Substack: https://turkeybooktalk.substack.com/

People in this episode

Host: William Armstrong

Guest: Hannah Lucinda Smith

Topics covered

• geopolitics
• Eastern Europe
• Turkey
• Russia
• Caucasus
• book discussion

Keywords

• Hinterlands
• geopolitical hotspots
• Eastern Europe
• Turkey
• Russia
• Caucasus
• Kosovo
• Bosnia
• Cyprus

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Profile Books

Places: Turkey, Russia, Eastern Europe, East Mediterranean, Caucasus, Kosovo, Bosnia, Karabakh, Transnistria, Cyprus

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