Geopolitics in Central Europe: Superpower Competition and Regional Dynamics

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The geopolitical landscape of Central Europe has undergone considerable transformation in the last two decades. While the pre-Global Financial Crisis period saw a focus on strengthening ties with Western Europe and the USA, the post-crisis period has seen reorientation towards Asia, in particular China. This book charts these changes in geopolitical dominance in the region, covering the economic influence of China, the increasingly assertive diplomatic involvement of Russia and increased US interest in the region under the Biden administration. The book also seeks to explain why the countries of Central Europe are realigning their geopolitical alliances towards the great powers as confidence in the European project and its economic benefits has waned, and what opportunities this realignment could hold.

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Through detailed case studies, commanding knowledge, and engaging analysis, Moldicz offers a sobering, yet rarely perceptive account of the complex, dynamic, and fast-moving target of Central European geopolitics. In a time of growing uncertainty and geopolitical rivalries, his timely book offers valuable, gripping, and illuminating insights of one of the key geostrategic locales in world affairs. -- Emilian Kavalski, Jagiellonian University, Poland
This is a seminal text for all students of East-Central European dynamics of politics, geopolitics and identity. Leading us both carefully and persuasively between numerous pitfalls of liberal and conservative partisanships and sheer ideological stereotypes, the author draws an actual and dynamic picture of geopolitics in this intricate and important region of Europe. -- Mikhail V. Karpov, Moscow State University, Russia
This is a must-read book for scholars and students with a long-standing interest in the Central European region. -- Song Lilei, Tongji University, China

Author Bio

Csaba Moldicz is Head of the Center for International Economy at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium Foundation. His main research area is the economic integration process of the European Union and China, with a special focus on the Central and Eastern European region. He has published several books as a senior editor and his monograph, China, the USA and Technological Supremacy in Europe published in 2020. He is an Associate Research Fellow of the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade (Hungary) and the China- CEE Institute.