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 inPolitical geography Vol. 57; pp. 91 - 93
Main Author Ingram, Alan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2017
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects
Deterritorialization
Elections
EU membership
Fascism
Geopolitics
International relations
Political theory
Presidents
Prospects
Voting
World War II
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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.
ISSN:0962-6298
1873-5096
DOI:10.1016/j.polgeo.2016.12.003