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Changing maritime scenarios. The geopolitical dimension of the EU Atlantic Strategy |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Foreign Languages, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Rd, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China;2. Research Center for Indian Ocean Island Countries, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Rd, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China;1. McGill University, Canada;2. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA;1. Environmental Science Research Institute, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine BT52 1SA, UK;2. ARC Centre of excellence for Environmental Decisions, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia;3. School of the Environment, Flinders University, South Australia 5042, Australia;1. School of Natural Sciences, Linnaeus University, 391 82 Kalmar, Sweden;2. The Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory 0909, Australia;3. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Arafura Timor Research Facility, Darwin, Northern Territory 0810, Australia;4. Stockholm Resilience Center, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden;5. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Box 50005, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Abstract: | The European Union?s Integrated Maritime Policy (EU IMP) is being developed in the framework of a process that is reshaping maritime geographical scenarios and world geopolitics. This process is characterised by a change in States? territoriality resulting from their jurisdictional expansion. Over 60% of coastal States in the world possess territory with a more extensive maritime component than the terrestrial component which helps to reaffirm the fragmentation of maritime space and stresses the national vision of the oceans. Unlike the process of ocean space fragmentation that results from its nationalisation the EU Integrated Maritime Policy has a global and cooperative vision, which is particularly evident in the Atlantic Strategy. In this context, this article aims to: (i) provide a first estimate of the size and extent of the territorial changes resulting from jurisdictional claims available to date and their mapping; (ii) consider the case of the European Union as one of special significance with its express policy of maritime spatial projection. The conclusions point to a redefinition of the large territorial pieces of the global geopolitics puzzle and the emergence of a new Atlanticism associated with the EU?s maritime policy. |
| Keywords: | Maritime scenarios EU Integrated Maritime Policy Atlantic Strategy Maritime states Maritime geopolitics |
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