Geography GEO 1310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Warsaw Pact, Balkan Wars, Ethnic Cleansing
16 May 2018
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Geopoltical Framework
• Borders redrawn after two world wars
• Nine relatively new countries
• Empires replaced with nation-states
• Irredentism – national policy of reclaiming lost lands
• Czech Republic and Slovakia parted on peaceful terms
A Divided Europe
• Iron Curtain – western border of soviet border…Berlin Wall (torn down 1989)
• Soviet Union broke up in 1991
• Cold War geography
1. Buffer zone – keeping smaller countries as a space blocker from other
larger, more powerful countries
2. NATO
3. Warsaw Pact – cold war soviet military pact to counteract NATO
The Balkans
• Balkanization – describes breaking up large political units into smaller ones. Ex.
Yugoslavia broke up into many smaller countries
• Balkan wars of independence
• Ethnic cleansing
Devolution (breaking apart or separation of units in a nation-state) in Contemporary
Europe
• Wide spectrum in Europe
1. Scotland (UK)
2. Catalonia (Spain)
• Anti-EU parties – antiimmigration movements
Economic and Social Development
• Birthplace of industrialization and capitalism
• Economic recovery (crash in 2008)
• Regional cooperation
• Unprecedented social development
Industrial Revolution
• Human power to machine power.
• Centers of change - Textile industry…cloth materials, clocks
Industrial Regions of Europe
• Located near coalfields
• The Ruhr (located in Germany…center for major auto production)
Rebuilding Postwar Europe
• Created EU, NATO
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Document Summary
Geopoltical framework: borders redrawn after two world wars, nine relatively new countries, empires replaced with nation-states. Irredentism national policy of reclaiming lost lands: czech republic and slovakia parted on peaceful terms. A divided europe: soviet union broke up in 1991, cold war geography. The balkans: balkanization describes breaking up large political units into smaller ones. Yugoslavia broke up into many smaller countries: balkan wars of independence, ethnic cleansing. Devolution (breaking apart or separation of units in a nation-state) in contemporary. Europe: wide spectrum in europe, scotland (uk, catalonia (spain, anti-eu parties antiimmigration movements. Economic and social development: birthplace of industrialization and capitalism, economic recovery (crash in 2008, regional cooperation, unprecedented social development. Industrial revolution: human power to machine power, centers of change - textile industry cloth materials, clocks. Industrial regions of europe: located near coalfields, the ruhr (located in germany center for major auto production)
