Cold War memories revisited in the Estonian island lockdown

BBC has prepared a video clip about the island of Saaremaa and I discuss on the Cold War Coasts blog why this brings back the memories of the Cold War.

Estonia's 'corona island' a flashback from the Cold War

BBC.com featured today a video piece on "Estonia's 'corona island'", as they put it, that is, island Saaremaa that finds itself completely cut off from the mainland under the harsh COVID-19 measures taken in Estonia. Whether or not it is nice to label an island a 'corona island' because there are many diagnosed cases, is...