| Why Europe Fears Its Neighbors Contributor(s): Tassinari, Fabrizio (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313357722 ISBN-13: 9780313357725 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $60.39 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: Working from a unique viewpoint, this volume demonstrates how the European Union's fear of its neighbors reflects Europe's identity crisis-and challenges its survival. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 327.4 |
| LCCN: 2009021939 |
| Series: Praeger Security International |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.4" (0.85 lbs) 152 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Central Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Taking a novel approach to the current situation in Europe, foreign policy analyst Fabrizio Tassinari transforms external policy concerns about Europe's neighborhood into questions about Europe's internal future. His contention: that the situation on Europe's periphery is an unforgiving mirror of its identity crisis, institutional paralysis, ineffectual foreign policy, and morbid fear of migrants and multiculturalism. Looking at each of the countries and regions surrounding Europe, from Russia and Turkey to the Western Balkans and North Africa, Tassinari unravels the challenges facing the EU, weighs the record of its policies, and explains how both can be traced back to Europe's inherent insecurity. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, he argues that gradual and diversified forms of integration with its many neighbors is Europe's best alternative to a progressive, but inexorable fragmentation of the EU. The ability to meet this challenge will not only test Europe's unfulfilled global aspirations, it will be crucial to its very survival. |