JBANC Baltic Spotight 6: Lessons in Trans-Atlantic Security from NATO’s Eastern Flank

Join JBANC on November 14th at 8:00 pm ET (5:00 pm PT) for the sixth edition of Baltic Spotlight. THis virtual event will feature Dr. Mart Kuldkepp, Professor of Estonian and Nordic history at the University College, London.

The discussion will focus on the ramifications of the Biden administration’s de-escalation policy and the future of U.S. support for Ukraine. We will also cover Dr. Kuldkepp’s most recent research on Euro-Orientalism and its ramifications for the perceptions of the Baltics within Europe.

Mart Kuldkepp is Professor of Estonian and Nordic History at University College London (UCL). He completed his PhD dissertation at the University of Tartu, Estonia in 2014 and joined UCL in 2015. He has also recently held the Estonian Diaspora Visiting Professorship at the University of Tartu.

Mart specializes in Scandinavian and Baltic history and politics (especially foreign and security policy, and early 20th century wars), but also has an interest in the Baltic Sea Region more broadly, including Germany and Russia. His recent book, Nordic Estonia (2024, in Estonian) explores the role that Estonia’s Nordic identity played in Estonia’s independence before World War II. His next book is The Shortest History of Scandinavia (2025, in English). At Yale, he is John S. Saden Visiting Professor of Baltic Studies, where he will be teaching a postgraduate course about the independence of the Baltic states.