This dissertation will fully research the opportunities and restrictions of European states from the geography of Europe, analyze the key mechanism of transformations of the European geopolitics and the power interactions among European states based on the theories of geopolitics in history.
To investigate the European history from the dimension of the changes of geopolitics, we can find that the key element within the whole geopolitical order of Europe is the rise and the fall of Germany. In 1648, the Deutschland was partitioned due to the failed distribution of German interests among the European powers. Furthermore, the dissociation of Germany made the European powers, such as France, Britain, and Russia grow stably in the balance of power. In 1871, Germany unified under Bismarch¡¦s strategy. The unification of Germany destroyed the stable order of Europe, especially the balance of power. Then, two world wars broke out. From 1945 to 1989, Germany was partitioned again. This brought the European order back to a stable situation, also it was the first time for Europe to be integrated peacefully. In 1990, Germany was unified again. From the development of European history, an unified Germany owned the abilities and chances to dominate Europe in politics and economics. Now Germany plays an important role in the geopolitics of Europe once more. No matter what the revival plan of Russian energy geostrategy is, how America extends its sphere of influence in Europe, and how the European states under the Lisbon Treaty oppose the American global hegemony, it is hard to exclude Germany from Europe. Moreover we can say if Germany is absent from Europe, the European strategy will lose its pivot. From the complicated war history of Europe to the power interactions of European geopolitics in the 21 century, Germany is still the key point of the European power politics.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0726110-155537 |
| Date | 26 July 2010 |
| Creators | Wu, Sheue-feng |
| Contributors | Wen-cheng Lin, Jia-hsi Weng, Marion Chyun-Yang Wang, Ching-Chane Hwang, I-Jen Tseng, Shih-hsiung Chow |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0726110-155537 |
| Rights | unrestricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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