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Title: | Portugal between Lusophony, the European Union and the rest of the world | Authors: | Fernandes, João Luís J. | Keywords: | lusophony; multiterritoriality; variable geometry | Issue Date: | 2018 | Serial title, monograph or event: | Méditerranée | Issue: | 130 | Abstract: | In the current scheme of globalized relations and complex interrelationships between the different geographical scales, it is difficult to discuss how a country like Portugal fits into the world, but at the same time it is essential to start a discussion about its strategic positioning, especially about the geographical areas most relevant to the country’s relationship with the rest of the world. In this perspective, we have to consider not only geographically contiguous territories, but also places located further away which, notwithstanding distance, still play an important role. It means considering Portugal within references that include the Iberian Peninsula, Europe, the Atlantic and more broadly Lusophony. This is the variable, complex and changeable geometry in which the present is discussed and the future of the country is questioned by many authors, sometimes as a minor dependent state, sometimes as an assertive and resilient player empowered by the opportunities of interaction between different spatial contexts. Dans le contexte actuel des relations mondialisées et d'interrelations complexes entre différentes échelles géographiques, il est difficile de penser l'insertion globale d'un pays comme le Portugal. Cependant, il est important de discuter de son positionnement stratégique et d'identifier les espaces géographiques extérieurs les plus pertinents avec lesquels le Portugal entretient des relations. Dans cette perspective, il nous faut considérer les territoires de contiguïté géographique, ainsi que les espaces qui, en dépit de leur éloignement continuent d’imprimer leur marque et d’orienter le développement national. Penser la géographie du Portugal implique d’intégrer des références telles que la péninsule Ibérique, l'Europe, l'Atlantique ainsi que les territoires diffus de la lusophonie. Cet espace à géométrie variable et complexe nous permet d’appréhender le présent et le futur du pays, qu’il soit vu comme un État dépendant ou comme un acteur affirmé et résilient, apprécié pour les possibles interactions offertes entre différents territoires. |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/113563 | ISSN: | 0025-8296 1760-8538 |
DOI: | 10.4000/mediterranee.10549 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | I&D CEIS20 - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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