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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 370 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 255x180x20 mm, kaal: 667 g, 73 BW Illustrations, 11 Tables
  • Ilmumisaeg: 25-Aug-2021
  • Kirjastus: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • ISBN-10: 1538135396
  • ISBN-13: 9781538135396
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 370 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 255x180x20 mm, kaal: 667 g, 73 BW Illustrations, 11 Tables
  • Ilmumisaeg: 25-Aug-2021
  • Kirjastus: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • ISBN-10: 1538135396
  • ISBN-13: 9781538135396
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"Short provides an understanding of the basic themes of geopolitics and an overview of geopolitical issues around the globe. His regional approach to the study of the power relations between states is framed by a discussion of critical and popular geopolitical analysis"--

In this cogent introduction to the state of contemporary geopolitics, Short provides an understanding of the basic themes of geopolitics and an overview of geopolitical issues around the globe. His regional approach to the study of the power relations between states is framed by a discussion of critical and popular geopolitical analysis.

List of Figures and Chart
xi
List of Maps
xiii
List of Photos
xv
List of Tables
xvii
Preface xix
The Structure of the Book xxi
Dedication xxiv
Notes xxiv
PART I INTRODUCTION TO GEOPOLITICS
1 Writings
3(18)
Geopolitical Writings in the West
3(6)
The German Contribution
3(3)
The Anglo-American Contribution
6(3)
Geopolitics of the Cold War
9(5)
Containment
9(4)
Sea Power
13(1)
Contemporary Debates
14(2)
Hybrid Geopolitics
16(1)
Suggested Readings
17(1)
Notes
18(3)
2 Spaces
21(1)
Empire
21(2)
Limits to Empire
23(3)
Empire as Territorial Integration
26(1)
Core-Periphery
27(1)
Local Elites
27(1)
Empire as Ideology
28(1)
The End of Empire
29(1)
The Postcolonial World
30(2)
State
32(9)
The Rise of the Secular State
32(1)
Nations and States
33(1)
Imagined Communities
33(1)
Varieties of States
34(4)
States of Exception
38(1)
The Crises of the State
38(3)
World Orders
41(3)
Main Actors
42(2)
New Geopolitical Spaces
44(4)
Outer Space
44(1)
Cyberspace
45(1)
Cities
46(1)
Bodies
47(1)
New Spaces of Concern
47(1)
Geopolitical Hotspots: Blackholes and Wormholes
48(2)
Suggested Readings
50(1)
Notes
50(3)
3 Becomings
53(1)
A Global Economy
53(1)
The Core-Periphery Model
53(4)
Global Shifts
57(3)
A Global Polity
60(8)
World Order 2.0
60(1)
Neoliberalism and Its Resistances
61(2)
What Do Global Metrics Tell Us about the World?
63(5)
Globalization and Its Discontents
68(4)
Economic Globalization
70(1)
Political Globalization
71(1)
Cultural Globalization
71(1)
Geopolitical Hotspot: What's in a Name, East Sea/Sea of Japan
72(4)
Suggested Readings
76(1)
Notes
76(5)
PART II THE NEW WORLD ORDER
4 The United States and Its Neighbors
81(1)
Geopolitical Context
81(2)
Imperial Republic
83(2)
The Rise to Empire
85(3)
The Rise to Global Empire
88(5)
The Costs of Empire
93(5)
The Retreat from Empire?
98(1)
The United States in a New World Order
99(4)
China and the United States
101(2)
Geopolitical Hotspots: The Borders of the United States
103(3)
The Arctic
103(1)
Canada and the United States
103(1)
Mexico and the United States
104(2)
Suggested Readings
106(1)
Notes
106(5)
5 China and Its Neighbors
111(1)
Geopolitical Context
111(2)
Geopolitical History
113(1)
The Rise and Fall of China
113(1)
Colonial Interventions
114(1)
The Legacy of Imperial Japan
115(1)
The Korean War
116(1)
The Recent Rise of China
117(10)
Geopolitical Consequences of Economic Growth
118(4)
Belt and Road
122(2)
The New Geopolitics
124(3)
Chinese Geopolitics under Xi
127(5)
The Territorial Integration of China
128(1)
Tibet and Xinjiang
129(1)
Hong Kong
130(1)
Taiwan
131(1)
New Geopolitics in the Region
132(6)
Korea, China, and the United States
132(1)
Japan, China, and the United States
133(2)
Shifting Alliances
135(3)
Traditional Geopolitical Issues
138(2)
Border Issues
138(1)
Territorial Integrity
139(1)
Geopolitical Hotspot: The South China Sea
140(5)
The Background
141(15)
Since the 2016 Ruling
142(1)
China's Goals
143(1)
The U.S. Response
144(1)
Suggested Readings
145(1)
Notes
145(4)
6 Russia and Its Neighbors
149(1)
Geopolitical Context
149(2)
The Russian Empire
151(5)
Ideology
152(3)
The Costs and Benefits of Empire
155(1)
The Soviet Empire
156(5)
The Fall of the Soviet Union
160(1)
The Creation of New States: Problems and Opportunities
161(7)
The Baltic Republics Return to Europe
161(1)
A New Eastern Europe?
