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The end of the Cold War demonstrated the historical possibility of peaceful change and seemingly showed the superiority of non-realist approaches in International Relations. Yet in the post-Cold War period many European countries have experienced a resurgence of a distinctively realist tradition: geopolitics. Geopolitics is an approach which emphasizes the relationship between politics and power on the one hand; and territory, location and environment on the other. This comparative study shows how the revival of geopolitics came not despite, but because of, the end of the Cold War. Disoriented in their self-understandings and conception of external roles by the events of 1989, many European foreign policy actors used the determinism of geopolitical thought to find their place in world politics quickly. The book develops a constructivist methodology to study causal mechanisms and its comparative approach allows for a broad assessment of some of the fundamental dynamics of European security.

Geopolitics --- History --- Europe --- Foreign relations --- Political science --- International Relations --- General. --- World politics --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Geopolitics - Europe - History - 20th century --- Geopolitics - Europe - History - 21st century --- Europe - Foreign relations - 1989 --- -Geopolitics

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Geopolitics -- Europe -- History -- 18th century -- Sources --- Pomerania (Poland and Germany) -- Kings and rulers --- Sweden -- Foreign relations -- 1697-1718 --- Sweden -- Foreign relations -- 1718-1814

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An unrepentant Nazi, Carl Schmitt remains one of the most divisive figures in twentieth century political thought. In recent years, his ideas have attracted a new and growing audience. This book seeks to cut through the controversy surrounding Schmitt to analyse his ideas on world order. In so doing, it takes on board Schmitt's critique of the condition of order in late modernity, and considers Schmitt's continued relevance. Consideration is given to the two devices Schmitt deploys, the Grossraum and the Partisan, and argues that neither concept lives up to its claim to transcend or reform Schmitt's pessimistic history of the state. The author concludes that Schmitt's continuing value lies in his provocative historical critique, rather than his conceptual innovation.

International relations --- Imperialism --- Geopolitics --- Philosophy --- History --- Schmitt, Carl, --- Political and social views --- Germany --- Politics and government --- World politics --- Philosophy. --- History. --- Schmitt-Dorotić, Carl, --- Dorotić, Carl Schmitt-, --- Shumitto, Kāru, --- Shmitt, Karl, --- שמיט, קרל, --- Šmit, Karl, --- Political and social views. --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- International relations - Philosophy --- Imperialism - History --- Geopolitics - Europe - History --- Schmitt, Carl, - 1888-1985 - Political and social views --- Germany - Politics and government - 20th century --- Schmitt, Carl, - 1888-1985