Geopolitics And Empire

Author : Gerry Kearns
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191568862

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Geopolitics and Empire examines the relations between two phenomena that are central to modern conceptions of international relations. Geopolitics is the understanding of the inter-relations between empires, states, individuals, private companies, NGOs and multilateral agencies as these are expressed and shaped spatially. This view of the world achieved notoriety as the scientific basis claimed by Nazi ideologists of global conquest. However, under this or another name, similar sets of ideas were important on both sides of the Cold War and now have a renewed resonance in debates over the New World Order of the so-called Global War on Terror. Geopolitics is a way of describing the conflicts between states as constrained by both physical and economic space. It makes such conflicts seem inevitable. The argument of the book is that this view of the world continues to appear salient because it serves to make the projection of force overseas seem an inevitable aspect of the foreign policy of states. This quasi-Darwinian view of international relations makes the pursuit of Empire appear a responsibility of larger and more powerful states. Powerful states must become Empires or submit to others seeking something similar. In its associations with Empire, the study of Geopolitics returns continually to the ideas of a British geographer who never himself used the term. Halford Mackinder is the source of many of the ideas of Geopolitics and by examining his ideas both in their original context and as they have been repeatedly rediscovered and reinvented this book contributes to current discussions of the ideology and practices of the US Empire today.

Author : Geoffrey Parker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317600275

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The Geopolitics of Domination by Geoffrey Parker Pdf

Using the examples of the Ottoman Empire, Spain, Austria, France and Germany, this book describes the principal geopolitical features of the expansionist state. It then presents a model of the operation of the expansionist process over space and time. It goes on to apply the geopolitical characteristics of the model to the period after 1945 in order to assess the extent to which the Soviet Union might be considered as being an expansionist state, either actually or potentially. This latter question is obviously once more extremely relevant with the current events in Ukraine.

Author : Warwick Armstrong,James Anderson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134301317

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Geopolitics of European Union Enlargement by Warwick Armstrong,James Anderson Pdf

Under the impact of accelerated globalization, transnational integration and international security concerns, the geopolitics of Europe's borders and border regions has become an area of critical interest. The progressive enlargement of the EU has positioned its borders at the heart of recent discussions on the changing nature of the EU, the meaning of 'Europe' and what constitutional shape a more politically unified Europe might take. With enlargement, the EU must elaborate strategies to contend with a fiercely competitive world - and to build fortress-like defences against perceived tensions arising from greater cultural mixing and threats such as terrorism. The authors build up an integral picture of the EU's internal and external borders and borderlands to reveal the processes of re-bordering and social change currently taking place in Europe. They explore issues such as security, immigration, economic development and changing social and political attitudes, as well as the EU's relations with the Islamic world and other world powers. The book embraces an array of disciplinary, ideological and theoretical perspectives, offering detailed case studies of different border regions and the concerns of the local inhabitants, while engaging in broader discussions of developments across Europe, state policies and the EU's relations with neighbouring states. Geopolitics of European Union Enlargement will be of key interest to students and researchers in the fields of European politics, geography, international studies, sociology and anthropology.

Author : Edward Luttwak
Publisher : Transaction Pub
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1412810396

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The Virtual American Empire by Edward Luttwak Pdf

This is Edward Luttwak's third and arguably fi nest collection of essays. In a challenge to the intellectual backbone of those who write about peace as something one wishes into existence through mediation and good will, Luttwak's view of warfare is bracing: "An unpleasant truth, often overlooked, is that although war is a great evil, it does have a great virtue: it can resolve political confl icts and lead to peace." Luttwak articulates positions shared by military fi gures and political heroes who have their feet on the ground rather than in the sand. He shares his thoughts in essays covering America at war and the new Bolshevism in Russia, ranging in place from the Middle East to Latin America and stops along the way to Byzantium. Luttwak examines military reform, great powers grown small, and drugs, crime and corruption as part of the common culture of the West. Th ough his message is sometimes delivered in a light tone, he is never foolish and never trivial. Luttwak develops the bracing thesis that cease fi res and armistices in states of war, while sometimes inconclusive, are lesser evils than prospects for a nuclear meltdown. Even in arenas of geopolitical antagonism, neither Americans nor Russians have been inclined to intervene competitively in wars of lesser powers. As a consequence, intermittent war persists; and greater dangers to the world are averted. It is no exaggeration to compare Luttwak to Clausewitz in the nineteenth century and Herman Kahn in the twentieth century. Th is volume deserves to be read and digested by all who would understand contemporary geopolitics.

Author : Birsen Bulmus
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780748655472

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Plague, Quarantines and Geopolitics in the Ottoman Empire by Birsen Bulmus Pdf

A sweeping examination of Ottoman plague treatise writers from the Black Death until 1923

Author : John P. LeDonne
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0195109279

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The Russian Empire and the World, 1700-1917 by John P. LeDonne Pdf

Both an historical survey of Russia's expansion during the Imperial Period (1700--1917) and a geopolitical interpretation of its motive and goals, this text also analyzes the policies to contain that expansion on a global scale. The Russian Empire and The World postulates the existence of a permanent geopolitical framework called the Heartland within which a Russian core area fought for hegemony. The text brings together various strands of Russian foreign policy before 1917, showing the consistency and importance of the policy's purpose and methods. It draws valuable lessons to help readers understand Soviet foreign policy and the renewed pressures Russia faces to restore its position within the Heartland, making this an ideal text for courses in Russian History, International Relations, and Political Science. Ranging from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the end of World War I, The Russian Empire and The World offers the most successful explanation as to how, despite reversals and limitations, Russia succeeded in becoming the world's largest contiguous land empire in European history.

