Editorial

Abstract

[Excerpt] T his new issue of Perspectives tackles the issue of geopolitical strategy, when in a midst of war in Europe, that is the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, these issues have regained particular and utmost importance by the nature of geography and political will and intervention. The first article by Paulo Fontes deals with the geostrategic position of the Azores archipelago, on the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It analyses its evolving nature, specifically of Azores in Portugal, and its relation between Europe and the US, and also the relation between Azores and mainland Portugal. The article namely focuses on the autonomy status and legal bindings related to the Portuguese Nation-State, and their roots of an insularity culture.