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From the Atlantic to the Urals: National Perspectives on the New Europe
Recent events have radically transformed the bipolar system that prevailed in Europe for more than 40 years. For the first time in decades, the possibility of a true pan-European system--a Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals--has emerged. The essays in this book examine the possibilities, opportunities and dangers of this new system from the perspectives of East, Central and Western Europeans themselves, giving us a glimpse of the new Europe as seen through the eyes of those who will live in it.
187 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1992
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November 16, 2021
The New Left Review Nov/Dec 2001
(reviewing one of his similar books - Rethinking Europe's Future, Princeton 2001)
Calleo’s vision, in fact, in many ways owes less to realism than to a belief that ‘humane political values’ inform the vision of a united Europe, and that ‘the concept of Europe is therefore a powerful asset to promote ideals that ought to be universal but cannot be reliably sustained on a global basis’.
Since Europeans, he writes, ‘thanks to the horrors and accomplishments of their history, enjoy a special consciousness of the rights of individuals, societies and states’, their continent—if wisely organized—could form ‘an island of humane order’, in time hopefully capable of spreading its values to Russia.
Ultimately, he argues, the only path to a world ruled by law is through the development of a series of such islands.
Here Calleo seems to attribute to Europe more virtues than it possesses. Many Europeans, of course, share a view of American justice as savage and American society as unjust. But this does not make their own society morally superior.
(reviewing one of his similar books - Rethinking Europe's Future, Princeton 2001)
Calleo’s vision, in fact, in many ways owes less to realism than to a belief that ‘humane political values’ inform the vision of a united Europe, and that ‘the concept of Europe is therefore a powerful asset to promote ideals that ought to be universal but cannot be reliably sustained on a global basis’.
Since Europeans, he writes, ‘thanks to the horrors and accomplishments of their history, enjoy a special consciousness of the rights of individuals, societies and states’, their continent—if wisely organized—could form ‘an island of humane order’, in time hopefully capable of spreading its values to Russia.
Ultimately, he argues, the only path to a world ruled by law is through the development of a series of such islands.
Here Calleo seems to attribute to Europe more virtues than it possesses. Many Europeans, of course, share a view of American justice as savage and American society as unjust. But this does not make their own society morally superior.
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