Geopolitics At The End Of The Twentieth Century

Author : Nurit Kliot,David Newman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135305413

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An excellent examination of how the collapse of the Soviet Union and the impact of globalization have brought about changes not only to the territorial configuration sovereignty of states and their boundaries, but also to traditional notions of state, boundaries, sovereignty and social order These essays focus on the key regional and geopolitical characteristics of this global reordering, with an emphasis on Eastern Europe and South Asia. They discuss the territorial reordering which is taking place at the level of the state as boundaries are redemarcated in line with ethno-territoral demands; as borders are transversed by the movement of peoples, information and finance; and as the lines of territorial demarcation are perceived not only in terms of their fixed characteristics but as part of a process through which regional and ethnic identities continue to be formed and reformed. Each section ends with articles which focus on literature on geopolitics and boundaries. This is an invaluable addition to our understanding of contemporary world affairs.

Author : Brian Blouet
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 1861890850

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Geopolitics and Globalization in the Twentieth Century by Brian Blouet Pdf

This book looks at the struggle between the processes of globalization and geopolitical forces over the last 150 years. The twentieth century witnessed a struggle between geopolitical states who wanted to close off and control earth space, resources and population and globalizing ones who wished to open up the world to the free flow of ideas, goods and services. Brian W. Blouet analyzes the tug-of-war between these tendencies, the playing out of which determined the shape and behavior of today's world. Beginning his survey in the late nineteenth century, Blouet shows how the Second World War served to focus international awareness on the ramifications of global controls, and how we may be facing the end of geopolitics today.

Author : Nurit Kliot,David Newman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135305345

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Geopolitics at the End of the Twentieth Century by Nurit Kliot,David Newman Pdf

An excellent examination of how the collapse of the Soviet Union and the impact of globalization have brought about changes not only to the territorial configuration sovereignty of states and their boundaries, but also to traditional notions of state, boundaries, sovereignty and social order These essays focus on the key regional and geopolitical characteristics of this global reordering, with an emphasis on Eastern Europe and South Asia. They discuss the territorial reordering which is taking place at the level of the state as boundaries are redemarcated in line with ethno-territoral demands; as borders are transversed by the movement of peoples, information and finance; and as the lines of territorial demarcation are perceived not only in terms of their fixed characteristics but as part of a process through which regional and ethnic identities continue to be formed and reformed. Each section ends with articles which focus on literature on geopolitics and boundaries. This is an invaluable addition to our understanding of contemporary world affairs.

Author : Raṇabīra Samāddāra
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Boundaries
ISBN : 8125022090

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Space, Territory, and the State by Raṇabīra Samāddāra Pdf

This collection of essays addresses the neglected issues of space, border and statelessness in international politics and contributes a much needed view from the South . Importantly, it asserts that chasms created by borders (including those between India and Pakistan) can be bridged by dialogue, a little analysed tool in international relations.

Author : Jennifer Welsh
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781487001315

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The Return of History by Jennifer Welsh Pdf

In the 2016 CBC Massey Lectures, former Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General and international relations specialist Jennifer Welsh delivers a timely, intelligent, and fascinating analysis of twenty-first-century geopolitics. In 1989, as the Berlin Wall crumbled and the Cold War dissipated, the American political commentator Francis Fukuyama wrote a famous essay, entitled “The End of History,” which argued that the demise of confrontation between Communism and capitalism, and the expansion of Western liberal democracy, signalled the endpoint of humanity’s sociocultural and political evolution, and the path toward a more peaceful world. But a quarter of a century after Fukuyama’s bold prediction, history has returned: arbitrary executions, attempts to annihilate ethnic and religious minorities, the starvation of besieged populations, invasion and annexation of territory, and the mass movement of refugees and displaced persons. It has also witnessed cracks and cleavages within Western liberal democracies as a result of deepening economic inequality. The Return of History argues that our own liberal democratic society was not inevitable, but that we must all, as individual citizens, take a more active role in its preservation and growth.

