Geopolitics of the World System

Geopolitics of the World System
Author: Saul Bernard Cohen
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2003
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780847699070

Cohen argues that the emergence of the United States as the world's sole superpower and the process of globalization have failed to remove the importance of geography as a political and strategic factor of great import. After laying out the structural basis for his theory of geopolitical theory, he launches into an examination of how geopolitical realities have developed since World War II, a period that witnessed greater change than the preceding two and a half centuries. He then turns his attention to the meat of the book, separate examinations of the each of the major world regions, including examinations of the important countries and their individual geopolitical realities.

Checkerboards and Shatterbelts

Checkerboards and Shatterbelts
Author: Philip Kelly
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2010-07-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0292786425

Geography has always played a major role in world politics. In this study, Philip Kelly maps the geopolitics of South America, a continent where relative isolation from the power centers in North America and Eurasia and often forbidding internal terrain have given rise to a fascinating and unique geopolitical structure. Kelly uses the geographical concepts of "checkerboards" and "shatterbelts" to characterize much of South America's geopolitics and to explain why the continent has never been unified nor dominated by a single nation. This approach accounts for both historical relationships among South American countries and for such current situations as Brazil's inability to extend its authority across the continent from Atlantic to Pacific, its traditional competition with Argentina, its territorial expansion toward the continental heartlands, its encirclement by neighbors fearful of such expansion, and its recent rapprochement with Argentina. An important component of this book is the incorporation of the thinking and writing of South American geopolitical analysts, which leads to an interesting inventory of viewpoints on frontier conflicts, territorial expansion, industrial development, economic cooperation, and United States and European relations. Kelly's findings will be important reading for geographers, political scientists, and students and scholars of Latin American history.

Geopolitics

Geopolitics
Author: Saul Bernard Cohen
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2009
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780742556768

Written by one of the world's leading political geographers, this fully revised and updated textbook examines the dramatic changes wrought by ideological and economic forces unleashed by the end of the Cold War. Saul Bernard Cohen considers these forces in the context of their human and physical settings and explores their geographical influence on foreign policy and international relations.

AP Human Geography 2017-2018

AP Human Geography 2017-2018
Author: Kelly Swanson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 517
Release: 2017-02-07
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 1506224709

Kaplan's AP Human Geography 2017-2018 provides essential practice, targeted review, and proven strategies to help students ace the AP Human Geography exam. Master the material, become comfortable with the test format, and get expert advice on how to score higher. Essential Practice Two full-length practice tests with detailed answer explanations A diagnostic test to target areas for score improvement Targeted review of the most up-to-date content, including key information that is specific to the AP Human Geography exam Glossary of key terms and concepts Expert Guidance Tips and strategies for scoring higher from expert AP Human Geography teachers and students who got a perfect 5 on the exam Kaplan's AP Human Geography 2017-2018 author Kelly Swanson has over 15 years of experience consulting and developing Human Geography curriculum. We invented test prep—Kaplan (www.kaptest.com) has been helping students for almost 80 years, and more than 95% of our students get into their top-choice schools. Our proven strategies have helped legions of students achieve their dreams.

Kaplan AP Human Geography 2016

Kaplan AP Human Geography 2016
Author: Kelly Swanson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 803
Release: 2015-08-04
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 1506200001

