Introduction to Geopolitics

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,
63
Caucacus region 61, 119, 
134
CDI Russia Weekly
63, 64
Central America 
167
Central Asia: decoding geopolitics of 61–4;
deportations of Chechens and Ingushes to
113; recent US deployment of troops to
63,
210
; Russia’s power in 119; US
military aid to republics 59; and “War on
Terrorism” 13, 63
Central Europe: and European Union 41;
police states during Cold War 166;
renunciation of Communist system 40;
US bases in 47
Chechens: deportations by Stalin 113;
perspective of conflict with Russia 119;
plight of refugees 116–17, 118
Chechnya
117
; attempts to justify invasion of
117–18, 185; conflict with Russia 112–13,
113–19
Chhachhi, S. 205, 207, 208
Chile 4, 
167
China: contemporary geopolitical code 
76
;
economic growth and energy demands 61,
208–9, 211; expanding influence in
Southeast Asia 33, 
34
, 58, 66; expansion
of navy 209; geopolitical code regarding
Central Asia 61, 63–4; increasing political
and economic power 33–4; and Korean
War 151; as possible threat to US 50;
territorial claims in East and Southeast
Asia 126; territorial dispute with India
200, 201
Chinese community: Vancouver 8
Chinese Empire 126, 149
Christianity: and creation of American frontier
132; and “duty” of war 66
churches: British memorialization of war
losses 66
Churchill, Prime Minister Winston: “Iron
Curtain” speech 
14
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) 
60
civilization: and comparison of US to classical
societies 88; equated with US global
mission 100; Huntington’s ideas 92;
mission of British Empire 66
classic geopolitics (end of nineteenth century)
17,
17
, 18, 158; and foreign affairs 28,
29; geodeterminism 
22
; Germany 20–1;
Modelski 36, 50–1; and situated
knowledge 24, 33
Clinton, President Bill 153
CNN (Cable News Network) 93, 116, 179
Cohen, Saul 23
Cohen, S.B. 157
Cold War: and division of Korean peninsula
153; geopolitics 13, 86, 166; and global
influence of Soviet Union 59; influence of
classic geopoliticians on strategists 18,
20; interpreted within Modelski’s model
40–1; “iron curtain” 
14
; portrayal by
Reader’s Digest
89; Soviet control of
Caspian Sea basin and Central Asia 61;
strategic interest in Middle East 141; US
“victory” 43–4
collective identity: and Darfur conflict 194;
positive interpretations of nationalism
107, 128
Collective Security Treaty Organization
(CSTO) 64
Colombia
167
colonialism: Arab nationalist resistance to 95;
and creation of boundaries in Africa 132;
in Germany’s geopolitical code 66;
Saddam’s rhetoric against 98; “scramble
for Africa” 13; terrorism against 168
Columbus, Ohio: anti-gay hate crimes 7
combat 123, 124
Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers (Russia) 118
“common sense” 85, 212
Communism: portrayal by 
Reader’s Digest
88–9; Soviet Union 9; as “threat” during
Cold War 13, 
14
, 40, 87; US mission
against 22, 67
computer games 93
conflicts: border disputes 132; contested places
10; structure and agents 30
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containment policy: NSC-68 69
corporations
see
private
companies/corporations
“cosmic war” 170, 171, 172
cosmopolitanism 8
counter-insurgency: US training to prevent 
167
counter-terrorism: implications of al-Qaeda
network 174–6, 181; and sovereignty 
182
,
186
countries: as geopolitical agents 28–9, 30,
33–4, 53, 55, 102, 158; geopolitical codes
55, 58–9, 79; “knowledge” of 83–5; in
Modelski’s model of world leadership 36
country: as term 105
critical geopolitics 16, 23, 24
Crossette, B. 
192
cruise missiles 51
Cuba 67, 122
cultural difference 148
cultural exchange 56–7
cultural groups: experiences of discrimination
in US 108; in nation-states 106; networks
of migration 148
culture: geopolitics 83; globalization 159; in
Kjellen’s idea of states 20; “knowledge”
in message of Hollywood epics 87, 92;
media representations of geopolitics 91,
93
Cumings, Bruce 150
Cunningham, Sir Alan 140
current affairs 
11
Cyprus: conflict between Turkey and Greece
125–6, 126
Dagestan 115, 119
Daoud, Mohammed 176
Darfur conflict: genocide committed by
janjaweed
190–1; importance of
collective and ethnic identities 194;
women raped by 
janjaweed
191–4,
192
De Seversky, Major Alexander P. 22
decolonization 168, 169
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA)/Air Force Falcon program 
52
Delaware 4
Delhi Agreement (1952) 200
democracy: critical geopolitics 16; in US
package of “innovations” 184
Dewan, R. 207
diasporas 8
Dictionary of Geopolitics
23
Dijkink, G. 127
diplomacy 58, 59
Disneyland
167
diversity 213
domestic policy: separation from foreign
policy 153
Donnan, H. 131
Dover, England 
5
, 6, 65
Dresden: Allied bombing of 
162
,
163
drug production 2, 3
Drysdale, A. 139
Dudayev, Dzhokhar 114, 117–18
Durrani, Ahmed Shah 197
Dushanbe 63, 64
East Asia: China’s growing influence 33–4;
China’s territorial claims 126
Eastern Europe: countries in European Union
41; during Cold War 40–1, 166;
renunciation of Communist system 40
“economic development” 28
economics: in era of globalization 51, 158;
geopolitical agenda of US 
73
; in
geopolitics of Palestinian refugee 190;
and scale 11
Economist 182
,
209
education: in creation of US national identity
107; and participation in geopolitics 
212
educational scholarships 56–7
Egypt: attempt on Mubarak’s life 178; border
with Israel 
133
; and recognition of Israel
142; role within Arab world 58; in Six
Day War 141; and Suez Canal crisis 141;
United Arab Republic 94
El Salvador 
167
; “Soccer War” with Honduras
79–80, 81
El-Tahri, J. 139
elections 12
employment: location 5
Enloe, Cynthia 122, 123, 124
espionage:
Reader’s Digest
piece