The Perfect Storm of the European Crisis

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The most significant phenomenon occurring around us today is the European crisis. As well as being a “total social phenomenon” as classical French sociologist Émile Durkheim would have said, it also affects all the levels of our lives―be they political, economic, cultural or social. Nothing remains untouched. In other words, it represents a “perfect storm”. This volume brings together the contributions of twenty authors, scientists from the “Ion I.C. Brătianu” Institute of Political Sciences and International Relations of the Romanian Academy, in response to this challenge. Using an expression that is becoming more abundantly associated with Europe, namely “the perfect storm”, the book decodes multiple layers of the crisis, whether they relate to migrants, terrorism, Brexit, the economic crisis of the Eurozone, the Turkish challenge, Russian pressures, TTIP, the resurrection of populism, or the (intermittent) hysteria of the European media. Table of Contents Introductory Note Part One. The European Crisis “Perfect Storm” in Europe The Strategic Culture of the European Union “The Perfect Storm” and the Transformations of the European Strategic Culture Crisis of Confidence or Institutional Crisis? Globalisation and the Significance of Populism in Europe Perspectives on the Future of Europe Part Two. Multiple Challenges Ordnungspolitik “Europastorm” Europe: Between the Crisis of Legitimacy and Brexit TTIP: A Controversial Treaty Europe under the Pressure of Hybrid Threats Part Three. The Apex of the Storm The EU and Turkish Candidacy Functionality Aspects of the EU –Turkey Agreement relating to the Management of Migration The Migration Route in the Western Balkans and the Challenges to the European Union Current Trends of the Terrorist Phenomenon in the European Union Part Four. Perceptions and Assessments in the European Press “Europe-Titanic” The Perfect Storm The Refugee Crisis Contributors