Geopolitical events and fascist machines: Trump, Brexit and the deterritorialisation of the West
The Jun 2016 vote for Britain to leave the European Union (EU)--Brexit--and the Nov 2016 election of Donald Trump as the next US President have raised serious problems for Atlanticism, a geopolitical formation that has been fundamental to the idea of the West since the Second World War. Here, Ingram...
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Published in | Political geography Vol. 57; pp. 91 - 93 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Oxford
Elsevier Ltd
01.03.2017
Elsevier Science Ltd |
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Summary: | The Jun 2016 vote for Britain to leave the European Union (EU)--Brexit--and the Nov 2016 election of Donald Trump as the next US President have raised serious problems for Atlanticism, a geopolitical formation that has been fundamental to the idea of the West since the Second World War. Here, Ingram assess the prospects of Atlanticism and highlights the ways in which geopolitics can be understood in relation to events and machines. |
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ISSN: | 0962-6298 1873-5096 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.polgeo.2016.12.003 |