Lecture 5: Geopolitics Flashcards
(12 cards)
traditional geopolitics
links to social darwinism and environmental determinism
role of space in international relations and the relationships between space and power
Mackinder 1904
heartland theory
control russia/east europe then you control the world
influenced by environmental determinism
haushofer
nazi germany
links to heartland theory
state needs space to breathe and expand
Isaiah bowman
1878-1950
geopolitics presents a distorted view
has a poisonous self displining principle
relative to state
critical geopolitcs
practise- actions taken against other powers
discourse- decision- meaningful and justified
CG-Said orientalism
1978
other war
geopolitical narrative need an other
so indifferent- don’t feel empathy towards them
us vs them
CG-Foucaults discourse
1926-1984
ideas- that are regarded as meaningful- assumed to be common sense
popular geopolitics
films build moral geographies- defining the lines between us and them
politicians use war imagery- evil empire - Kittmer and Dodds- Regan rambo- foreign policy
post 911- pro war films- marvel
use pop culture to try and justify their foreign policy
Cold war
american fear communism will spread- lose the world to communism
stop domino effect
vietnam war
Post 911
used to be communism vs capitalism
need a them a new other
why straight to war? appropriate response?
- american imperialism
- american execptionalism
- Gave an ordering principle to foreign policy
- Construction of military industrial entertainment complex
critics
too much focus on us- american fetishism
- huge military power
- Big geopolitical presence
feminist- dominate- self own view point- don’t look beyond themselves
Reading- dittimer and Dodds
new geopolitics of oil- shape and determine behaviour of other states- US and china - growing power of suppliers- due to expanding fuel based economies
world divided into a zone
geopolitics- associated with futurology
in order for americans to feel safe- necessary to continue conflict and defeat enemies- americans expected if not required to support their warriors
good evil threatening/safe civilised/barabaric -divided into zones
US- separated from europe and asia- by large bodies of water- associated with distinct sense of national identity and national mission
