Introduction to Geopolitics

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,
38
,
39
,
43
, 49–50, 67, 81, 93,
158, 185, 195, 196; “all-seeing” global
vision 194; Cold War 40–1;
delegitimation 37, 210; difference with
Wallerstein’s theory 
35
; European Union
41–2; feedback systems 49–50;
fundamentalists and “cosmic scale” 172;
geopolitical codes 65, 70, 76, 101–2; and
individual actors 194; interpretation of
globalization 159–60; NSS of 2002 72–4;
pros and cons 50–3, 53; representations of
US geopolitics 43–6; US maintenance of
power 42–3, 47–9, 
48
, 53, 
68
, 159; and
“Washington Consensus” 
73
; waves of
terrorism 169–70, 
170
Mogadishu 177
Moldova 63
Moore, Michael 80
Moscow: Chechen hostage crisis 115, 116;
contemporary landscape 9, 
9
; hostility to
Chechen and Ingushetia refugees 116–17
movies
see
films
Mubarak, Hosni 178
Mumbai (Bombay) 204
Munich Olympic Games (1972) 169
Murphy, A.B. 125, 127
Muslims: bin Laden’s claim of US “crusade”
against 70–1, 182; conflict with Hindus in
Kashmir 198, 199, 204, 205, 207;
Orientalist portrayals 91, 92; and taboo of
rape 191; women raped in Kashmir
conflict
193
, 207
Myanmar/Burma
192
,
193
, 209
Nagoya
162
Najaf 6, 9
Nasser, Gamal 94
nation/national: as terms 106
nation-states 106; and boundaries 132, 136,
148; Chechnya conflict 112; colloquial
names for 120; as geopolitical agents 25;
as goal of terrorism 168; metageography
158; religious identity and conflict over
204
National Conference Party, Kashmir 198, 199,
204, 205
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 
52
national history 
108
national identity 128; and boundary issues 134,
136, 153; Chechens 119; and geopolitical
code 126, 127; human activities creating
12; and separatist groups 148; as
territorial identity 133–4; United States’
definition of 106–8
National Intelligence Council 
60
national myths 127, 137
National Security Council (NSC) 
see
NSC-68
National Security Strategy (NSS), 2002 70,
72–4
National Service League 66
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nationalism: Chechen 119; and ethnic
cleansing 108–12; geopolitics 25, 106,
127, 148; Korean 149; and national
identity 106–8; Owen’s portrayal in 
Dulce
et decorum est
83; Pakistan and Kashmir
conflict 205; Palestinian cause 190; and
religious identity 204; role of gender
119–25; separatist movements 148;
“Soccer War” between El Salvador and
Honduras 80; and sovereignty 119;
terrorist groups 169
Native Americans 132
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
18, 29, 40, 56, 57, 59, 126, 157; and
EuroCorps 41–2
natural resources 
see
resources
naval capacity: China’s expansion 209; and
economic power 51; enforcement of
world leadership 43
Naval War College 18
Nazi Germany 102, 120, 166
Nazis 20, 21, 83
Nebraska 89
Negri, Antonio 44
Nehru, Jawaharlal 201, 204
Netanyahu, B. 139
Netherlands: fall-out after murder of Theo van
Gogh 7–8
networks: anti-globalization movement 
160
;
globalization 158; metageography and
geopolitics 157, 158; migration 148;
power 30; terrorism 155, 173–6, 186
New Deal 89
New York Fire Department 121
New York National Guard 194–6