Geopolitics of Central and Eastern Europe in the 21st Century: From the Buffer Zone to the Gateway Zone

ISBN-13: 9783631819159 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 242 str.

Ágnes Bernek

Opis

Central and Eastern European region defined by the socialist past has transformed in the 21st century. We must abandon the paradigms of the Cold War period within geopolitical thought. The key question of the 21st century is whether a new gateway zone of the present forming World-Island can be developed along a north-south Baltic-Adriatic axis.

Spis treści

Cleavages of the historic Central and Eastern European region - buffer zone or gateway zone - renaissance of orthodox geopolitics - geo-economics - Larger West - Eurasian supercontinent - spatial organization of the new Central and Eastern European gateway zone - Central Eurasia and World-Island in the 21st century

O autorze

Agnes Bernek earned her Ph.D. in geography in 1994. Since 2009, she exclusively studies geopolitics. She is currently a Lecturer at the University of Public Service (Budapest) and the Budapest Business School. Her research in geopolitics has been utilized in her work as a business consultant. Since 2017 she has been an expert advisor to the Hungarian Export Promotion Agency.