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The New Super Regions of Europe

DARRELL DELAMAIDE'S THE NEW SUPPERREGIONS OF EUROPE

This paper summarizes and analyzes reporter Darrell Delamaide's book The New Superregions of Europe. It is Delamaide's contention that the dramatically changing face of Europe--especially with the fall of communism, the still-continuing divisive and violent conflicts, and the rising influence of the European Community (EC) and other cross-border organizations--requires a new way of looking at the continent that is equally dramatic. He believes that Europe has formed itself into eight "superregions" and two special districts that act as "capital cities" of power and money. These alliances have been in some ways formalized. He believes additional alliances need to be established and recognized for the continent's overall economic and cultural good. Despite some obvious weaknesses in his argument, Delamaide's view offers an especially compelling perspective from which both politicians and the business community (within Europe as well as those wishing to enter European markets) may consider a complex and volatile future.

The final decades of the twentieth century have sorely tested the world's mapmakers. Wars, both civil and international, as well as political upheavals including the unexpectedly sudden collapse of communism, seem to redraw borders almost daily. However, culture, language, geography, and shared history offer the observer a way to find patterns in the chaos. Delamaide believes that the key to understanding Europe's possibilities lies in mapping these patterns. The result is his detailed and specific map of the continent's "superregions." He begins with the four that are, in roughly increasing order of power and importance, the most clearly defined such regions. These are also the four that encompass 11 of the current 12 members of the EC (only Greece is outside these areas), plus the Baltic countries of Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Finland.

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The New Super Regions of Europe. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 20:24, March 28, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1691146.html