Paul Scheffer was formerly Professor of European Studies at the University of Tilburg.

Table of contents:
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Exploring boundaries
I. The value of proximity
Discovery of the world citizen
Tartars in the suburbs
The revenge of geography
The digital shadow
II. An age of migration
The citizenship bonus
The exodus and our conscience
The critical limits reconsidered
The return of the caliphate
III. The state of Europe
After the Pax Americana
A hidden vitality
Scenarios for the Union
A compulsion to grand politics
Notes
Bibliography
Index