Eastern Europe – The World’s Last Underachiever


	SENTENTIA. European Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Reference: Bayrektorevich A. Eastern Europe – The World’s Last Underachiever // SENTENTIA. European Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2015. № 1. P. 87-97. URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=66338 Bayrektorevich A. Eastern Europe – The World’s Last Underachiever Abstract: This study concerns the development of the Eastern Europe and its current geopolitical status. The political study is undertaken of the example of the after WWII development of this region. Cultural, social, economical and political aspects of the Eastern Europe and its contemporary development are taken into consideration. An important part of the study concerns current Ukrainian crisis. The evolution of the role of the NATO in Europe is described and taken by the author as one of the major causes of the current crisis in Ukraine . Author depicts current development of the eastern Europe as Ukrainization or Pakistanization. Author argues that Ukraine and Europe became a hostage of the US’s aggressive politic. Author also points out that by annexing Crimea Moscow showed to US and Europe that Ukraine is an emotional place for Russia – tied to it by a bond of historio-civilizational attachment – something that makes and sustains Russia both Christian and European Keywords: politics, crisis, Politics, Eastern Europe, Europe, United States of America, Ukraine, NATO, Russia, geopolitics This article can be downloaded freely in PDF format for reading. Download article References 1. OECD (2014), Society at a Glance 2014 – The Crisis and its Aftermath (OECD Social Indicators), OECD Paris Publications 2. World Bank (2014), World Development Report 2014: Risk and Opportunity – Managing Risk for Development, WB Publications 3. Mead, W.R. (2014), The Return of Geopolitics – The Revenge of the Revisionist Powers, Foreign Affairs Magazine 93(2) 2014 4. Greco, T.H. (2009), The End of Money and the Future of Civilization, Chelsea Green Publishing 5. Serfaty, S. (2014) Why we need to be patient with Russia, Europe’s World – the EU Foreign Policy Journal, Brussels (page 73) 6. Bajrektarević, A. (2013), Multiculturalism is D(r)ead in Europe – MENA Oil and the (hidden) political prize Europe pays for it, Nordic Page, Oslo Norway 7. Ikenberry, G.J. (2014), The Illusion of Geopolitics, Foreign Affairs Magazine 93(3) 2014 8. Kagan, R. (2004), Of Paradise and Power, Vintage Books (page 85) 9. Ferguson, N. (2005), Colossus – The Rise and Fall of the American Empire, Penguin Books (page 255) 10. Bajrektarević, A. (2005), Green/Policy Paper Submitted to the closing plenary of the Ministerial (Chairmanship summarizing the recommendations and conclusions of the OSCE Ministerial Summit Prague 2005), OSCE Documents/EEA 2005/05/14857/En 11. Clark, C. (2013), The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914, HarperCollins Publishers 12. Eco, U. (2001), Eternal Fascism: 14 way of looking at a Blackshirt, Five Moral Pieces – Essays (orig. Cinque Scritti Morali, 1997), Essay first published in the NY Review of Books, 22 VI 1995 (pp.12-15) 13. Stiglitz, J.E. (2012), The Price of Inequality, Penguin Economics 14. Wallerstein, I. (1999), The End of the World as We Know it: Social Science for the XXI century, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 15. Bajrektarević, A. (2013), Future of Europe (Of Lisbon and Generational Interval), EU Journal Europe’s World, Brussels 16. Brzezinski, Z. (1997), The Grand Chessboard, Basic Books (Perseus); 17. Fukuyama, F. (2012), The Future of History, Foreign Affairs Magazine 91(1) 2012 18. Friedman, G. (2009), The Next 100 Years, Anchor Books/Random House NY;

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