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Introduction
This book analyzes the combined consequences of Brexit and of the new US foreign policy under President Trump on the geopolitical situation of Eastern Europe. It perceives the evolution of the East European regional security complex as a struggle between the European Union's Kantian, win-win geopolitical vision and Russia's neoclassical geopolitics, also promoted by President Trump. In the most probable scenario, the latter approach will have the upper hand. The EU's post-Brexit control by the Franco-German axis will likely be followed by the geopolitical irrelevance of the EU due to the renationalization of member states' foreign policy, with Germany becoming the main West European actor. Consequently, Eastern Europe will be turned into the arena of a mainly three-cornered neoclassical geopolitics rivalry opposing Russia, the Franco-German axis and then Germany, and the US in alliance with the post-Brexit UK and certain East European states. The book will appeal to scholars across the fields of International Relations, Geopolitics, European Studies, and Area Studies.
Keywords
Brexit impact on world politics Trump impact on world politics geopolitics of Eastern Europe regional security complexes Neoclassical Geopolitics Political Psychology Russian foreign policy in Eastern Europe Putin and Eastern Europe Russian Geopolitics European Union and Eastern Europe The United States and Eastern Europe Trump's Foreign Policy German influence in the EU US-UK alliance Moldova and Russia Moldova and US relations international politics US foreign policy EU foreign policy
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77920-1
- Copyright Information The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
- Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
- eBook Packages Political Science and International Studies
- Print ISBN 978-3-319-77919-5
- Online ISBN 978-3-319-77920-1
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