The European Heartland Geographical Context of Central Europe

Abstract

The textbook contains two introductory chapters to get to know the geopolitical and economic environment of Central Europe: Chapter 1 ‘The Global Heartland’ deals with Eurasia, the mainland of the world and the American, Russian and Chinese competition for it; while Chapter 2 ‘The Third World War’ describes the American economic campaign against Germany, the western part of Central Europe. Chapter 3 deals with ‘Central Europe’ and the countries forming it with their detailed geographic environment, economic output and development. Chapter 4 is about the geostrategic evaluation of Central Europe, as the ‘Bridge between the European Union and Eastern Europe’ which latter is the gateway of the global Eurasian Heartland.