162(2)
The Caucasus: Independence and Turmoil
164(1)
Central Asian Republics
165(1)
Relations with Russia
166(1)
External Relations
167(1)
Internal Tensions
167(1)
A Post-Soviet Russia
168(8)
Continuities
168(3)
The Geopolitics of a Eurasian Russia
171(5)
Geopolitical Hotspot: Ukraine
176(2)
Suggested Readings
178(1)
Notes
178(7)
PART III REGIONAL REALMS
7 Europe
185(1)
Geopolitical Contex
185(1)
The Global Significance of Europe
185(3)
Shifting States
188(8)
Internal Colonialism
192(4)
The Deepening and Widening of Europe
196(8)
The European Union
196(5)
The Schengen Area
201(1)
NATO
202(2)
The Backlash
204(2)
Geopolitical Hotspot: The Breakup of the UK
206(4)
The Case of Scotland
206(1)
Leaving the EU
207(3)
Suggested Readings
210(1)
Notes
210(3)
8 Middle East
213(1)
Geopolitical Context
213(1)
The Shadow of the Past
213(1)
Persian Empires
213(1)
The Arab Empire
214(2)
The Ottoman Empire
216(3)
The Outsized Power of the Sheikdoms
219(4)
Saudi Arabia
222(1)
New States
223(4)
The Mediterranean Littoral
223(2)
Nations without a State: The Case of the Kurds
225(1)
States with More than One Nation
225(1)
The Unraveling of Iraq
226(1)
Regional Powerhouses
227(12)
Iran
227(3)
Turkey
230(4)
Egypt
234(1)
Israel
235(4)
The Lure of the Caliphate
239(2)
Al Qaeda
239(2)
The Rise and Fall of ISIS
241(1)
The Arab Spring
241(5)
The Demographic Background
242(2)
The Consequences
244(1)
Libya
244(1)
Yemen
245(1)
Geopolitical Hotspot: The Tragedy of Syria
246(1)
Suggested Readings
247(1)
Notes
248(5)
9 Africa
253(1)
Geopolitical Context
253(2)
Colonial Legacies
255(3)
The Economic Legacy
258(1)
The Geopolitical Legacy
259(3)
Settler Societies
262(3)
A Continuum of States
265(8)
Failed and Failing States
265(2)
Zones of Instability
267(3)
Changing States
270(2)
Stable States
272(1)
The Resource Curse
273(2)
Angola
274(1)
Wider Connections
275(4)
African Union
275(1)
The War on Terror
276(1)
The China Connection
277(2)
Geopolitical Hotspot: The Context for Boko Haram
279(1)
Suggested Readings
280(1)
Notes
281(4)
10 South Asia
285(1)
Geopolitical Context
285(1)
Imperial Legacies
285(2)
Imperial Breakup and New Nation-States
287(1)
The Indo-Pakistan Conflict
288(2)
Kashmir
290(1)
Border Disputes
290(2)
India and China
291(1)
Nations and States
292(5)
Sri Lanka
293(1)
Bhutan
293(1)
Pakistan
294(1)
Bangladesh
294(1)
Myanmar
294(1)
Creating a Hindu State in India
295(2)
China and South Asia
297(1)
Geopolitical Hotspot: Afghanistan
298(3)
Suggested Readings
301(1)
Notes
301(4)
11 Central and South America
305(1)
Geopolitical Context
305(1)
Imperial Shadow
305(3)
European Colonialism
306(1)
Rising Nationalism
307(1)
Postimperial Geopolitical Uncertainties
308(4)
Continuing Boundary Disputes
310(2)
El Norte: The Role of the United States
312(3)
Bolivarism
313(1)
A Shift to the Left
314(1)
China
315(1)
The Caribbean Basin Shatter Zone
316(2)
The Drug Corridor: Struggling States, Failed States, and Narcostates
318(4)
Stable States
321(1)
Brazil, Argentina, and Grandeza
322(3)
Geopolitical Hotspot: The Falklands Islands/Islas Malvinas
325(4)
Suggested Readings
329(1)
Notes
329(6)
PART IV NEW GLOBAL CHALLENGES
12 Global Challenges and the State
335(1)
Pandemics
335(1)
Climate Change
336(3)
Geopolitical Hotspots: The Polar Regions
339(1)
The Arctic
340(2)
The Antarctic
342(2)
Suggested Readings
344(1)
Notes
344(3)
Index 347
John Rennie Short is professor in the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland Baltimore County. His recent books include The Unequal City: Urban Resurgence, Displacement and the Making of Inequality in Global Cities, Hosting the Olympic Games: The Real Costs for Cities, and A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada: Toward a Sustainable Future.