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Geopolitics of the world system / Saul Bernard Cohen.
LIBRA JC319 .C62 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohen, Saul B. (Saul Bernard), 1925-2021.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geopolitics.
- World politics.
- Ethnic relations.
- Security, International.
- International relations.
- Low-intensity conflicts (Military science).
- Physical Description:
- xi, 435 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2003]
- Summary:
- Written by one of the world's leading political geographers, this textbook examines the dramatic changes wrought by ideological and economic forces unleashed by the end of the Cold War. Saul Cohen considers these forces in the context of their human and physical settings and explores their geographical influence on foreign policy and international relations. Presenting a global spatial scope, the book considers the entire hierarchy of geopolitical units---subnational, national states, and quasi-states; geopolitical regions; and geostrategic realms. By emphasizing the interaction between geographical settings and changing ideological and economic forces, Cohen has succeeded in creating a new global geopolitical map. Visit our website for sample chapters!
- Contents:
- 2 Survey of Geopolitics 11
- Stages of Modern Geopolitics 12
- 3 Geopolitical Structure and Theory 33
- Structure 34
- Proliferation of National States 53
- Geopolitics and General Systems 58
- Equilibrium, Turbulence, and World Order 59
- 4 The Cold War and Geopolitical Restructuring 63
- Phase I 1945-56 63
- Phase II 1957-79 71
- Phase III 1980-89 82
- The Collapse of the Soviet Superpower 86
- Transition into the Twenty-First Century 87
- 5 North and Middle America 95
- The United States 95
- Canada 119
- Mexico 129
- Middle America 137
- 6 Maritime Europe and the Maghreb 149
- Geopolitical Features 152
- European Integration 162
- State Proliferation 173
- The Maghreb: Maritime Europe's Strategic Annex 178
- 7 Russia and the Heartlandic Periphery 185
- The Changing National Territory 187
- Implosion of the Soviet State 198
- Geopolitical Features 200
- The Heartlandic Periphery 211
- Eastern Europe 214
- The Trans-Caucasus and Central Asia 220
- Mongolia 227
- 8 The East Asia Geostrategic Realm 233
- China 233
- The East Asia Rim Periphery 256
- 9 The Asia-Pacific Rim 273
- Evolution of the Region 274
- Political Stability and Instability 280
- Geopolitical Features 289
- 10 The Arc of Geostrategic Instability, Part I: South Asia 303
- Regional Geopolitical Orientation 306
- Geopolitical Features 312
- 11 The Arc of Geostrategic Instability, Part II: The Middle East Shatterbelt 327
- Modern Colonial Penetration 327
- Great Power Rivalry: Cold War Period 330
- The Geographical Setting 333
- Geopolitical Features 341
- Shifting Alliances among Arab States 350
- Oil, Pipeline Routes, and Politics 352
- 12 The Southern Continents: The Quarter-Sphere of Marginality 359
- Colonial/Imperial Background 360
- Part I South America 363
- Part II Sub-Saharan Africa 373.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-410) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0847699064
- 0847699072
- OCLC:
- 48851156
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