*Update: Unfortunately I was forced to cancel my in-person-participation at the conference due to urgent private matters that reached me yesterday night. I will be giving the presentation remotely via Zoom. (As of 2024-09-18)* In already two weeks we are going to meet in Frankfurt (Oder) for the next Tensions of Europe conference, discussing tonsContinue reading “Tensions of Europe is coming up!”
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Remembering Chernobyl
Today is the 38th anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe, which began on 26 April 1986 at 1.23 am. At the moment it is impossible to remember what happened at the downstream end of the Pripyat River without thinking about the horrible war taking place in Ukraine. What we witness right now has never happened before:Continue reading “Remembering Chernobyl”
Polar Geopolitics Podcast: New Episode about the Kakhovka Dam Destruction
On 15 June 2023 Eric Paglia, the host of the Polar Geopolitics Podcast and researcher in the division of history of science, technology, and environment at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, interviewed me about the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine, its meaning for the war in Ukraine and the geopolitical position of Russia.Continue reading “Polar Geopolitics Podcast: New Episode about the Kakhovka Dam Destruction”
Achim Klüppelberg 