Unit 11: Geopolitical orders and geopolitical codes

Question 1

What is geopolitical order?

Answer 1

it is a determined destruction of power in the world, which the majority of political elites of most of the countries respect and take into account when acting. Great power accommodate to each other’s needs in fairly prediciably

Question 2

What are the historical orders?

Answer 2

Hegemony and agreements (1815-1870)

Rivalry and concentrations (1870-1904)

British succession (1904-1945)

Cold war (1946-1989)

New world order (1989-present)

Question 3

What are geopolitical codes?

Answer 3

these codes define the interests of the state, indicate what the external threats to those interests are, plan the response and justify the actions undertaken. The geopolitical codes of the great powers affect the codes of the states with less power

operates on national, regional and global level

Question 4

What was the global geopolitical order during the cold war?

Answer 4

relationships of opposition and dependence of the political sphere

great luers on all scales: the cold war as a great crusade of the USSR and the modern world system

Question 5

what was the geopolitical codes during the cold war?

Answer 5

Kennan’s containment: isolation, balance of power

Perimeter defense and foreign intervention

Flexile response and the realism of US Secretary of Kissinger relaxation policy

Question 6

What was the alternative order of the cold war

Answer 6

De Gaulle’s national representation versus the bipolar world

Countries in the non-aligned movement (Third World countries)

The Security Dilemma (Waltz) and mutual assured destruction

Question 7

What is the main objective of the US and Russia in today’s geopolitical codes?

Answer 7

For the US: maintain world hegemony, and military supremacy

For Russia: recover its character as an international power like the USSR used to have

Question 8

Geopolitical codes of the US:

Answer 8

Locally: North American Free Trade Agreement

Regions: isolate Brazil’s integration policy, integrate with EU’s economy and contain Russia

Globally: Focus on China

Question 9

Geopolitical codes of the Russia:

Answer 9

Locally: remarking the Soviet space, both in ethno-populist terms and territorial with invasion of Ukraine

Regionally: China, Iran and the outlet to the mediterraneans sea through Syria

Globally: global energy vs european union