The Baltic-Russian debates on the past have become a hot spot of European memory politics. Violent protests and international tensions accompanying the removal of the "Bronze Soldier" monument, which commemorated the Soviet liberation of Tallinn in 1944, from the city centre in April 2007 have demonstrated the political impact that contested sites of memory may still reveal. In this publication, collective memories that are related to major traits of the 20th century in North Eastern Europe - the Holocaust, Nazi and Soviet occupation and (re-)emerging nationalisms - are examined through a...
The Baltic-Russian debates on the past have become a hot spot of European memory politics. Violent protests and international tensions accompanying th...
The field of peacemaking is in turbulent change. In the 21st century, private peacemakers have become a central part of peace diplomacy and have appeared as flexible actors whose innovative thinking paves the way for reconsidering and reinventing old practices of mediation.
The field of peacemaking is in turbulent change. In the 21st century, private peacemakers have become a central part of peace diplomacy and have appea...