Describe the current European Union, its expanded membership and its problem and prospects for year 2015 what keeps so many disparate countries together"? is there a European identity? Will they continue to expand? What issues will dominate the coming agendas. Contrast the new geographies of the Eu with the old geographies of Russian federation. Why did the east (rf) fall apart while the West (EU) came together? Has the west moved to cooperation with the east embraces conflict? What and where are the cultural fault lines