Dr. Baldur Thorhallsson

Speeches, from Vilnius University in April 2013, on how Iceland and the Baltic states coped with the economic recession and how they should prepare themselves for the next crisis.

'How do small states cope with recessions: The cases of Estonia and Iceland compared with seven corporatist small states' by Baldur Thorhallsson.

'Recovering from the Crisis: Inside or outside the EMU' by Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson, former minister of Foreign Affairs and Finance and leader of the Social Democratic Party.

I made yet another picture puzzle! This time you have to find out what these 11 pictures from Lithuania show and how it relates to political history.

You can click on each picture to see it enlarged.

Here I discuss the legacy of Margaret Thatcher on the Icelandic National Radio.

Here I am advocating the Nordic model at a conference in Vilnius. There were great discussions and, interestingly, right wing politicians at the conference hoped for Lithuania to adopt a consensual political system before the next crisis.

More pictures at the university's website.

Thatcher ól okkur upp:  Reflections on the Thatcher years

I am teaching a course on small states at the University of Vilnius with Jón Balvin Hannibalsson. It is extremely interesting to see the different views students have on international relations in other parts of Europe.

I took a few pictures while I was in Berlin and made a political puzzle: What do the pictures show and how does it relate to political history?

Here is a short iphone video I made during my visit to Berlin. It is extremely interesting to experience Berlin's culture and history, especially when one thinks about the political developments of Europe in the 20th century.

There is open access to a new paper of mine in the Journal of European Political Science for this month. The paper is called 'The Icelandic economic collapse: how to overcome constraints associated with smallness?'

Here is a short iphone video I made with speculations on the recent anti gay protests in Paris and their misreading of the message of the French Revolution.