The Geopolitics Reader

, by Dalby; Simon

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Summary

perspectives on discourse, power, gender, knowledge and the political economy.

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

xiii

General Introduction: Thinking Critically about Geopolitics

(14)

Gearoid O Tuathail

PART ONE IMPERIALIST GEOPOLITICS

(42)

Introduction to Part One

(17)

Gearoid O Tuathail

The Geographical Pivot of History

Halford J. Mackinder

from Geographical Journal (1904)

(5)

The Roosevelt Corollary

Theodore Roosevelt

from A Compilation of Messages and Papers of the Presidents (1905)

(1)

Why Geopolitik?

Karl Haushofer

from The World of General Haushofer (1942)

(3)

Eastern Orientation or Eastern Policy

Adolf Hitler

from Mein Kampf (1942)

(4)

Geography versus Geopolitics

Isaiah Bowman

from Geographical Review (1942)

(6)

Defense of German Geopolitics

Karl Haushofer

from Total Power: A Footnote to History (1948)

(4)

PART TWO COLD WAR GEOPOLITICS

(60)

Introduction to Part Two

(16)

Gearoid O Tuathail

The Truman Doctrine

President Harry Truman

from Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States (1947)

(3)

The Sources of Soviet Conduct

George F. Kennan

from Foreign Affairs (1947)

(4)

Soviet Policy and World Politics

Andrei Zhdanov

from The International Situation (1947)

(3)

A Geopolitical Discourse with Robert McNamara

Gearoid O Tuathail

from Geopolitics (2000)

(6)

The Brezhnev Doctrine

Leonid Brezhnev

from Pravda (1968)

(3)

Geopolitics and Discourse: Practical Geopolitical Reasoning in American Foreign Policy

Gearoid O Tuathail

John Agnew

from Political Geography Quarterly (1992)

(9)

Common Sense and the Common Danger

Policy Statement of the Committee on the Present Danger

from Alerting America: The Papers of the Committee on the Present Danger (1984)

103

(2)

Appeal for European Nuclear Disarmament (END)

END Committee

from Protest and Survive (1980)

105

(2)

The End of History?

Francis Fukuyama

from The National Interest (1989)

107

(10)

PART THREE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY GEOPOLITICS

117

(58)

Introduction to Part Three

119

(17)

Gearoid O Tuathail

The Clash of Civilizations?

Samuel P. Huntington

from Foreign Affairs (1993)

136

(9)

Statement of Principles

Project for a New American Century

from http://newamericancentury.org (1997)

145

(1)

The Clash of Ignorance

Edward W. Said

from The Nation (2001)

146

(5)

The Pentagon's New Map

Thomas P.M. Barnett

from Esquire (2003)

151

(4)

The American Empire: The Burden

Michael Ignatieff

from The New York Times magazine (2003)

155

(10)

America, Right or Wrong

Anatol Lieven

from America, Right or Wrong (2004)

165

(10)

PART FOUR THE GEOPOLITICS OF GLOBAL DANGERS

175

(56)

Introduction to Part Four

177

(11)

Simon Dalby

The Coming Anarchy

Robert D. Kaplan

from The Atlantic Monthly (1994)

188

(9)

Reading Robert Kaplan's ``Coming Anarchy''

Simon Dalby

from Ecumene (1996)

197

(6)

The Geopolitical Economy of `Resource Wars'

Philippe Le Billon

from Geopolitics (2004)

203

(6)

No Escape from Dependency: Looming Energy Crisis Overshadows Bush's Second Term

Michael T. Klare

from TomDispatch.com (2004)

209

(4)

Oil and Blood: The Way to Take over the World

Michael Renner

from World Watch Magazine (2003)

213

(4)

Biological Threat Assessment: Is the Cure Worse than the Disease?

Jonathan B. Tucker

from Arms Control Today (2004)

217

(7)

AIDS and Global Security

Gwyn Prins

from International Affairs (2004)

224

(7)

PART FIVE ANTI-GEOPOLITICS

231

(54)

Introduction to Part Five

233

(17)

Paul Routledge

Orientalism Reconsidered

Edward W. Said

from Europe and its Others (1984)

250

(6)

Concerning Violence

Frantz Fanon

from The Wretched of the Earth (1963)

256

(3)

Antipolitics: A Moral Force

George Konrad

from Antipolitics (1984)

259

(4)

Tomorrow Begins Today: Invitation to an Insurrection

Subcommandante Marcos

from We Are Everywhere (2003)

263

(2)

Letter to America

Osama Bin Laden

from the Internet (2002)

265

(5)

The Clash of Barbarisms

Gilbert Achar

from The Clash of Barbarisms (2002)

270

(6)

Beyond Either/Or: A Feminist Analysis of September 11th

Jennifer Hyndman

from ACME (2003)

276

(5)

Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy

Arundhati Roy

from The Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire (2003)

281

(4)

285

(4)

Index

289

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