What constitutes an act of war? Finnish research fellow Minna Ålander considers the edge cases—damaged data cables, suspicious AirBnBs, and prank phone calls—under a new label: 'hybrid warfare.' In this episode we discuss Finland's responses to an ever-evolving security environment and the motivations behind Finland and Sweden's recent decisions to join NATO.
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This episode was written, edited, and produced by Colin Gioia Connors.
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Transcript available at scandinavian.washington.edu/crossing-north-29-gray-zone/
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Theme music used with permission by Kristján Hrannar Pálsson:
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What constitutes an act of war? Finnish research fellow Minna Ålander considers the edge cases—damaged data cables, suspicious AirBnBs, and prank phone calls—under a new label: 'hybrid warfare.' In this episode we discuss Finland's responses to an ever-evolving security environment and the motivations behind Finland and Sweden's recent decisions to join NATO.
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This episode was written, edited, and produced by Colin Gioia Connors.
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Transcript available at scandinavian.washington.edu/crossing-north-29-gray-zone/
***
Theme music used with permission by Kristján Hrannar Pálsson:
open.spotify.com/album/1dDmFxNvfYVnQwq7up7rxS
***
Crossing North is a production of the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Baltic Studies Program at the University of Washington in Seattle.
scandinavian.washington.edu/crossing-north-podcast
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Support Crossing North:
Donate to the "Friends of Scandinavian Languages and Literature Fund"
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What are the dangers of radicalization? Bjørn Westlie is a Norwegian historian and journalist best known for his reporting on Norway’s history of antisemitism, and he has been a driving force for elevating Norway’s Jewish history. Bjørn visited the UW to discuss his 2008 book, Fars krig [My Father’s War], recently translated into English. Bjørn’s book deals with his father’s past as a member of the Norwegian Nazi party and a volunteer soldier in the Waffen-SS during World War II.
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This episode was written, edited, and produced by Colin Gioia Connors.
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Transcript available at scandinavian.washington.edu/crossing-north-26-my-fathers-war
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Theme music used with permission by Kristján Hrannar Pálsson:
open.spotify.com/album/1dDmFxNvfYVnQwq7up7rxS
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Crossing North is a production of the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Baltic Studies Program at the University of Washington in Seattle.
scandinavian.washington.edu/crossing-north-podcast
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Support Crossing North:
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Crossing North
What constitutes an act of war? Finnish research fellow Minna Ålander considers the edge cases—damaged data cables, suspicious AirBnBs, and prank phone calls—under a new label: 'hybrid warfare.' In this episode we discuss Finland's responses to an ever-evolving security environment and the motivations behind Finland and Sweden's recent decisions to join NATO.
***
This episode was written, edited, and produced by Colin Gioia Connors.
***
Transcript available at scandinavian.washington.edu/crossing-north-29-gray-zone/
***
Theme music used with permission by Kristján Hrannar Pálsson:
open.spotify.com/album/1dDmFxNvfYVnQwq7up7rxS
***
Crossing North is a production of the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Baltic Studies Program at the University of Washington in Seattle.
scandinavian.washington.edu/crossing-north-podcast
***
Support Crossing North:
Donate to the "Friends of Scandinavian Languages and Literature Fund"
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