Central and Eastern Europe in Geopolitical / Geoeconomic Strategies for the 21st Century

"Central and Eastern Europe is the new-old macro-region of Europe waiting to be discovered. Nowadays we hear a lot about it, in countless dimensions, but little about what processes are going on here. what role can it play today and tomorrow, can it become a shaper of geopolitical systems? I recommend the book to those who want to find their way around these issues and learn about possible future developments in our region. " Prof. Dr. János Rechnitzer Professor, Head of School, Széchenyi István University, Doctoral School of Regional and Economic Sciences " The author's theses are provocative: 1. Central and Eastern Europe as an independent region does not exist, the area delimited on the basis of the socialist past has already been transformed into the 21st century. in our geopolitical approach we have to deal with the paradigms of the Cold War period, with the questions “Are we in the West or in the East?” and “Where can the border of Central Europe and Eastern Europe be drawn?” The situation in the "buffer zone" must be transformed by the states of the region into a "bridge zone". they must create a function that can already withstand the ancient "divide and rule" policy of the great powers. 6. In any case, the "key" to economic co-operation within the bridge zone is to establish close economic relations between the cross-border regions (actual territorial economic units) and the companies of the region, in addition to the economic co-operation of the states. 7. With regard to our region, the big question of the 21st century is whether a new north-south "bridge cluster" of Central and Eastern Europe can be formed. Finding the answers is an exciting read for professionals and interested parties alike. "Professor Ferenc Gazdag emeritus, Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences