The New Geopolitics of Central and Eastern Europe  

作　　者：Zhang Jian Zhang Jian(Institute of European Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations)

机构地区：[1]Institute of European Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations

出　　处：《Contemporary International Relations》2016年第4期14-36,共23页现代国际关系（英文版）

摘　　要：Central and Eastern Europe is located between the East and the West. Big powers have traditionally competed for influence in the region and it has only enjoyed limited independence. After the Cold War, most of Central and Eastern Europe joined the EU and NATO and focused on political and economic transformations. Mostly these processes went smoothly and the region lost the world＇s attention. However, in recent years, as Eurasian geopolitics has changed, especially after the outbreak of the Ukrainian Crisis, competition in the region has grown more intense. This situation is partly due to the region＇s geography, history and development, which have traditionally made them targets for other powers to divide between them or to court favor. However, countries in the region no longer want to be puppets, they want to wrest control of their own destiny by playing the powers off against each other, so the geopolitical situation is now presenting a new picture.Big powers have traditionally competed for influence in Central and Eastern Europe;and recently the region has re-emerged as a geopolitical hotspot with the US,Russia,Western Europe,and the region itself fighting for control.There are a number of reasons that this situation will persist for some time to come,and competition may even intensify with a slim possibility of it spiraling out of control.

关 键 词：东欧 中央 地缘政治 欧美地区 经济转型 爆发后 乌克兰 竞争 

分 类 号：D822.351[政治法律—政治学]