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The European idea in Central Europe and Scandinavia as a part of the security and peaceful co-existence policy in the framework of the postwar planning
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Abstract This article is dedicated to the development
of European unity in Central Europe
and Scandinavia as a mechanism of collective
security and intergovernmental cooperation
development. The cultural and historical features
of Central Europe and Scandinavia emphasize
the need for a comparative stud... view more
This article is dedicated to the development
of European unity in Central Europe
and Scandinavia as a mechanism of collective
security and intergovernmental cooperation
development. The cultural and historical features
of Central Europe and Scandinavia emphasize
the need for a comparative study into
the European idea. This article considers the
tendencies and factors which affected the development
of the European idea in the framework
of the post-war planning.
This research sets out to compare and identify
similar or analogous features and elements
of the theoretical bases of movements for European
unity in Central and Northern Europe.
The author comes to the conclusion about
the correlation between the “Europe of regions”
model and the European unity concept.
The ideas of Scandinavian and Central
European integration rested on national, cultural
and historical connections of the neighbouring
countries were expected to constitute
such formations, which contradicted and
were opposed to by the theoretical framework
of Western European integration. On the other
hand, regional integration implied that a
federation or union of the neighbouring states
could be considered a step towards a more
universal organisation, which would not
mean the isolation of Scandinavia and Central
Europe from the rest of the world.
The theoretical and practical significance
of this work lies in the comparative approach
to the analysis of the phenomena which have
been considered individually in the framework
of historiography. It is the major contribution
of the article to the research on history
of ideas and European diplomacy. Moreover,
the subject of research is immediately connected
to the problem of security in the Baltic
region and the Soviet factor, as well as political
stereotypes produced in this field.
The author employed historical comparative
and inductive types of the historical typological
method.... view less
Keywords
Central Europe; EU; Scandinavia; European integration; political development; neutrality
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
Page/Pages
p. 100-108
Journal
Baltic Region (2011) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-8555-2011-4-13
ISSN
2079-8555
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works