Across europe, that enlargementnot as a onetime event but as an ongoing process. Kuus has also written on state sovereignty, critical geopolitics, foreign policy professionals, and the idea of europe. Bauman stresses the role of cultural and intellectual capital in central european politics, and le figaro illustrates the effectiveness of. Critical geopolitics international studies association. Security and identity in europes eastern enlargement new. Merje kuus is associate professor of geography at the university of british. The end of the cold war did not create a sustainable peace system. Merje kuus convincingly shows how the end of the cold war brought a new round of identitysecurity anxiety in eastern europe rather than its promised transcendence. Parts of that chapter are reproduced by permission of palgrave macmillan.
In this book richard sakwa provides a new analysis of the end of the cold war and the subsequent failure to create a comprehensive and inclusive peace order in europe. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Estonia, latvia, lithuania, slovakia, romania, bulgaria, and slovenia. Security and identity in europes eastern enlargement palgrave macmillan, 2007 as well as numerous articles in geographic, international relations, and european. It traces how geopolitical arguments are deployed by foreign policy professionals there and how these practices fit into and transform the social milieu of the european quarter. The geopolitics reader brings together the most comprehensive selection of readings on geopolitics, from classic accounts to emerging trends. Herrmann, 9781403963833, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Geopolitics reframed looks at the connection between security, identity and geography in central and eastern europe. Security and identity are the rhetorical pillars of european union an. Theorizing about the relationship between geography and security is one of the oldest and most central themes of western political science. The geopolitics of history geopolitics is a muchoverused term. She investigates the production of expert knowledge in bureaucratic settings.
A compendium of divergent viewpoints of global conflict and change, it includes readings from halford mackinder, theodore roosevelt, adolf hitler, george kennan, samuel huntington, edward said, osama bin laden and american. Many, including my late grandfather, fled the mother country because of economic hardship from the opium wars. Challenging conventional geopolitical assumptions, contributors explore. Rethinking geopolitics argues that the concept of geopolitics needs to be conceptualised anew as the twentyfirst century approaches. Geopolitics and expertise is an indepth exploration of how expert knowledge is created and exercised in the external relations machinery of the european union. Furthermore, she is the author of geopolitics reframed. Publications merje kuus ubc blogs university of british columbia. She also coedits a book series, titled critical geopolitics for ashgate. Merje kuus premise is that security claims in europe are substantively ambiguous.
Merje kuus is professor of geography at the university of british columbia in vancouver, canada. It is a truism now that the central european states desire to return to the west and to be recognized as an integral part of the western cultural realm is the driving force of their foreign and security policies. Rather than relying on what could be understood as a traditional approach involving semiotic deconstruction of texts or images, kuus provides an embodied account highlighting the role of intellectuals of statecraft in producing and recycling geopolitical ideas. Her research focuses on political geography and transnational policy processes. Key issues facing the nato alliance by daniel kochis and luke coffey the heritage foundation. England coerced china into accepting the black tar in payment for tea and cracked china open like a ginkgo nut. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Merje kuus is a political geographer whose work concentrates on geopolitics and policy processes in national and transnational institutions.
The goal of critical geopolitics is to elucidate and explain how political actors spatialize international politics and represent it as a world characterized by particular types of places. Geopolitics reframed asks how the bundling up of geopolitics and culture works, how it affects political debate, and how it is transformed in the course of europes eastern enlargement. In the early 1990s, it generally denoted the three visegrad states. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our. Geopolitics reframed security and identity in europes. This extensively revised second edition of the geopolitics reader draws together the most influential and significant geopolitical readings from the last hundred years. Cold war world, the domain of geopolitics now touches upon some of the most hotly debated issues of our time, including global environmental degradation, ethnonationalism and postmodernism. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. Consequently the book provides an important contribution to the methodology of critical geopolitics.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Options report refworks print link email cite request. The ritual of listening to foreigners springerlink. If you have trouble accessing the articles list after the books, feel free to request a. Merje kuus is associate professor of geography at the university of british columbia, canada. Zygmunt baumans analysis of central european intellectuals and le figaros interview with one of themestonias twoterm president lennart meriillustrate the key role of intellectuals in the geopolitical scripting of central europe.
