Session 1 Intro to geopolitics Flashcards
obj of learning geopol
understand the world & the surroundings = our obligation as humans
roots of geopolitics
«big think» 1880-1910 = technological discoveries, 1st IR, competition among states
founding father of geopolitics
harold mackinder
harold mackinder 1904
«the geographical pivot of history»
Europe Asia Africa
«world islands»
obj of Mackinder
defend Britain’s power against Germany, preserve their land, maintain their wealth & aristocratic social structure
Superior cultures deserve to have more territory
Friedrich Ratzel = they will use it in a better way, supported expansion of Germany to the East
the 3rd world = a foreign space, wholly lacking in allure & best left on its own, tragic fate
George Kennan 1989
robert strausz-hupé
- classical figure
- «geopolitics: the struggle for space & power» 1942
- famous diplomate & founder of the geopol studies in usa
- idea of us intervention in the ww2, create an american-led world order, support the European integration
approach to studying contempler internat. affairs that is anchored in the study of history, geo & culture
Granieri 2015
study of the realities & mentalities of the localities
James Kurth
«multiple practices & représentations of a wide variety of territories»
Gilmartin & Kofman (2004)
«science of the conditioning of political processes by the earth. Based on the broad foundation of geography especially political geography, as the science of pol space organisms & their structure»
Haushofer 1928
how to understand geopol?
1) connection geopol & statesmanship + competition over territory & the resources within it
2) a way of seeing the world
3) involves diverse actors, situations, resources
4) anti-geopolitics : practices by individuals / indigenous people / others to resist the control & classification imposed by states & other powerful institutions
def geography
«systematic study of what makes places unique & the connection & interaction btwn places» + «study of the spatial organization of human activity» Knox & Marston 1998