The Return 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.

• 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 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