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    The term geopolitical analysis is hard to define due to the multifaceted nature of geopolitics. In its simplest form, geopolitics can be defined as the ‘theory and practice of politics at a global scale with a specific emphasis on the geographies that both shape and result from that politics’ (Dittimer and Sharp, 2014, p3). Therefore, we can view geopolitical analysis as the examination of politics on a global scale in relation to the physical geography that defines it. Debatably, geopolitical analysis is beginning to lose its relevance in today’s world where the nature of politics and international relations is changing. Derek Gregory goes as far as arguing that world politics in the 21st century has revolutionised due to the ‘war on terror’…

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    involvement in Al-Qaeda to the future projection of 2026 shows the massive technological advancement of not only America, but that other nations have made as well. Although globalism has different definitions to different theorists, we will use the definition that “globalism is a state of the world involving networks of interdependence at multicontinental distances” (Nye and Keohane, 2). Globalism is the overarching theme of both globalization and geopolitics, which have different definitions…

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    It can be assumed that prior to having access to Haushofer’s work it would have been difficult for the Nazi party to understand geopolitics to the extent they did. In the German form of “geopolitiks” Haushofer’s work today makes him a proponent of the subject, but also can indicate to us much about Nazi strategic concerns. Mackinder’s theory further analyzed would suggest to the Nazi party looking for military advantages that portions of Eastern Europe and Asia (Eurasia) is beneficial to them…

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    Outbreak Narrative in The Host and the Criticism of Korean Society behind It In “The Dangers of Biosecurity: The Host and the Geopolitics of Outbreak,” Hsuan L. Hsu insists that the monster film The Host shows how neoliberal economic reforms and the discourse of biosecurity imposed by international intervention on South Korea cause economical, biological and environmental harm to the nation and destruct the social reproduction of Korean society by revising the outbreak narrative. In the first…

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    Geopolitics has an important effect on society and imperialism in certain countries such as Africa. Geopolitics is also the reason why some rulers go to war with other countries and try to take their land. For example, Napoleon decided to invade Russia so he could control India, which was under British rule. One of the main causes for imperialism was that the British had a financial interest in Africa and the Suez Canal. Geopolitics significantly influenced Napoleon’s conquest of Russia to gain…

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    Political Geography and is titled “The radical geopolitics of US foreign policy: Geopolitical and geoeconomic logics of power” by Julien Mercille. This article focuses a lot on the US foreign policy after the cold war. The author dives into critical geopolitics and how the US foreign policy is affected by it. Throughout the article the author uses the Vietnam War as examples of how our foreign policy was formed. The first section’s main take away was the way American policy has been shaped by…

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    cultures is known by the moniker of “globalization”. Proponents of globalization believe that through spreading of ideas and culture the world will benefit and be better off for it. They even go as far as to say things along the lines of “Globalization is rendering the concepts of geopolitics and Great Powers obsolete.” The very idea of this argument is, of course, quite nonsensical, and the exact opposite…

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    explaining the usage of politics in The Hunger Games. The authors purpose is to inform readers of the power that media holds in a society so that people are aware that “Information is currency, and information that will allow you to decode the language, motivations, and behavior of the occupying forces, on whom you are uniquely dependent for food, for warmth, for happiness, is the most valuable information of all”. The author presents the importance of learning and educating oneself in a…

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    any of the aforementioned points possible with the right economy behind them. Without funds to do so there is high chance that these nations or states would thrive in todays global economy. Geopolitics are important when looking at the global economy. Geopolitics is “how international relations relate to the spatial layout of oceans, continents, natural resources, military organization, political systems and perceived territorial threats and opportunities.” ( Gregory, Dictionary of Human…

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    supposed as the most authoritative defender of established geopolitics, and his lessons about the Pivot of British History and Heartland are alluded to in practically all geopolitical writings. Not the greater part of this consideration however is sure. We inspect the altogether different courses in which Mackinder is conveyed in this writing, and how he is re-meant to make his thoughts applicable for contemporary Russia. Around 1900 the youthful geographer, Mackinder, became worried about the…

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