Aktivitet: Foredrag og mundtlige bidrag › Konferenceoplæg
Beskrivelse
Bismarck wanted to unite Scandinavia! It was not a fleeting thought. The idea was already part of Prussia's foreign policy during the Napoleonic Wars and the First Schleswig War from 1848 to 1851. It is evident in the policies of Prussian foreign ministers before Bismarck, and in Bismarck's own policies before, during, and after the War of 1864. The paper examens how political Scandinavianism tied into Prussian foreign policy, why Prussia was interested in a united Scandinavia and how far Prussian under Bismarck went in its attempts to achieve this goal. In this, the paper with touch upon the intersection between (pan)nationalism, realpolitik, geopolitics, and high politics.