Author : Brian W. Blouet
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Geopolitics
ISBN : 1861897820

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Geopolitics and Globalization in the Twentieth Century by Brian W. Blouet Pdf

This book looks at the struggle between the processes of globalization and geopolitical forces over the last 150 years. The twentieth century witnessed a struggle between geopolitical states who wanted to close off and control earth space, resources and population and globalizing ones who wished to open up the world to the free flow of ideas, goods and services. Brian W. Blouet analyses the tug-of-war between these tendencies, the playing out of which determined the shape and behaviour of today's world. Beginning his survey in the late nineteenth century, Blouet shows how the Second World War served to focus international awareness on the ramifications of global controls, and how we may be facing the end of geopolitics today. Brian W. Blouet is Huby Professor of Geography and International Education at the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. He is the author of Halford MacKinder: A Biography (1987).

Author : Charles Kupchan
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780307428516

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The End of the American Era by Charles Kupchan Pdf

Refuting the conventional wisdom that the end of the Cold War cleared the way for an era of peace and prosperity led solely by the United States, Charles A. Kupchan contends that the next challenge to America’s might is fast emerging. It comes not from the Islamic world or an ascendant China, but from an integrating Europe that is rising as a counterweight to the United States. Decades of strategic partnership across the Atlantic are giving way to renewed geopolitical competition. The waning of U.S. primacy will be expedited by America’s own ambivalence about remaining the globe’s guardian and by the impact of the digital age on the country’s politics and its role in the world. By deftly mining the lessons of history to cast light on the present and future, Kupchan explains how America and the world should prepare for the more complex, more unstable road ahead.

Author : Peter J. Taylor
Publisher : *Belhaven Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1993-02-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015029188284

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Political Geography of the Twentieth Century by Peter J. Taylor Pdf

A novel and stimulating account regarding the past, present and future elements of the world's geopolitical system, especially the reality of the new world order of the 21st century. Each chapter is an original contribution from prominent Anglo-American workers in political geography. Includes essays offering alternative perspectives from scholars outside the Anglo-American tradition.

Author : Bruno Macaes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1805260367

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Geopolitics for the End Time by Bruno Macaes Pdf

A sharp vision of our changing world order as Covid and climate breakdown usher in a new 'survival of the fittest'. How well have different cultures and societies responded, and could this become a turning point in the flow of history? Before Covid, a new competition was already arising between alternative geopolitical models-but the context of this clash wasn't yet clear. What if it takes place on neutral ground? In a state of nature, with few or no political rules, amid quickly evolving chaos? When the greatest threat to national security is no longer other states, but the environment itself, which countries might rise to the top? This book explores how Covid-19 has already transformed the global system, and how it serves as a prelude to a planet afflicted by climate change. Bruno Maçães is one of the first to see the pandemic as the dawn of a new strategic era, heralding a profoundly changed world-political landscape. Cover image: Ludwig Meidner, 'Apocalyptic City', 1913. © Ludwig Meidner-Archiv, Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Frankfurt am Main

Author : Gerard Kearns
Publisher : Belhaven
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Geopolitics
ISBN : 1852931973

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Political Geography of the Twentieth Century by Gerard Kearns Pdf

Author : C. Dale Walton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134244553

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Geopolitics and the Great Powers in the 21st Century by C. Dale Walton Pdf

This book argues that in the twenty-first century Eastern Eurasia will replace Europe as the theatre of decision in international affairs, and that this new geographic and cultural context will have a strong influence on the future of world affairs. For half a millennium, the great powers have practised what might be called ‘world politics’, yet during that time Europe, and small portions of the Near East and North Africa strategically vital to Europe, were the ‘centres of gravity’ in international politics. This book argues that the ‘unipolar moment’ of the post-Cold War era will not be replaced by a US-China ‘Cold War’, but rather by a long period of multipolarity in the twenty-first century. Examining the policy goals and possible military-political strategies of several powers, this study explains how Washington may play a key role in eastern Eurasian affairs if it can learn to operate in a very different political context. Dale Walton also considers the rapid pace of technological change and how it will impact on great power politics. Considering India, China, the US, Russia, Japan, and other countries as part of a multipolar system, he addresses the central questions that will drive US policy in the coming decades. Geopolitics and the Great Powers in the 21st Century will be of interest to students of international security, military history, geopolitics, and international relations.

