Health as International Politics: Combating Communicable Diseases in the Baltic Sea Region

Health has become a pressing issue in international politics, with the emergence of new infectious diseases and the rise of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in some former East Bloc countries. This timely work provides a detailed account of how the states around the Baltic Sea have met the challenge of communicable diseases and used health issues as an instrument in their foreign policy.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 129 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

In recent years, the health sector has emerged as a crucial concern in the realm of international politics, a trend that has been reflected in the proliferation of academic literature on the subject. The emergence of novel (and the re-emergence of ancient) infectious diseases since the early 1990s has sparked the interest of scholars from diverse fields of inquiry. Moreover, in the European context, the alarming surge in tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in certain former Eastern Bloc countries has raised significant concerns. This timely publication offers a comprehensive account of how the states surrounding the Baltic Sea have addressed the challenges posed by communicable diseases and leveraged health-related issues in their broader foreign policy strategies.

The health sector has emerged as a crucial concern in the realm of international politics, a trend that has been reflected in the proliferation of academic literature on the subject. The emergence of novel (and the re-emergence of ancient) infectious diseases since the early 1990s has sparked the interest of scholars from diverse fields of inquiry. Moreover, in the European context, the alarming surge in tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in certain former Eastern Bloc countries has raised significant concerns. This timely publication offers a comprehensive account of how the states surrounding the Baltic Sea have addressed the challenges posed by communicable diseases and leveraged health-related issues in their broader foreign policy strategies.

The health sector has emerged as a crucial concern in the realm of international politics, a trend that has been reflected in the proliferation of academic literature on the subject. The emergence of novel (and the re-emergence of ancient) infectious diseases since the early 1990s has sparked the interest of scholars from diverse fields of inquiry. Moreover, in the European context, the alarming surge in tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in certain former Eastern Bloc countries has raised significant concerns. This timely publication offers a comprehensive account of how the states surrounding the Baltic Sea have addressed the challenges posed by communicable diseases and leveraged health-related issues in their broader foreign policy strategies.

The health sector has emerged as a crucial concern in the realm of international politics, a trend that has been reflected in the proliferation of academic literature on the subject. The emergence of novel (and the re-emergence of ancient) infectious diseases since the early 1990s has sparked the interest of scholars from diverse fields of inquiry. Moreover, in the European context, the alarming surge in tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in certain former Eastern Bloc countries has raised significant concerns. This timely publication offers a comprehensive account of how the states surrounding the Baltic Sea have addressed the challenges posed by communicable diseases and leveraged health-related issues in their broader foreign policy strategies.

ISBN-13: 9781138619883