Geopolitics politics, development, and society in a disputed region/ Cohen, Saul Bernard
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TextPublication details: New York: Rauman & Littlefield, 2010Description: 457 pISBN: 9780742556751DDC classification: 320.12 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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1 Introduction ^
Notes 2 Survey of Geopolitics ^ ^ Definitions ^ ^ Stagey of Modern Geopolitics
Conclusion
Notes 3 Geopolitical Structure and Theory 33
Structure Proliferation of National States 53 Geopolitics and General Systems 55 Equilibrium, Turbulence, and World Order 57
Notes
4 The Cold War and Its Aftermath Phase I; 1945-1956 Phase II: 1957-1979'
Phase III: 1980-1989
84
The Collapse of the Soviet Superpower Transition into the Twenty-first Century 85 90 Notes ^ North" £tnd Middle America 91 The United States ^
Canada
Mexico Middle America
91
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127
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Conclusion 144
Notes 146
6 South America 147
United States-Soiitii American Relations 147 The Geographical Setting 149 Geopolitical Feattires 151 Geopolitical Forces of Separatitm and Attraction 154 Prospects for South America's Geopolitical Independence 15S
Goncltision 162
Notes 164
7 Maritime Europe and the Maghreb 165 Geopolitical Feattires 168 European Integration 177 Immigration Patterns 185 Merging of Eastern and Western Europe within the European Union 187
State Proliferation 188 The Maghreb: Maritime Etirope's Strategic Annex 194
Conclusion 198
Notes 200
8 Russia and the Eurasian Convergence Znne 201 The Changing National Territory 203 Implosion of the Soviet State 215 Geopolitical Featitres 217 The Eurasian Convergence Zone 230 Easterfi Europe 234
The Trans-Caucasus and Central Asia 240 Mongolia 247
Conclusion 248
Notes 250
9 The East Asia Geostrategic Realm 253
China 253 The East Asia Rim Periphery 279
Conclusion 289
Notes 293
10 The Asia-Pacific Rim 295 Evolution of the Region 296 Political Stability and Instability 303 Geopolitical Features 313
Conclusion . 321
Notes 327
11 South Asia 329 Regional Geopolitictfi pverview 332 Geopolitical Features 339 Challenges to National and Regional Unity 348
Conclusion 351
Notes 353
12 The Middle East Shatterbelt 355
Modern Colonial Penetration 356 Great Power Rivalry: Cold War Period 358 The Geographical Setting 362 Geopolitical Features 370 Major Gonflicts 378 Oil, Pipeline Routes, and Politics 387
Conclusion 388
Notes 391
13 The Sub-Saharan African Shatterbelt 393 Colonial/Imperial Background 393 Postcolonial Political Frameworks 395 Geographical Background 398 Geopolitical Features 403 Prospects for Regional Power Centers 409 Compression Zone 413
Conclusion 4I7
Notes 419 14 Epilogue 421 Mapping the Future 424
Notes 428
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