Author : Laurent Cohen-Tanugi
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231517904

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The Shape of the World to Come by Laurent Cohen-Tanugi Pdf

Contrary to an optimistic vision of a world "flattened" by the virtues of globalization, the sustainability and positive outcomes of economic and political homogenization are far from guaranteed. For better and for worse, globalization has become the most powerful force shaping the world's geopolitical landscape, whether it has meant integration or fragmentation, peace or war. The future partly depends on how new economic giants such as China, India, and others make use of their power. It also depends on how well Western democracies can preserve their tenuous hold on leadership, cohesion, and the pursuit of the common good. Offering the most comprehensive analysis of world politics to date, Laurent Cohen-Tanugi takes on globalization's cheerleaders and detractors, who, in their narrow focus, have failed to recognize the full extent to which globalization has become a geopolitical phenomenon. Offering an interpretative framework for thought and action, Cohen-Tanugi suggests how we should approach our new "multipolar" world a world that is anything but the balanced and harmonious system many welcomed as a desirable alternative to the "American Empire." Cohen-Tanugi's point is not that the major trends of economic globalization, technological revolution, regional integration, and democratic progress are no longer at work. His argument is that economic globalization exists in a complex dialectic with the traditional geopolitics it has, ironically, helped to revive. This tension has created an ambivalent world that requires democracies to operate in two realms: the realm of economic integration and multilateralism or peaceful, astrategic, "postmodern" internationalism and the more traditional, even regressive realm of confrontation between national and regional strategies of power fought against a background of terrorism, civil wars, and nuclear proliferation.

Author : Michael R. Auslin
Publisher : Hoover Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780817923266

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Asia's New Geopolitics by Michael R. Auslin Pdf

The Indo-Pacific is fast becoming the world's dominant region. As it grows in power and wealth, geopolitical competition has reemerged, threatening future stability not merely in Asia but around the globe. China is aggressive and uncooperative, and increasingly expects the world to bend to its wishes. The focus on Sino-US competition for global power has obscured "Asia's other great game": the rivalry between Japan and China. A modernizing India risks missing out on the energies and talents of millions of its women, potentially hampering the broader role it can play in the world. And in North Korea, the most frightening question raised by Kim Jong-un's pursuit of the ultimate weapon is also the simplest: can he control his nukes? In Asia's New Geopolitics: Essays on Reshaping the Indo-Pacific, Michael R. Auslin examines these and other key issues transforming the Indo-Pacific and the broader world. He also explores the history of American strategy in Asia from the 18th century through today. Taken together, Auslin's essays convey the richness and diversity of the region: with more than three billion people, the Indo-Pacific contains over half of the global population, including the world's two most populous nations: India and China. In a riveting final chapter, Auslin imagines a war between America and China in a bid for regional hegemony and what this conflict might look like.

Author : Gearóid Ó Tuathail
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0415157013

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Critical Geopolitics by Gearóid Ó Tuathail Pdf

Tuathail presents a radical analysis of the ideas which have driven nations to attempt to remap the globe in their own image. These essays unearth a new political history of the struggle for space and power in the West.

Author : Dmitriĭ Trenin
Publisher : Carnegie Endowment
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780870031908

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The End of Eurasia by Dmitriĭ Trenin Pdf

Machine generated contents note: Introduction --Part One: A FAREWELL TO THE EMPIRE -- 1. The Spacial Dimension of Russian History -- 2. The Break-Up of the USSR: A Break in Continuity --Part Two: RUSSIA'S THREE FACADES -- 3. The Western Facade -- 4. The Southern Tier -- 5. The Far Eastern Backyard --Part Three: INTEGRATION -- 6. Domestic Boundaries and the Russian Question -- 7. Fitting Russia In --Conclusion: AFTER EURASIA.