The Geopolitics of Europe: Europe's Illusions and Delusions

Grygiel, Jakub J.

doi:10.1016/j.orbis.2015.08.002

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“…Recent years have marked the rise of geopolitics in the discourse of both academics and policymakers in the EU and on the European continent (M. H. Smith and Youngs 2018;Youngs 2017;Nitoiu 2017). This is in sharp contrast with much of the development of the EU, where geopolitics had been framed as a deeply negative remnant of the past which led to the two world wars (Grygiel 2015). Consequently, the perception of the return of geopolitics on the European continent is underpinned by the range of crises that the EU has recently experienced: e.g.…”

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“…Moreover, the growing number of studies on EU-Russia relations tend to employ a classical or traditional understanding of geopolitics. 2 From this perspective, states are prone to experience security dilemmas as they engage in the self-interested promotion of power beyond their borders (Auer 2015;Cadier 2014;Grygiel 2015). By contrast, this article contends that both Russia and the EU have developed distinct and hybrid geopolitical approaches.…”

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Hybrid geopolitics in EU-Russia relations: understanding the persistence of conflict and cooperation

Nitoiu

Pasatoiu

2020

East European Politics

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Mainstream analyses of relations between the European Union (EU) and Russia have seen impressive proliferation since 2014 with an emphasis on the perceived rise of geopolitics as a key driving factor on the European continent. In this background, the article analyses the way the rise of geopolitics has affected the conflict and cooperation dichotomy in EU-Russia relations. It contends, that the role of geopolitics in the security architecture of the European continent is characterised by continuity, as its pervasive effects have constrained the agency and autonomy of both Russia and the EU. The growing number of studies on EU-Russia relations tend to employ a classical or traditional understanding of geopolitics, which emphasises the importance of power projection and geographical space in states' behavior in world politics. In contrast, the article argues that both Russia and the EU have developed distinct and hybrid approaches of geopolitics.

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Section: The Rise Of Geopoliticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%