ABSTRACT

Since 1957, Europe has lived in the oblivion of the rest of the world. This was possible because its security was ensured by the United States while its economy was protected by the partial closure of its markets. Today, this Eurocentrism has been eroded by the opening of markets and the emergence of new, non-Western, powers (Aussilloux and Bourcieu 2005).1 Therefore, Europe is now surrounded by an ever less familiar world with which it must come to terms.