In uscita a ottobre 2024

pp. 144

COLLANA: Studi politici, economici, diplomatici e internazionali – 7

ISBN: 979-12-80164-59-9

Since the Eastern enlargement, following the end of the Cold war, the issue of the integration of Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) in European union represents a major challenge for the existence itself of EU institutions. In addition to wide disparities in economic systems, the EU institutions are called to face the integration of systems characterized by important differences in perception of identity, as well as in value system in several topics. These differences resulted in several clashes between EU commission and CEEC States about migration, civil rights and in particular about the central topic of hierarchical relationship between nation-country and EU institutions. The explosion of the war in Ukraine has made urgent the importance to make stronger the ties between CEECs and European institution, in order to strengthen the Eastern border of Europe and ensure its ability to face the time war. Following the international Roundtable “Geopolitics of Central Europe”, held on 1st December 2022 at Link Campus University, Rome, the book collects contributions of researchers from Italy, Poland and Hungary, aiming at taking stock of the challenging geopolitical situation of CEE Countries at the time of international tension.

Michele Pigliucci, Associate Professor of Economic and Political Geography at Link Campus University, where is also Rector’s Delegate for European relations and territorial and cultural heritage policies. He is also appointed Expert at the Mission Structure for the Single SEZ (Special Economic Zone), under the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Italian Government.
Krisztián Manzinger, is Commissioned Head of Department of the Department of International Law at the Faculty of Law of the Károli Gáspár University, a course instructor at the Hungarian Diplomatic Academy, and an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Strategic Studies of the University of Public Service, Budapest.
Bence Kertész, Student at Ludovika University of Public Service in Hungary, researching the areas of international relations, cybersecurity and space research.
Emilio Scalfarotto, Adjunct Professor of Political and Economic Geography of the European Union at eCampus University. He is a lecturer in various Geographical disciplines at Link Campus University and eCampus Telematic University
Piero Schiavazzi, is graduated in Political Sciences. Journalist, Vatican expert and analyst for Huffington Post and Limes. Professor of Vatican Geopolitics (first teaching in Italy with this name) at Link Campus University. Frequent guest of national and foreign networks (from RAI to Mediaset to Sky, from the BBC to ZDF to Swiss TV). He has interviewed more than 100 heads of State and Government, together with the most influential personalities of the world: from Mother Teresa to Nelson Mandela, from Michail Gorbachev to Helmut Kohl, from Yitzhak Rabin to Yasser Arafat, from Gianni Agnelli to Shimon Peres. Events director of Elea and founder of the Limes Club Oltretevere.
Vadim Volovoj, PhD in Political Science (Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science). Independent expert in international relations. Former lecturer at Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania.