Geopolitical Concepts Flashcards
Realism focuses on…
States
Liberalism focuses on….
more on businesses rather than states
Liberal people…
Never go to war
Conflict
A major component of the international system
EU is
A liberal institution
Goals are
Beneficial to everyone
Realists don’t believe in…
schemes which may provide peace in the world
Realists see the world as
Tragic and evil
Realists are not
Angels
Realists believe
You can not promote democracy
Realists may not want a conflict
to prove something or want to get involved
Criticism of realism
is when people believe everything is going against you
Liberals would say (about war)
A real war promotes democracy
Realists would say (about war)
a real war promotes national interest and that danger of war is always lurking in the background
Any good foreign policy goal
is to have good ideas, aspirations, viewing the world from where it is, how it is better than where it was before
Realists support
Dictators
Idealist
League of nations
U.S. Are involved with basis in the pacific because
of World War Two and Cold War they finished with claimed territory and they made the basis more solid
3 level system which believes the world is in 3 categories
The world systems theory
World systems theory categories
Core, periphery, semi periphery
Core are dominant…
capitalist countries that exploit periphery countries
Cores are powerful and
don’t rely on anyone
Location of first core region
Europe
Periphery countries have
unstable government maybe run by someone else, cheap labour and industries not growing
Periphery countries are also referred to as
Third world countries
First country to be named periphery
Latin America
Semi Periphery countries fall
In the middle of the economic spectrum
A Semi periphery country
Is a combination of both periphery countries and core countries
Name for countries outside the system
External countries
Example of external country
Russia
Core country locations
North America, Europe, Japan
Peripheral country examples
South America, and some Asian countries
Semi peripheral country examples
India, Brazil, South Africa
How can the categories of the world systems theory be affected?
by shift in power, geographic expansion, recessions and growth
Even though the world economy is changing
Counties mainly stay within the 3 groups
Communist countries
Opt out of the world systems theory
The world systems theory was developed
In the 60s
What is NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, it is an independent military alliance
Purpose of NATO
The main purpose of NATO is for the group of countries to defend each other from the possibility of communist Soviet Union taking control of their nation
EU definition
The EU is a politico-economic Union of 28 member states which are all located primarily in Europe
What role has the EU played on armed conflicts
Not particularly useful in armed conflicts
Definition of the UN
The UN (United Nations) is an intergovernmental organisation to promote international cooperation.
How many members in NATO
28
Members of EU
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
Liberal definition
international system creating opportunities for conflict and cooperation
Spykman said….
The inner crescent was the rimland - stressing the importance of intra rimland competition
Halford Mackinder
eurasian geopolitical struggle was a contest between landpower in the inner crescent
Where is the rimland?
between the Heartland and marginal sea powers
