The Geopolitics Of Euro-atlantic Integration

by ANDERS WIVEL; Department of Po

• ISBN13: 9780415282802
• ISBN10: 0415282802
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

No set of international relations is as thoroughly analyzed, commented on, taken apart and critiqued as the ties between Europe and the United States. A period of post-Cold War integration has been buffeted by trade disputes, economic strife and differences in prosecuting the fight against global terrorism. Now for the first time there is an accessible and theory-based analysis of European foreign policies in the post-Cold War prevails in most of Europe, but that raw geopolitics tends to pop up at the fringes of this thoroughly institutionalized area. Moreover, the effects of past geopolitics persist in the collective memories of several states and compete with contemporary geopolitics in their policy formulations. Focusing on the post-Cold War era, The Geopolitics of Euro-Atlantic Integration includes analyses of the Benlux, Nordic and Baltic countries, Central and East European countries and those in Southern Europe. This geographical range was made possible through contributions by leading Europeanscholars and area experts. The coherence of this edited collection is facilitated by constellation theory, a new geopolitical theory explaining European foreign policies in a comparative perspective. Scenarios for the future of Europe are formulated as well as perspectives for the constellation theory when applied to other parts of the world. Of interest to political scientists, observers, academics and students, this is an invaluable guide to post-Cold War European relations.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	vii
Notes on contributors	viii
Series editor preface	x
Preface	xiv
1 Introduction	1	(12)
HANS MOURITZEN AND ANDERS WIVEL
PART I Geopolitical theory and the rules of the game in Europe	13	(56)
2 Constellation theory	15	(28)
HANS MOURITZEN AND ANDERS WIVEL
3 The institutional dynamics of Euro-Atlantic integration	43	(28)
FINN LAURSEN, HANS MOURITZEN AND ANDERS WIVEL
PART II Constellation theory applied to Europe	69	(96)
4 Close to power?	71	(21)
ALFRED VAN STADEN
5 The north	92	(19)
LEE MILES
6 The south	111	(17)
STEPHEN C. CALLEYA
7 The east	128	(21)
RICK FAWN
8 The north-east	149	(18)
ANDRES KASEKAMP
PART III Conclusions	165	(42)
9 Comparative analysis meets theory	167	(40)
HANS MOURITZEN AND ANDERS WIVEL
PART IV Temporal and spatial perspectives	207	(40)
10 Prospects for Europe	209	(19)
HANS MOURITZEN
11 The constellation theory applied outside Europe	228	(19)
ANDERS WIVEL
References	247	(15)
Index	262