Lecture 5: Geopolitics Flashcards
traditional geopolitics
links to social darwinism and environmental determinism
role of space in international relations and the relationships between space and power
Mackinder 1904
heartland theory
control russia/east europe then you control the world
influenced by environmental determinism
haushofer
nazi germany
links to heartland theory
state needs space to breathe and expand
Isaiah bowman
1878-1950
geopolitics presents a distorted view
has a poisonous self displining principle
relative to state
critical geopolitcs
practise- actions taken against other powers
discourse- decision- meaningful and justified
CG-Said orientalism
1978
other war
geopolitical narrative need an other
so indifferent- don’t feel empathy towards them
us vs them
CG-Foucaults discourse
1926-1984
ideas- that are regarded as meaningful- assumed to be common sense
popular geopolitics
films build moral geographies- defining the lines between us and them
politicians use war imagery- evil empire - Kittmer and Dodds- Regan rambo- foreign policy
post 911- pro war films- marvel
use pop culture to try and justify their foreign policy
Cold war
american fear communism will spread- lose the world to communism
stop domino effect
vietnam war
Post 911
used to be communism vs capitalism
need a them a new other
why straight to war? appropriate response?
- american imperialism
- american execptionalism
- Gave an ordering principle to foreign policy
- Construction of military industrial entertainment complex
critics
too much focus on us- american fetishism
- huge military power
- Big geopolitical presence
feminist- dominate- self own view point- don’t look beyond themselves
Reading- dittimer and Dodds
new geopolitics of oil- shape and determine behaviour of other states- US and china - growing power of suppliers- due to expanding fuel based economies
world divided into a zone
geopolitics- associated with futurology
in order for americans to feel safe- necessary to continue conflict and defeat enemies- americans expected if not required to support their warriors
good evil threatening/safe civilised/barabaric -divided into zones
US- separated from europe and asia- by large bodies of water- associated with distinct sense of national identity and national mission
