Join the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies for a discussion about a landmark book published in the spring of 2021, "The Soviet Union and Cold War Neutrality and Nonalignment in Europe," which examines how the neutral European countries and the Soviet Union interacted after World War II. Amid the Cold War division of Europe into Western and Eastern blocs, several long-time neutral countries abandoned neutrality and joined NATO. Other countries remained neutral but were still perceived as a threat to the Soviet Union’s sphere of influence. Based on extensive archival research, this volume offers state-of-the-art essays about relations between Europe’s neutral states and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and how these relations were perceived by other powers.

Speakers

Gunter Bischof, University Research & Marshall Plan Professor of History, University of New Orleans

Anna Steiner, Research Associate, Boltzmann Institute for Research on War's Consequences

Nadia Boyadjieva, Professor of International Law and International Relations, Institute for Balkan Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Mark Kramer, Director, Cold War Studies Project