Overview
Provides the first book-length study of the effects of Brexit and Trump on the geopolitics of Eastern Europe
Moves beyond the purely geopolitical by considering the domestic dimension of interactions between domestic and international actors
Examines the re-assertion of Russian dominance over the domestic politics of East European States
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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
- us politics
- russian and post-soviet politics
About this book
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.
Reviews
“Central Europe’s feeling of security is eroding under the double pressure of Russia’s increased military assertiveness and the growing tide of populism in parts of US and Western Europe. New fears permeate Central European views of geopolitics, and Tudoroiu unpacks and explains them in a theoretically rich, well-researched and thoughtful manner.” (Nicu Popescu, European Union Institute for Security Studies, France)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Theodor Tudoroiu is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science of the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. He works mainly on subjects related to post-communist and Middle Eastern regional politics and regime change.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Brexit, President Trump, and the Changing Geopolitics of Eastern Europe
Authors: Theodor Tudoroiu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77920-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-77919-5Published: 20 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08574-2Published: 10 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-77920-1Published: 05 April 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 291
Topics: European Politics, Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, US Politics, Foreign Policy