1st Edition

EU Geopolitics Borders, Crises and Security in the Post-Liberal Era

By Filippos Proedrou Copyright 2027
160 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This monograph analyzes the EU's geopolitical encounters with key neighbors and global actors, examining adaptations across security, defence, diplomatic, market, trade and investment realms. It explores the EU's response to threats posed by waning Western hegemony and how it protects its liberal zone amid contestations in a post-liberal order. Employing a geopolitical framework, the book... Read more

1.Introduction.  2.Geopolitics as a framework of analysis.  3.A geopolitical reading of EU integration: A liberal zone, boundary demarcation and a liberal geopolitical code in transition.  4.EU-Russia geopolitical reckoning: Russia as a rival.  5.EU-Turkey adversarial geopolitics: Geopolitical Othering, territorial demarcation and frenemy relations.  6.The unfolding EU-US geopolitical conundrum.  7.EU-China relations: Adversarial geopolitical space-making and emerging systemic rivalry.  8.Conclusion.

Biography

Filippos Proedrou is Associate Professor of Global Political Economy at the University of South Wales, Cardiff, UK.