1st Edition

Globalization, Nationalism, and Imperialism A New History of Eastern Europe

By Peter W. Peterson, Jacek Lubecki Copyright 2023
174 Pages
by Central European University Press

The authors of this book retell the political and economic history of East-Central Europe, the post-communist Balkans, and the Baltic states and speculate about their future from the vantage point of three competing forces operating in the region: territorial imperialism, globalization, and nationalism. Exposed to imperial aspirations, the geographic area from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea... Read more
List of Tables, 1 Introduction, 2 Dialectics of Globalization: Empires and Nationalism, 3 Liberalism and Anti-Liberalism, 4 Ethnic Challenges from Within and Without, 5 Domestic and Global Security Challenges, 6 The Cloud of COVID-19 as a Global Pressure on the Region and Its Individual States, 2020 and After, 7 Conclusion: Imperialism, Globalization, and Nationalism in Eastern Europe in the Twenty-First Century, Bibliography, Index

Biography

James W. Peterson is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Political Science, Valdosta State University. Jacek Lubecki is Professor of Political Science at Georgia Southern University.