The only Advanced Placement test preparation guide that delivers 75 years of proven Kaplan experience and features exclusive strategies, practice, and review to help students ace the AP Human Geography exam! Students spend the school year preparing for the AP Human Geography test. Now it’s time to reap the rewards: money-saving college credit, advanced placement, or an admissions edge. However, achieving a top score on the AP Human Geography exam requires more than knowing the material—students need to get comfortable with the test format itself, prepare for pitfalls, and arm themselves with foolproof strategies. That’s where the Kaplan plan has the clear advantage. Kaplan's AP Human Geography 2016 offers many essential and unique features to help improve test scores, including: Two full-length practice tests and a diagnostic test to target areas for score improvement Detailed answer explanations Tips and strategies for scoring higher from expert AP Human Geography teachers and students who got a perfect 5 on the exam Targeted review of the most up-to-date content, including any information about test changes and key information that is specific to the AP Human Geography exam Glossary of key terms and concepts Kaplan's AP Human Geography 2016 author Kelly Swanson has over 15 years of experience consulting and developing Human Geography curriculum. His expertise has helped make this and other books the best that Kaplan has to offer in AP test prep. Kaplan's AP Human Geography 2016 provides students with everything they need to improve their scores—guaranteed. Kaplan’s Higher Score guarantee provides security that no other test preparation guide on the market can match. Kaplan has helped more than three million students to prepare for standardized tests. We invest more than $4.5 million annually in research and support for our products. We know that our test-taking techniques and strategies work and our materials are completely up-to-date. Kaplan's AP Human Geography 2016 is the must-have preparation tool for every student looking to do better on the AP Human Geography test!

The European's Burden

The European's Burden
Author: Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2006
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780820478272

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United States Post-Cold War Defence Interests

United States Post-Cold War Defence Interests
Author: K. Magyar
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2004-04-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230000835

With the end of the Cold War, the security concerns of the USA, the sole Superpower in the new international order, became fragmented and proliferated throughout the world. Since September 11 2001 and the war in Iraq, the US has had to evaluate new global developments in terms of the threats they pose to regional and global stability. The nature of the potential enemy is difficult to anticipate. United States Post-Cold War Defence Interests gathers together seasoned analysts to examine traditional military concerns and responses to the new environment.

Asian Security to the Year 2000

Asian Security to the Year 2000
Author: William Jesse Taylor
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 137
Release: 1996
Genre: Asia
ISBN: 1428913688

In January 1996, the U.S. Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a conference on "Asian Security to the Year 2000." No region of the world has greater potential for expanded influence on American interests. This compendium of papers from the conference examines the security policies being pursued by many of the key Asian actors--China, the Koreas, Pakistan, and the nations of Southeast Asia, particularly those in ASEAN. The contributors to this volume paint the picture of a dynamic and diverse Asia on the verge of the new century. Each author identifies the critical issues which frame both challenges and opportunities for U.S. foreign, economic, and security pol

Conflict Hot Spots

Conflict Hot Spots
Author: Alex Braithwaite
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2016-05-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317162196

Militarized conflicts between states appear to occur repeatedly in the same geographic regions. Both World Wars and a series of interstate disputes in the post-Cold War system had their origins in the Balkans region of Eastern Europe. This study introduces the concept of a conflict hot spot to the broader empirical literature on conflict processes. It devotes considerable time to identifying the common causes and consequences of conflict hot spots across many regions globally, offering a theoretical and empirical contribution to the emerging literature on the spatiality of conflict processes. Rather than merely controlling for spatial dependence between episodes of conflict, the book incorporates this spatial dependence within a series of models of conflict behaviours and is, therefore, able to directly model the process of conflict diffusion.

Classical Geopolitics

Classical Geopolitics
Author: Phil Kelly
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2016-02-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0804799504

Geopolitics is the study of how the projection of power (ideological, cultural, economic, or military) is effected and affected by the geographic and political landscape in which it operates. Despite the real world relevance of geopolitics, a common understanding of what classical geopolitics is and how it works still lies beyond the reach of both researchers and practitioners. In Classical Geopolitics, Phil Kelly attempts to build a common theoretical model, incorporating a host of variables that reflect the complexity of the modern geopolitical stage. He then analyzes thirteen pivotal but widely differing historical events stretching from the Peloponnesian War to World War II, from the fall of the British and Soviet empires to the contemporary diplomacy of South America. Through this analysis, Kelly tests the efficacy of his model as a comprehensive geopolitical analytical tool that can be used across a broad spectrum of geopolitical contexts and events.