The Geopolitics and Geography section looks into geopolitical ideas, theories, schools of thought and timely developments. The 35 contributions to this section answer questions such as:
Some of our contributors share their views on the most significant geopolitical developments of the year.
Various contributors: Geopolitical Review 2012 - Global, Regional and Local Trends, Events and Risks
[SD] "One moderately significant thing in 2012 was the media silence over the climate change conference in Doha, where, given the 2015 deadline for a binding international treaty to be negotiated, much further preliminary work would have seemed to be necessary to set things in motion on a sensible timescale."
[GT] "The picture of the headquarters of Goldman Sachs surrounded by sandbags symbolizes the emergent era. The Australian urbanist Brendan Gleeson wrote a book in 2010 called "Lifeboat Cities" that lays out the urban condition in emergency times. In 2012 it landed in the home of the US power elite."
Colin Flint is Professor of Geography and Associate Head. In this interview about the second edition of "Introduction to Geopolitics", he elaborates on the book, the definition of geopolitics, geopolitical codes and more:
Colin Flint: structure-agency, identity, peace networks, geopolitical codes/visions
Professor Frédéric Lasserre of Laval University Quebec is an expert in the geopolitics of water and co-author of "Eaux et territoires". In an interview with ExploringGeopolitics, he shares his views on topics such as water conflicts, international law, water demand and supply and climate change:
Frédéric Lasserre: Water scarcity, conflicts and global warming
Timothy Boon von Ochssée (researcher at Clingendael International Energy Programme and PhD candidate) published two articles about the new energy world order. One discusses the relationship between Russia and the US:
Timothy Boon von Ochssée: Russia and the US in a New World Energy Order
Professor Simon Dalby works at Carleton University in Ottawa and is co-editor of the Geopolitics journal.
In this interview, he talks about the Cold War, global warming and so on:
Simon Dalby 1: Security Definition, Otherness, Cold War, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke
Simon Dalby 2: Discourses, threats, dichotomies, USSR communism, Al-Qaida terrorism
Simon Dalby 3: Climate change, humanity, capitalism, modernity, geographers
Virginie Mamadouh (Associate Professor at University of Amsterdam) takes a fresh look at her 1998 article "Geopolitics in the nineties: one flag, many meanings." She further writes about the research agenda of contemporary geopolitics:
Virginie Mamadouh: Geopolitics in the 2000s
Dr Federico Bordonaro of the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (Italy) discusses the theoretical and analytical work of Nicholas Spykman:
Federico Bordonaro: Rediscovering Spykman
What role do space, identity, vision and state play in geopolitical concepts? Ian Klinke (University College London) explains the difference between critical and classical geopolitics:
Ian Klinke: Five minutes for critical geopolitics: A slightly provocative introduction
Wondering what geopolitics is about? The editor interprets ten definitions of geopolitics from respected sources, looking for similarities and differences:
Leonhardt van Efferink: The definition of geopolitics
Leonhardt van Efferink, editor of EG, will be convening a Country Risk Analysis Summer School at Maastricht University in July/August:
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