The Periphery as Center and Center as Periphery
Thursday, February 20, 2025
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Online Event
12:30 PM New York l 6:30 PM Vienna
The Hub for the Politics of the Anthropocene presents a seminar with Alexander Clarkson on "The Periphery as Center and Center as Periphery: EU Neighborhood and Accession Policy after EU, US and German Elections." Clarkson will examine how the position of so-called peripheral states in Europe is changing at a time when elections in the EU and US reflect growing instability in the global economic system. Though they still face significant imbalances after joining the EU, for new member states the accession framework marks the beginning of a process of dep-eripheralisation that provides them with access to strategic opportunities within a geopolitical center of power. This presentation will outline how such center-periphery dynamics within the EU as well as along its borders are experiencing a process of transformation whose trajectory is reshaping the balance of power around Europe.
Born in Canada, after completing his schooling in Hanover, Germany, Alex Clarkson studied Modern History at the University of Oxford. He has been the German and European Studies Lecturer for the European and International Studies Department at King’s College London since 2007.