Author : George Morgan Hall
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015020765866

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Geopolitics and the Decline of Empire by George Morgan Hall Pdf

Author : Jed C. Snyder
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1997-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0788146661

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After Empire by Jed C. Snyder Pdf

When the Soviet Union collapsed, no states were less prepared for independence than the 5 republics of Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. This book includes papers and discussions presented at a conf. of scholars from the U.S., Russia, Europe, and the Middle East who gathered to examine the region's political, economic, social, and security evolution since 1989. The papers are arranged by themes: the struggle for identity; the roots of Islam in Central Asia: a brief primer; Moscow's security perspective, the commonwealth, and interstate relations; and security implications of the competition for influence among neighboring states.

Author : Gerry Kearns
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199230112

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Geopolitics and Empire by Gerry Kearns Pdf

This book examines the long entanglement between ideas of Geopolitics and the ideology and practices of Empire tracing these matters back to the true founder of Geopolitics, a British geographer of the early-twentieth century, Halford Mackinder.

Author : Radhika Desai
Publisher : Pluto Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0745329926

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Geopolitical Economy by Radhika Desai Pdf

Geopolitical Economy radically reinterprets the historical evolution of the world order, as a multi-polar world emerges from the dust of the financial and economic crisis. Radhika Desai offers a radical critique of the theories of US hegemony, globalisation and empire which dominate academic international political economy and international relations, revealing their ideological origins in successive failed US attempts at world dominance through the dollar. Desai revitalizes revolutionary intellectual traditions which combine class and national perspectives on 'the relations of producing nations'. At a time of global upheavals and profound shifts in the distribution of world power, Geopolitical Economy forges a vivid and compelling account of the historical processes which are shaping the contemporary international order.

Author : Lindsay Schakenbach Regele
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421425252

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Manufacturing Advantage by Lindsay Schakenbach Regele Pdf

Ultimately, the book reveals the complex link between government intervention and private initiative in a country struggling to create a political economy that balanced military competence with commercial needs.

Author : Jakub J. Grygiel
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801889615

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Great Powers and Geopolitical Change by Jakub J. Grygiel Pdf

Named by Foreign Affairs as a book to read on geopolitics. In an era of high technology and instant communication, the role of geography in the formation of strategy and politics in international relations can be undervalued. But the mountains of Afghanistan and the scorching sand storms of Iraq have provided stark reminders that geographical realities continue to have a profound impact on the success of military campaigns. Here, political scientist Jakub J. Grygiel brings to light the importance of incorporating geography into grand strategy. He argues that states can increase and maintain their position of power by pursuing a geostrategy that focuses on control of resources and lines of communication. Grygiel examines case studies of Venice, the Ottoman Empire, and China in the global fifteenth century—all great powers that faced a dramatic change in geopolitics when new routes and continents were discovered. The location of resources, the layout of trade networks, and the stability of state boundaries played a large role in the success or failure of these three powers. Grygiel asserts that, though many other aspects of foreign policy have changed throughout history, strategic response to geographical features remains one of the most salient factors in establishing and maintaining power in the international arena.

Author : Radhika Desai
Publisher : Anchor Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Geopolitics
ISBN : 1849648417

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Geopolitical Economy by Radhika Desai Pdf

Radically reinterprets the historical evolution of the world order, as a multi-polar world emerges from the dust of the financial and economic crisis.

Author : Colin S. Gray
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813185033

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The Geopolitics Of Super Power by Colin S. Gray Pdf

What is Soviet-American competition all about? Is the Soviet Union a security problem that the United States must solve? Or is it an insecurity condition with which the U.S. must learn to live—and if so, on what terms? What kind of a player is the United States in the great game of power politics? In The Geopolitics of Super Power, one of our most respected strategic theorists answers these and other questions. In geopolitical terms, Colin Gray sees the Soviet-American antagonism as an enduring contest between a continental empire and a maritime coalition, each with its distinctive character and purposes. Gray explores the roots of the American style in foreign policy and strategy, and how that style relates to defense options. He identifies four broad alternatives for U.S. national security policy: passive and active means of containment, disengagement from foreign security commitments, and the "rollback" of the Soviet empire. Gray argues vigorously for active containment, for the systematic deemphasis of nuclear weapons, and for the intelligent use, for deterrence and defense purposes, of the West's great competitive strengths in the political, economic, and technological spheres.

Author : Johannes Mattern
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Geopolitics
ISBN : OCLC:459393467

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Geopolitik: a doctrine of national self-sufficiency and empire by Johannes Mattern Pdf