1. What cultural, political, historical factors contribute to the formation of “West”? 2. Why has it been so hard to define the Eastern boundary of Europe? 3. How did the different historical experiences of World War II shape the subsequent (and to some degree the current) perspectives of Britain, France, Germany, Eastern Europe and Russia? 4. How did the Cold War shape the development of the Europe in the decades after WWII? 5- How did the end of the Cold War shape the development of the Europe after 1991? 6- Explain the concepts of the “democratic deficit” and “technocracy” in relation to the European Union.
