POLSCI 3Q03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: Edward Said, Political Geography, Iron Curtain

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 3Q03
• Professor: Mark Busser

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Unlikely origins of russia"s manifest destiny (clover 2016) Geopolitics: geopolitics (mackinder 1904, argued that russia, not germany, was britain"s main strategic opponent, he believed geography was the fundamental constituent of world order (like the. Atlanticist minions from the continent: create a eurasia with a common enemy (atlanticism, hitler mistakingly tried to make europe germany instead of germany european. Geopoliti(cid:272)s is a (cid:449)orld(cid:448)ie(cid:449) of po(cid:449)er, a s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e of po(cid:449)er, for po(cid:449)er(cid:863) It"s essential to be geopolitical especially in the midst of worldwide conflict: the relevance of territory, international boundaries, and claims to sovereignty is pressing as ever. Labelling of particular countries as dangerous or threatening can invite military assaults from land, sea, and air: geopolitics, geopolitics is concerned with borders, resources, flows, territories, and identities; this can provide a pathway for critical analysis and understanding. "iron curtain" term conveyed a sense of a geographical barrier cutting across most of continental europe.