Introduction. The argument: geopolitics for fixing the coordinates of foreign policy identity Stefano Guzzini; Part I. The Analytical Framework: 1. Which puzzle? An expected return of geopolitical thought in Europe? Stefano Guzzini; 2. Which geopolitics? Stefano Guzzini; 3. The framework of analysis: geopolitics meets foreign policy identity crises Stefano Guzzini; Part II. Case Studies: 4. Czech geopolitics: struggling for survival Petr Drulák; 5. The theme that dare not speak its name: geopolitik, geopolitics and German foreign policy since unification Andreas Behnke; 6. Geopolitics 'in the land of the prince': a passe-partout to (global) power politics? Elisabetta Brighi and Fabio Petito; 7. Turkey's 'geopolitics dogma' Pinar Bilgin; 8. Banal Huntingtonianism: civilisational geopolitics in Estonia Merje Kuus; 9. Russia: geopolitics from the heartland Alexander Astrov and Natalia Morozova; Part III. Empirical and Theoretical Conclusions: 10. The mixed revival of geopolitics in Europe Stefano Guzzini; 11. Social mechanisms as micro-dynamics in constructivist analysis Stefano Guzzini.
A comparative study of the relationship between the end of the Cold War and the resurgence of geopolitics in Europe.
Stefano Guzzini is Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen and Professor of Government at Uppsala University, Sweden.
'A must-read for students of international relations theory,
international security, and European studies, The Return of
Geopolitics in Europe? by Stefano Guzzini and collaborators
combines theory making, methodological innovation and comparative
empirical analysis to deliver an outstanding and important book.
This is not only because of the book's compelling answer to the
puzzle of why a geopolitical school of thought began thriving in
parts of Europe after the Cold War's peaceful end, but also as an
exemplar of how excellent and rigorous constructivist theoretical
and empirical research can and should be done.' Emanuel Adler,
Andrea and Charles Bronfman Chair of Israeli Studies, University of
Toronto
'The revival of explicit geopolitical thinking in Europe (and
elsewhere) in the aftermath of the Cold War has not received much
scholarly attention. Rather than just providing case studies, this
book offers an innovative way of thinking about why such ideas
arose more strongly in some European countries than in others and
consequently provides an original sociological account of how the
revival happened the way it did. It will be of wide interest to
scholars in constructivist international studies, political
sociology, and political geography.' John Agnew, University of
California, Los Angeles, and author of Geopolitics: Re-Visioning
World Politics
'Guzzini has put together a tightly argued study of how and why
1989 triggered a revival of geopolitical thinking in some European
countries but not others. This book combines novel empirical cases
with theoretical developments in constructivist process-tracing,
and will be of particular interest both to those interested in
comparative foreign policy analysis and those engaged with the
impact of 1989.' Barry Buzan, Emeritus Professor of International
Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science
'Stefano Guzzini and collaborators have produced a first-rate book
that delivers on multiple fronts. Students of European politics
will find thoughtful - and thought-provoking - analysis of the
return of geopolitical thought in post-Cold War Europe.
International relations theorists will gain new insights on how
foreign policy starts at home. These substantive and analytic
findings are then used to push constructivism in exciting
directions - to new understandings and applications of methods
(process tracing) and concepts (mechanisms) that for too long have
been neglected by interpretivists. In sum, Guzzini's book delivers
substantively, theoretically and methodologically - an all-too-rare
trilogy in our profession!' Jeffrey T. Checkel, Simons Chair in
International Law and Human Security, Simon Fraser University, and
Peace Research Institute Oslo
'Guzzini's puzzle is an interesting one, which whilst set up
against realist arguments in International Relations also speaks to
research in Political Geography. Whereas some in critical
geopolitics may have moved beyond foreign policy analysis and the
book's self-diagnosed state-anthropomorphising conception of
identity, the collection of essays included in the book are a must
for any student of contemporary European geopolitics. Moreover,
Guzzini's excellent discussion of realism and geopolitics could
have made for a much-needed stand-alone journal article.' Ian
Klinke, Political Geography
'There is much useful reflection in the first three chapters that
rewards a close reading. This includes a consideration of the
relationship of neoclassical geopolitics to realism in
international relations … The case studies that follow are a
significant strength of the book.' James D. Sidaway, Society and
Space
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