Europe

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Region

• Europe: global recession and dividing lines - Federico Bordonaro
• NATO: position of France, its cohesion and future enlargement - Olivier Kempf

European Union

• European Union: foreign policy, communitarianism and civilisation - James Rogers
• European Union: geographical imaginations - Luiza Bialasiewicz
• European Union: geopolitical and chronopolitical othering - James Rogers
• European Union: geopolitical visions - Luiza Bialasiewicz
• European Union: global position and political integration - Federico Bordonaro
• European Union: Grand strategy, normative power and military policy - James Rogers
• External problems for Europe’s energy policy - A brief geopolitical analysis - Elmar Hellendoorn

Areas

• Cyprus: Geopolitical Realities, Representations and Aspirations - Emel Akçali
• France: national identity, urban riots and the 'War of Memories' - Jérémy Robine
• Georgia: Abkhazia, South Ossetia and conflict resolution - Marietta König
• Georgia: Saakasvili, corruption and the opposition - Marietta König
• Georgia-Russia - Model United Nations Simulation Exercise (2008) - David Criekemans
• Kosovo: self determination, secession and multi-ethnic regions - Gyula Csurgai
• Kosovo - Model United Nations Simulation Exercise (2007) - David Criekemans
• Geopolitics of energy and the role of Russia in global power shifts - David Criekemans
• Russia: global position, Eastern Europe and energy policy - Federico Bordonaro
• The inevitable flaws in Russia’s great power project - Martin Müller
• Russia and the US in a New World Energy Order - Timothy Boon von Ochssée

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Introduction and recent updates

Introduction

The Europe section section offers academic analysis of geopolitical trends, tensions and risks in Europe.

This section seeks to answer questions such as:

• What to make of the conflict on Cyprus?
• Is the European Union a global superpower?
• How could tensions in unstable countries such as Georgia be reduced?

Foreign policy of European Union

April 2010

In the last interview in a series of three, James Rogers (Cambridge University) elaborates on the global position and foreign policy of the European Union. Mr Rogers gives his ideas about the global power of the European Union, before focusing on its foreign policy framework. He then throws light on the integration of political and economic space and discusses the role of nationalism in this respect. Mr Rogers concludes by providing his views on the 'European civilisation.'

European Union: foreign policy, communitarianism and civilisation - James Rogers

"At the moment, European foreign and security policy is still trapped in the decade before last. Until this is changed to deal with new geopolitical realities, Europeans will continue to decline relatively vis-à-vis the rising Asian powers."

Recommended contributions

Geopolitical realities of Cyprus

November 2009

Dr Emel Akçali (University of Birmingham) published a new book that is based upon field research on all four administrations on the island: de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, EU member Republic of Cyprus, buffer zone under UN control and sovereign British bases.

In this interview, dr Akçali gives her views on issues such as mental maps, conflict resolution and the role of the European Union:

Cyprus: Geopolitical Realities, Representations and Aspirations - Emel Akçali

"Cyprus, divided territorially between a de facto republic and an internationally recognized EU member is situated at the junction of state, societal, transnational and supranational actors’ interests. It is thus cornered between modern geopolitical realities and post-modern geopolitical aspirations."