Geopolitics

Introduction Witnessing rapidly changing levels of growth and declines of a country’s economic standing, everyone has come to recognise China as the key influence in the world economy. China has experienced a remarkable amelioration in its capability of forming various trade agreements, foreign economic policies and its status as a global trader that should never be underestimated by any state actors. Bilateral and Plurilateral Agreements Since China acceded to the World Trade Organisation in…

According to Khan (2004, para 4) states that globalization and humanitarian issues occupied the agendas of international summits and international organizations, but now geopolitics and security have become the main issue. Isn’t it so ironic that the idea of terrorists operating in numerous nations concurrently was made possible by globalization and now is the biggest challenge to globalization? Because, terrorism hinges on…

Globalization and the Future of the United States The United States has been driven by geopolitics to drive foreign policy through most of the 20th Century. Through the last decade of the 20th Century, the world saw the close of the Cold War with the Soviet Union, and the emergence of the European Union – both forged by the United States’ involvement. They helped to create an open world economy, free trade routes and sea lanes, lenders to the world, reserve currency globally,…

Geopolitics: inquiry scaffold The region of conflict: When the Pashtun tribes were united in 1747, Afghanistan was founded. Afghanistan served as a buffer between the British and Russian Empires until it won independence from the British in 1919. The democracy ended in 1973 when the government was overthrown in a coup and again in 1978 by a communist inspired group. This government was supported by the Soviet Union who invaded in 1979 to support the communist regime. Russia withdrew in 1989…

Revisiting “expeditionary operations” in Australian defence policy Introduction I thank you all for making this journey to Bita Paka and hope that all of us here today remember our servicemen and women, those who served in decades past and those who continue to serve today. It is up to all of us to ensure their legacy lives on. (senator michael ronaldson REMARKS AT THE BITA PAKA COMMEMORATIVE EVENT, 11 September, 2014) The fight in Bita Paka was Australia’s very first campaign during the…

Dear Professor Walter and members of the tenure committee, I am pleased to write this tenure review letter for Dr. Cash Ahenakew. At the outset, my contact with Dr. Ahenakew has been confined to occasional interaction at scholarly conferences. In this evaluation I specifically respond to the questions asked by Professor Walter in his ‘invitation to review’ letter. I will also review the research dossier of Dr. Ahenakew, briefly, assess his service to the academic community as well as his…

China has sought out to increase it geopolitics, by asserting its country historical claims using maritime order to have control of South China Sea, by attempting to take full authoritative control of Paracel Islands and Spratly Islands. In addition, China attempt in trying to be the sole power of the South China Sea has created tension with its neighboring countries. As China continues on with historical claims, conflict will be inevitable, hence making the four other surrounding East Asian…

The largest events and processes in the international life of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty first century, such as the formation of the United Nations; the development of integration processes in Europe, America and Asia; the growth of economic, political and cultural globalization; led to the strengthening of the influence of international relations, the development of world politics and the manifestation of global processes in the life of every society and every person. Moreover,…

April 15, 2017, the North Korean government launched a missile test which failed just seconds after being deployed. The weekend of April 15 became extremely tense internationally, especially between the United States and North Korea. The United States had the fear North Korea would be testing not only ballistic missiles but conducting nuclear tests. The United States government has been on its toes speculating that North Korea will begin launching its sixth nuclear-weapons test soon. The United…

In the 20th Century Cold War, “geopolitics was above all a clash of ideologies, increasing contact and growing convergence between the two disconnected societies fostered détente” (Leonard, 2013). This rivalry will preeminently be geo-economic in nature rather than geopolitical as seen…