Abstract

SBERRO, Stéphan. Scope and Meaning of the Wall in the 20^th Century. The Resurgence of a Triple European Centrality. Rev. mex. cienc. polít. soc [online]. 2020, vol.65, n.238, pp.285-298.  Epub Feb 05, 2021. ISSN 0185-1918.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.2448492xe.2020.238.71988.

The article examines the consequences of the Berlin Wall Fall from a geopolitical and pan European point of view. We will explain how Europe -a continent divided between two powers and without a hold on its destiny- has returned to a “triple centrality” after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Between 1989 and 1992, Germany recovered its place as a geographical and political centre for Europe. Meanwhile, the European Union stands as a new economic, diplomatic, and financial centre since the establishment of the euro and the Maastricht treaty of 1991. We will give a particular attention to a fact usually overviewed by internationalists, the rebirth of a ‘Central Europe’ understood not only in accordance to historical and cultural roots, but also as an idea with recognizable political sense and influence inside the construction of a new European project, particularly towards its relations with the East (Russia) and the South (the Middle East). This rebirth is to be put in the broader context of the re-birth of former empires (Russian, Chinese, Ottoman). This fact, added to the decline of the United States as a superpower, contributes to the advent of a multipolar world.

Keywords : Europe; European Union; Germany; Hungary; Cold War.

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