Since I have strong ties to Europe and the Middle East, much of the nonfiction I read involves these regions. In particular, the Cold War is my favorite period of time to read about due to both its recent occurrence and scope. However, now that the war is over the European Union has begun reaching out to former East Bloc nations. Unfortunately, I don't really know how the EU works on a fundamental level so writing anything about it would be a terrible idea at this point in time. In my search for an explanation I found a good starting point in the following YouTube Video:
While this video does a good job explaining the various aspects of the EU such as the Schengen Zone and Eurozone, it does not explain how the governing bodies of the EU work. It also doesn't explain the relationship the EU and its member States interact. However, this video does provide some explanation of these aspects of the EU:
http://www.ted.com/talks/
This final video feels like a good starting point in taking a position on whether certain nations should join the Eurozone/European Union in general. Of course, over the course of this research I may decide to go in a different topic in research of modern European issues. Only time will tell.
This is an interesting topic, and I'm sure that you know a lot more about this than I do. One idea that you may want to pursue is how the past conflicts between different European nations is currently impacting them in their search or lack thereof of a union between the countries. Obvious examples being the cold war, and both the world wars. You do not have to stop there though as I see no reason for you not to go back a couple centuries to find some sources of tension between some of the nations.
ReplyDeleteYou could also try and find some pro's and con's of the country's banding together. For example you could explain how something being good for one country may potentially be bad for another, which is placing a hold on the countries banding back together.
The last idea I have that you can pursue is what would theoretically be both the short term and the long term impact on Europe banding together, not only on just Europe, but also on the whole world.
You look like you are pretty interested and well informed in the topic of the EU. It is very good that you talk about the back story to it and explain it thoroughly. I was wondering if you could maybe talk about the positives and negatives and possibly talk about the affect it has on specific members and the impact it has since the member joined. Just an idea and it could get some more in depth knowledge on the concept of it.
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