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GEOPOL_E GEOPOLITICS 1989 marks the beginning of the European metamorphosis.

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GEOPOL_E GEOPOLITICS 1989 marks the beginning of the European metamorphosis. Since then Europe has found its truly European caracteristic. It is collectively constructing its future. The end of Soviet hegemony has changed the situation considerably. The United States no longer feels quite at home here. It forces the new central and eastern European states to turn to western European democratic nations. The European continent, since the end of the 1980s, sees that its fate is linked together politically and economically. There are three fundamentally different components. There is first of all the multi-directional Europe consisting of 15 countries, centred in France and Germany, that are also the driving force and the pivot of the European Union. Its governments have decided this. This centre is anchored to the east because of Germany and, now, Austria, a new member. The geographical position of France is complementary because of the English Channel, t...

« GEOPOL_E is, and will remain, a first order military power. This last part of the continent is also experiencing pressing problems.Separatist tendencies are strong in Chechnya, Georgia, the Ukraine andBelorussia.

The Baltic States have also found their place in the Europeancontext. The CIS, and Russia in particular, cannot be ignored, but they are evolving inan unpredictable and risky way.

What is going to happen to this part of Europesubjected to territorial conflicts, to social tensions, to economic risks and toMafia problems? So, the Europe described by General de Gaulle, from the Atlantic to the Ural, isfinding its very own exclusively European history.

Europe up to the borders ofthe Asian continent, measures itself against the American island.If it wants to be part of world history, Europe must overcome its dissension anddifferences.

It is by paying this price that the three components describedabove will fuse to form a cohesive and prosperous Europe. Centre d'Etudes Diplomatiques et Stratégiques(Centre for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies) Pge p. »

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