Geopolitical knowledge, agency and peace: the European Centre for Minority Issues' peace-building in Europe and the post-Soviet Borderlands

这项研究促进了我们对欧洲边境地区与少数民族有关的和平建设的紧迫知识和政治问题的理解。通过与和平文学的新兴地理进行更深入的对话，推进关键的地缘政治理论，它探讨了机构如何通过“地缘政治脚本”产生知识——也就是说，一个地方如何被理解和解释为另一个地方，以指导政策干预。这是与我们的合作伙伴，即设在丹麦-德国边境石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因州弗伦斯堡的欧洲少数民族问题中心（ECMI）一起进行的。石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因是19世纪两次战争的起因，是战后欧洲最伟大的和平建设“成功故事”之一。ECMI与各国政府和欧盟合作，制作和传播有关石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因“模式”的地缘政治知识，以帮助整个欧洲以少数民族为导向的建设和平干预措施。这项研究探讨了这种情况是如何发生的，特别是在他们对欧洲动荡的后苏联边境地区的研究中。研究采用三种方法和多地点方法。解释性政策分析将用于分析报告、档案材料、媒体参与和视觉表现。人种学研究将用于办公室环境和与来访代表团的会议。最后，将对主要参与者进行访谈。两个主要地点将被研究：第一个是欧洲军事委员会的弗伦斯堡基地，第二个是德涅斯特河沿岸正在进行的政策干预和项目（德涅斯特河沿岸是乌克兰和摩尔多瓦之间一个未被承认的讲俄语的国家）。除了以多种知识和政策相关的方式推进重要的地缘政治和和平地理学之外，该项目还将为石勒苏益格-荷尔斯泰因文献的缺乏做出重大贡献。

This research advances our understanding of the pressing intellectualand political issue of ethnic-minority related peacebuilding in Europe'sborderlands. Advancing critical geopolitical theorisation by bringing itinto deeper conversation with the emerging geographies of peaceliterature, it explores how institutions produce knowledge through'geopolitical scripting' - that is, how one place is understood andinterpreted in terms of another in order to guide policy interventions.This is pursued with our collaborative partner, the European Centre forMinority Issues (ECMI), based in Flensburg in the Danish-Germanborder region of Schleswig-Holstein. The cause of two nineteenthcenturywars, Schleswig-Holstein is one of post-War Europe's greatestpeacebuilding 'success stories.' Working with governments and the EU,the ECMI produces and transmits geopolitical knowledge about theSchleswig-Holstein 'model' to aid minority-orientated peacebuildinginterventions throughout Europe. This research explores how thisoccurs in particular reference to their work on Europe's fractious post-Soviet borderlands.Research adopts a tri-method and multi-sited approach. InterpretivePolicy Analysis will be used to analyse reports, archival material, mediaengagement, and visual representations. Ethnographic study will beused within the office environment and meetings with visitingdelegations. Lastly, key actors will be interviewed. Two main sites willbe studied: the primary one being the ECMI's Flensburg base, and thesecondary one its ongoing policy interventions and projects inTransnistria (an unrecognised, Russian-speaking state betweenUkraine and Moldova).As well as advancing critical geopolitics and peace geographies inmultiple intellectual and policy-related ways, the project will significantlycontribute to the dearth of literature on Schleswig-Holstein.