Scandinavian Studies 578.
Contemporary Scandinavia and International Relations.  (Staff) 
(3-4 credits)

The course explores the role of the Scandinavian or the Nordic states in international relations, both as active agents in their own right and as objects of the policies of other powers. It emphasizes their role in the major international issues and conflicts of the twentieth century, their security policies and their participation in the international organizations. The following kinds of topics are dealt with: the foreign policymaki-ng machinery and process in the Nordic States; the First World War and Scandinavian neutrality; Finland between Germany and Russia; the Nordic states and the League of Nations; territorial disputes--Åland Islands, Slesvig, Eastern Karelia, Spitsbergen, and Greenland; the Second World War and Scandinavia --the Finno-Russian Winter War, occupation of Denmark and Norway, Swedish neutrality, Finno-Russian Continuation War; Scandinavia and economic blocs; postwar security arrangements--Swedish armed neutrality, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland in NATO, Finno-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance; Scandinavia and the Cold War; Scandinavia and the United Nations, Scandinavia and European integration; Nordic cooperation; Scandinavia, EFTA and EEC (European Common Market). From time to time new general topics are added.