Introduction to Geopolitics

Politische Geographie
20
Politkovskaya, Anna 116, 119
Poonch province, Kashmir 198, 199
popular culture: and geopolitics 
102
;
“knowledge” of countries 84–5
Portugal 50
Powell, Colin 100
power: geopolitics 27, 28, 35; Gramscian
notion 28, 35, 51, 85; and knowledge 85;
in Modelski’s model of world leadership
35–6, 102; networks 30
power relationships: identified by critical
geopolitics 16; spaces of Africa 3, 
4
; and spatial organization of society 
3
Prescott, J.R.V. 132
Priest, D. 
161
private companies/corporations 16, 25
protest: anti-globalization activities 
160
;
challenging “common sense” assumptions
212; and engagement in geopolitics 16,
23; and scale 11–12
Putin, Vladimir 64, 116, 118–19
Pyongyang 2
Quadrennial Defense Review Report
47
Queens, New York City 105
Quo Vadis
(film) 86
Qur’an
see
Koran
race relations: in feminist perspective on
power 28
racialism/racism: Hitler’s geopolitical strategy
21; and politics of place 8, 16; and spaces
of Africa 3, 
4
; Western dominant
ideology 149
Radyuhin, Vladimir 63
Rafah refugee camp 190
Ramallah 6
Ramet, S.P. 
192
Ranjit Singh 197, 198
rape: in ethnic cleansing 110–11; as weapon of
janjaweed
in Darfur 191; as weapon of
war 191, 
192–3
; of women in Kashmir
193
, 205, 207
Rapoport, D.C. 167, 170
Ratzel, Friedrich 20, 23, 34–5, 66
Reader’s Digest
87–90,
88
,
90
Reagan, President Ronald 17, 23, 43, 
76
Red Brigade 168
Red Cross 118
refugees: British policy 109, 133; Dover 5, 6;
European pressures on 131; Hindus
fleeing Kashmir valley 202; in
metageography 158; NGOs seeking rights
for 25; Palestinian 141, 146, 190; Pandits
in Kashmir 206–7; plight of Chechens
and Ingush people 116–17
regional geopolitical codes 59
religious beliefs/identity: in Kashmir conflict
205; motivation for terrorism 158, 170–2;
and nationalist struggles 204
representation: bases of war 81; defining
terrorism 165–6; in geopolitics 28, 36, 47,
58, 91; in Modelski’s model of world
leadership 39; Orientalist 93; “War on
Terrorism” 13, 185; and world leadership
51
resources: and boundary issues 134, 137–8,
138; competition for 209, 
210
Rhee, Syngman 149, 150
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Ridge, Tom 154, 155
rivers: and demarcation of boundaries 137
Rome: and comparison of US to classical
societies 88, 89
Roosevelt, President Theodore 18, 
76
, 149
Rose, G. 16
Rotary Club 57
Royal Air Force 140
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst 
57
Rumsfeld, Donald 47, 101, 185, 209
Rusk, Dean 150
Russia 56, 59, 96; anarchists and revolution
168; and challenge of Germany’s
geopolitical code 66; and Chechnya
conflict 112, 114–16, 118–19; and
discovery of oil in Chechnya 113;
geopolitical code regarding Central Asia
61, 63–4; justification of preemptive
attacks 184; popular feeling about
Chechnya conflict 117–18, 118–19; as
possible threat to US 50; relationship with
US 157; 
see also
Stavropol
Russian soldiers: plight of 118
Rwanda 85, 
192
Sabraon, Battle of 198
Sadat, Anwar 141
Said, Edward 91, 93, 139
Samuel, Herbert 140
sanctions 58
Sandhurst
see
Royal Military Academy
Sandhurst
Sankalp, S. 204
Santhanam, K. 205, 206
Sarajevo: assassination of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand 168
satellite communication 51
satellite television 93, 159, 186
Saudi Arabia 70, 71, 96, 98; al-Qaeda’s
objectives against 180; and bin Laden
177; and increased demand for oil 
208–9; suspected al-Qaeda attacks 
178
Saving Private Ryan
(film) 82
scale 10–11, 27; of government 105; 
see also
geographical scale
Schofield, C. 131
School of the Americas (IMET) 
167
Schoomaker, Gen. Peter 
48
Schroeder, Gerhard 119
Schwarzkopf, General Norman 98
sea-power: and German challenge to Britain
21; in Mackinder’s geopolitics 18, 65; in
Mahan’s geopolitics 20, 35, 67; in
Modelski’s model 51
security: and boundary issues 133–4, 138;
Israel’s building of “Wall” 144; and
territorial integrity of the state 125; in
trans-border interaction 147
self-determination: demands after World War I
168; and terrorist groups 169; in US
package of “innovations” 184
Semple, K. 194–5
sense of place 6, 
10
, 24
Seoul 150
separatist movements 25, 136, 148
September 11 attacks 40, 91, 99, 118, 178; al-
Qaeda cells used as “launchpads” for 179;
and change in US geopolitical code 157,
181, 185; gendered narrative in aftermath
120–1; and US defense of boundaries
154, 155, 182; and US Office of
Homeland Security 133, 154
Shanghai 149
Shanghai Cooperation Organization 64
Sharon, Ariel 143, 144
Sharp, J. 88
Shlaim, A. 139
Sikhs: displacement from Kashmir 199
Singapore
161
Sino-Japanese War 149
situated knowledge 16, 24, 33
Six Day War (1967) 141
slavery: in Roman epic movies 86–7
Slavs: German classic geopolitical ideas 20
“Soccer War” (El Salvador and Honduras)
79–80, 81
social classification 20
social movements: anti-globalization
movement
160
; created by human activity
12; as geopolitical agents 158, 
210
social relations 8–9
social science: biological analogies 21
social scientists 51
socialism 40, 149–50
society: spatial organization 3, 27;
Wallerstein’s theory