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Title Strategic and geopolitical issues in the contemporary world / edited by Martin Riegl and Jakub Landovský
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 353 pages .)
Contents Table of contents; introduction; part i; geopolitical significanceof international recognition; coping with the global power shiftfrom the west to the east; common security and defence policyin geopolitical perspective; cold waters, hot stakes; the arctic regional systemunder external influence; sino-saudi relations; chinese engagement in venezuela; u.s.-venezuelan energy relations; china's rapidly developingrelationship with contemporary africa; whither arab north africa?domestic changeand its diplomatic ramifications; african hegemonyinside the heartland; part ii
Competition for chairmanshipnew page of international security; nuclear deterrence and asymmetricconflict in the twenty-first century; maritime security in east asia; the future of democratization in chinaand the taiwan experience; from "asian values"to "the asian century"; climate change as a security issue; how can japanese citizens readand understand their own situationin the far east and the world?
Summary The world is experiencing a watershed phase in the second decade of the 21st century, marked by a geopolitical and economic power shift from the West to Euro-Asian powers. The present period exposes various geopolitical and geostrategic challenges, which prove more difficult to tackle than those in the 20th century. These challenges take the form of political confrontation, internal and internationally-political armed conflicts, conflict over raw-material resources in civil war torn countries ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL
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Subject Geopolitics -- History -- 21st century
Geopolitics -- Asia
Geopolitics.
International relations.
Political geography.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Geopolitics
Asia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Riegl, Martin, editor
Landovský, Jakub, editor
ISBN 1443852678
9781443852678
1299999174
9781299999176