Geopolitics of Central and Eastern Europe in the 21st Century

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.

This book seeks to answer how we can reposition the geopolitical situation of the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region in the 21st century. CEE region defined by the socialist past has transformed in the 21st century. Within geopolitical thought we must abandon the paradigms of the Cold War period. The role of a gateway zone to entail links between the great powers. In the CEE region it is possible to bound four gateway regions along the north-south Baltic-Adriatic axis (Baltic, North Adriatic, Central European and Eurasian) and two gateway regions along the southeast-east European axis (Mediterranean and Black Sea). 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.

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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.

Inhalt

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