The book provides the first indepth analysis of security discourses in the states that acceded into the eu or nato, or both, in 2004. Inscribing europeanness, erasing eastness springerlink. Provides a rare, fulllength work on transnational diplomatic practice based on a rigorous and empirical study, involving over 100 interviews with policy professionals over seven years focuses on the qualitative and contextual, rather. Nato has done more to promote democracy, peace, and security in europe than any other multilateral organization, including the european union. We use cookies to offer you a better experience, personalize content, tailor advertising, provide social media features, and better understand the use of our services. Over the decade, several other formerly socialist states started branding themselves as central european, and common usage of the term gradually expanded to all former satellite states of the soviet union. Security and identity in europes eastern enlargement palgrave.
Security and identity in europes eastern enlargement new visions in security. Part of the new visions in security book series nvs abstract. Kuus geopolitics reframed security and identity in. Critical geopolitics oxford research encyclopedia of. This book traces the shifting meanings of security and geopolitics in central european states that acceded into the eu or nato in 2004. It was a spectacular affair, involving not only the official summit. Merje kuus is associate professor of geography at the university of british columbia in vancouver, canada. Writers, observers, and practitioners of international politics frequently invoke the term to describe, explain, or analyze specific foreign policy issues and problems. Critical geopolitics is concerned with the geographical assumptions and designations that underlie the making of world politics. Her work analyzes the production of foreign policy expertise in todays european union. A mustread for students of international relations theory, international security, and european studies, the return of geopolitics in europe.
Unlike many studies of security and the eastern enlargement of the north atlantic treaty organisation nato and the european union eu, kuus. This book traces the shifting meanings of security and geopolitics in. By george friedman rumors are floating in washington and elsewhere that turkey is preparing to move against the kurdistan workers party pkk, an antiturkish group seeking an independent kurdistan in turkey. Appropriating geopolitics in central europe is based on chapter 6 of kuus, merje 2007 geopolitics reframed. The concept of europe is central to postcold war geopolitics in europe. Eschewing the traditional question of how geography does or can.
Knowledge and authority in european diplomacy wiley blackwell, 2014, and geopolitics reframed. Russia against the rest by richard sakwa cambridge core. Security and identity in europes eastern enlargement, new york. This desire is widely considered a more powerful impetus than mere economic or political motivation could ever be. Knowledge and authority in european diplomacy rgsibg book series 1st edition. Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author. What the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate by robert d. The author examines assumptions that shaped these debates and influenced policymaking, combining fresh theoretical approaches from international relations and political geography with rich empirical material from central europe. Modern geopolitical thinking appeared in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, differing from its predecessors in its emphasis on technological change and global systems of power. Key issues facing the nato alliance small wars journal. Security and identity in europes eastern enlargement 2007 and coeditor of the ashgate research companion to critical geopolitics 20. Knowledge production, human agency, everyday practices. Merje kuus security and identity are the rhetorical pillars of european union and nato enlargement.
Geopolitics and expertise is an indepth exploration of how expert knowledge. Security and identity in europes eastern enlargement 2007 and coeditor of the ashgate research companion to critical. Security and identity in europes eastern enlargement palgrave macmillan, 2007. Third of three progress reports on political geography. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional.
From november 20 to november 22, 2002, 46 heads of state, 2,800 delegates, and 3,000 accredited journalists converged on prague for the summit meeting of the north atlantic treaty organisation nato. Geopolitics and expertise is an indepth exploration of how expert knowledge is created and exercised in european union institutions. Each week, stratfors most senior analysts explore an issue or subject from a highlevel geopolitical perspective, revealing insights, revelations and new ways of looking at the world. Security and identity in europes eastern enlargement 2007 and coeditor of the ashgate research companion to critical geopolitics. Taking off from this starting point, merje kuus convincingly shows how the end. Cultural geopolitics and cultured geopoliticians springerlink. Part of the new visions in security book series nvs.
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