Introduction to Geopolitics

90
; US
activities 69
ETA (Euzkadi ta Askatsuna) 176
ethnic cleansing 108–12, 
109–12
ethnic groups: Chechnya 113, 114; collective
identity 136; Kashmir conflict 206;
regional identity 148
ethnic identities: in Kashmir conflict 205; and
national identity 106, 128; and tragedy of
women raped by 
janjaweed
191–4
Eurasia: in classic geopolitical theories 18, 21,
22, 65
Eurocentricism 23, 24
Eurocorps 41–2
I N D E X
226

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Europe: influence of Russian anarchists 168;
suburban areas 2; 
see also
Central
Europe; Eastern Europe; Western Europe
European Union (EU) 12, 56, 58, 131, 209;
criticism of Russia’s handling of Chechen
issue 118–19; and formation of UKIP 25;
interpreted within Modelski’s model
41–2; as possible threat to US 50
Evangelista, M. 118, 119
extra-terrestrial geopolitics 184–5
Fahd, King of Saudia Arabia 71
Fahrenheit 9/11
(film) 80
Fallujah 27
family: and gender roles in aftermath of
September 11 121–2; in geopolitics of
Palestinian refugee 190
fatwa
: bin Laden’s challenge to US 70–1, 
173
,
178, 181
feminism: critique of geopolitics 13, 16,
16–17, 36, 207; on gendered nature of
politics 120; perspective on militarism
122; perspective on power 28, 51, 
90
Fijians: peace-keeping forces 
161
films: considering representations in 
92
;
Hollywood biblical and Roman epics 69,
86–7,
87
, 89, 92; portraying horrors of
war 82–3; 
see also Fahrenheit 9/11
;
The
Fog of War
Flanders and Swan (comedy duo): songs 84–5
Flint, C. 56
The Fog of War
(documentary film) 
162
, 212
football
see
“Soccer War”
foreign policy: countries’ key documents 
61
;
German debates kindled by Haushofer 21;
masculinity and militarization 
123
, 124;
and Modelski’s model 
68
; and national
myths 127; nineteenth-century geopolitics
of power 28, 29; portrayals and
justifications
81
,
102
; role of situated
knowledge 24; separation from domestic
policy 153; US agency in decisions 50;
US geopolitical actions and public events
76
Fort Benning, Georgia 
167
Fox News 92
France: Arab nationalist resistance against 94;
challenge of Germany’s geopolitical code
66; cooperation in countering ETA 176;
and creation of EU 56; and creation of
Israel 140; criticism of US policy 41;
extension of influence into Ottoman
territory 139; and Suez canal crisis 41
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke 168
free markets: critical geopolitics 16; and US
justification for “War on Terror” 74
free trade 159
“free world”: during Cold War 13
freedom of movement 159
“Freedom Walk” (Pentagon) 
75
, 76
frontiers 132
Fukuyama, Francis 44
fundamentalism: religious terrorism 170, 172
Fussell, P. 196
Gandhi, Indira 202
Gandhi, Rajiv 202
Gaza 144
Gaza Strip 
7
, 138, 141, 142
gender relations: in feminist perspective on
power 28, 36; and Kashmir conflict 205,
207; and world leadership 51
gender roles: in Hollywood biblical/Roman
epics 86, 
90
; nationalist politics 119–25; 
portrayed by 
Reader’s Digest
90
; views of 
women of Kashmir 207–8; in war 119–20
genocide: Darfur 190–1;