The article examines some of the novel ways in which European Union carries out its ‘border-work’– border-work that stretches far beyond external borders current Union. It highlights, particular, role EUrope's neighbours new strategies securitisation, drawing attention to actors, sites and mechanisms make Union's possible. emphasis paper is on Mediterranean, long premier laboratory for creative solutions policing EU borders. discussion focuses predominantly a difficult neighbour turned...

This article engages with the most recent spatial fantasy for making of ‘EU’ropean space: idea trans-European macro-regions, currently in vogue policy literature. In particular, we focus on imaginings a Mediterranean macro-region as latest incarnation macro-regional fad, but also useful prism reflecting some underlying conceptual well political and geopolitical challenges on-going remaking rescaling space. We argue that, although there exists by now vast literature geographers other scholars...

Political geographers have significantly contributed to understandings of the spatialities Europeanization. We review some this work, while also highlighting research themes where further political-geographic would be insightful. note importance work that captures both diverse expressions and meanings attributed Europe, European integration ‘European power’ in different places within beyond EU, variegated manifestations ‘Europeanizing’ processes across these spaces. suggest can add crucial...

In this article, Bialasiewicz and Maessen examine how responses of the European Union (EU) to refugee crisis have been differentially spatialized within outside EU's boundaries, noting has operated a geographical sorting, not just right legal humanitarian protection, but also be included spaces EUrope's presumed responsibility. They highlight, in particular, divided affective geographies delimiting concerns with ensuring bodily safety Europeans member states from need ensure safe passage for...

Recent representations of the European project have, more often than not, characterized it as `uncertain',`weak',and even `indeterminate'. In this article, I look to political — and geopolitical ramifications such understandings, in particular regards Europe's role world. remark, especially, on geographical imaginations which underpin critiques: highly normative assumptions regarding territoriality `power' international arena. argue that fundamentally miss radical transformations taking...

This article examines some of the contested geographical imaginaries so-called “Balkan Route” as part wider Mediterranean migration complex. More specifically, we interrogate how such varied Route contribute to shaping conflicting geographies responsibility for in region among a shifting set international and state actors. We highlight attribution governance is shaped by numerous historical entanglements, including on-going processes post-conflict state-making geopolitics European Union...

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This paper looks to the role of geographical metaphors in ‘battle words’ describe Europe and its presumed identity. The facile adoption banal cartographies such as those a ‘New’ ‘Old’ highlights two concerns: first, that despite imperial isolationistic temptations current American administration, geopolitical imagination remains firmly wedded – indeed, cannot but define itself by relationship with ‘Old Continent’. Secondly, it reveals an astonishing distance between cartographic abstractions...

The ‘War on Terror’ has justified a whole new set of re-territorialisations security and identity, also in the ‘West’. In this paper, I highlight one particularly powerful aspect idea ‘West under threat’: wedded to demographic-reproductive menace. Such ideas are not only prerogative extremist fringes, for two authors whose work is discussed piece very much part mainstream: Samuel Huntington, latest book Who Are We? America's Great Debate focuses ‘deconstruction’ American identity threat...

In this paper we look to the Italian border city of Trieste—at various points in its past, a cosmopolitan port, Austria's urbs europeissima, but also battleground for competing understandings territoriality, identity, and belonging paragon violent application an ethnoterritorial logic plurinational, plurilingual urban context; violence modern borders. At same time—and precisely by virtue condition—Trieste has often found itself within cracks European modernity, rendering it unique site...

In this paper, I try to 'think Europe' through a cosmopolitan city like Trieste, and its recent not so past. develop my argument the analysis of two powerful 'myths' that, argue, limit understandings Europe European project today: (1) 'myth diversity'; (2) an identity in crisis'. doing so, rely great part on work French sociologist philosopher Edgar Morin his conceptualisation as permanent negotiation difference; what (1990 Morin, E. 1990. Penser l'Europe, (second revised edition) Paris:...

In this article, we examine the role of fringe new-Fascist movements within broader right-integralist politics in today’s Europe. Our focus lies with CasaPound, one most active Italian far-right galaxy, and highly visible both as well international mass media. We argue that while strength movement itself should not be exaggerated, CasaPound has played a crucial wider realm integralist Italy. Examining movement’s discursive material interventions urban rural spaces, suggest CasaPound’s...

Abstract How can political geographers bring their critical tools to questioning the EU's ‘geopolitical turn’? This commentary challenges narrative of an EU‐wide ‘Zeitenwende’, pointing out some limitations a Europe’ as it is being envisioned currently, while also noting divided geographies Europeans’ support for continued military assistance Ukraine. In closing, piece points perils rhetoric ‘no alternative’ in EU geopolitics, how risks leaving discursive space open illiberal forces.

The past ten years have brought about a profound reordering of the spatial imaginary Europe. It is reordering, however, that continues to this day, and tracing (symbolic as well institutional) future ‘Eastern’ confine common European space remains highly contested - politically salient issue. This paper examines one alternative geographical seeking narrate negate emergent its binary division by drawing upon memory multinational Austro-Hungarian empire. In particular, I look ways in which...

Immanuel Kant is today often invoked as an emblematic figure for Europe. In works by thinkers such Zygmunt Bauman, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault and Jürgen Habermas, among others, Kant’s work stands a core reference discussions of the European Modern legacy Enlightenment, even if this appropriation not uncritical. The spectre also haunts Europe in more pedestrian understandings ideal. Prominent politicians Gerhard Schroeder, Joschka Fischer, Dominique de Villepin Romano Prodi have all...

This article discusses some of the challenges posed by introduction COVID-19 certificates as a privileged tool for opening up mobility and access in order to restore semblance normality social life. While at present there is no international consensus either on how – or why such should be used they designed applied, growing number countries have already introduced one form another. Yet scientific community well World Health Organisation (WHO) expressed caution, noting that might...

How does the Russo-Ukrainian war end? On what territorial terms? Who – and where has right to decide on negotiations towards a settlement? These are all deeply geographical questions, storylines have been powerfully deployed in analyses of conflict since start full-scale Russian invasion Ukraine February 2022. In this conversation forum, we bring together provocative article by Gerard Toal identifying he terms ‘territorial taboo’ espoused discursive communities both US Europe: set that,...