GEOG 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Geopolitics, Halford Mackinder, Common Agricultural Policy
6 May 2018
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GEOG 1000
October 30, 2017
Shifting Borders: Energy, Politics and Ukraine
Energy is always political.
Contemporary Geopolitical World Order
European Union
● London post WW2, five years after the world ends, people are still cleaning up after
the war
○ In Germany, women were left to clean up, there was a shortage of men and
those that did survive were imprisoned
○ In response to the destruction at the end of WW2, Europe set out to create a
group to ensure that there would never be war in Europe
○ Designed to achieve and ensure peace
○ Economic and political integration was the means for achieving peace
● In the 1950’s
○ Coal and Steel customs union formed
○ Customs Union: when two states agree that they will trade commodities
without taxing them
○ Italy, West Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands formed EU
○ Coal and Steel is necessary to build tanks and weapons of war, if we
relinquish the boarders on these commodities we will create a closer bond
○ Expands beyond coal and steel - subsidies agriculture to produce more,
common agricultural practice
● 1970’s
○ Ireland, UK, Denmark joins, Establish European Parliament, everyone gets to
vote for their European representative
○ European Regional Development Policy - Ireland is among the poorest, least
developed infrastructure, benefits the most from this policy.
● 1980’s
○ Greece, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar
○ Begin to see the reduction of border controls between those member states
○ If you are a citizen in the European community, it is easier for you to travel
● 1990’s
○ Sweden and Finland
○ All the member states get together and sign a treaty that brings massive
change
○ They call themselves the European Union starting in 1993
○ Issue an EU passport as well as the respective state’s passport, gave you the
right to travel among all the EU countries much easier
○ In 1991 signed treaty that Members of the European Union would world
towards common Social policies and foreign policies
● 2000’s
○ We get the Euro in 2001
○ European currency that not every country adopts
Document Summary
London post ww2, five years after the world ends, people are still cleaning up after the war. In germany, women were left to clean up, there was a shortage of men and those that did survive were imprisoned. In response to the destruction at the end of ww2, europe set out to create a group to ensure that there would never be war in europe. Economic and political integration was the means for achieving peace. Customs union: when two states agree that they will trade commodities without taxing them. Italy, west germany, france, belgium, netherlands formed eu. Coal and steel is necessary to build tanks and weapons of war, if we relinquish the boarders on these commodities we will create a closer bond. Expands beyond coal and steel - subsidies agriculture to produce more, common agricultural practice. Ireland, uk, denmark joins, establish european parliament, everyone gets to vote for their european representative.
