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1 online resource (x, 246 pages) |
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Contributions to International Relations |
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Contributions to international relations.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 How to Assess Importance in the Borderlands: A Method -- 1.2 The Topical Challenges and Their Rationale -- Chapter 2: A Theoretical Discussion on the Borderlands -- 2.1 Mackinderś Theory on the Borderlands -- 2.2 Spykmanś Rimland Theory on the Borderlands -- 2.3 Mahanś Sea Power Theory for Borderlands -- 2.4 The Common Denominator -- References -- Chapter 3: The Core Borderland: Afghanistan -- 3.1 The Making of the Crossroads Civilization -- 3.1.1 The Role of History and Current Challenges |
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3.1.2 Conflictual Foundations and Geopolitical Imperatives -- 3.2 Deglobalization: Beginnings and Waves -- 3.2.1 The Beginning: From New York to Central Asia -- 3.2.2 The US Withdrawal from Afghanistan: A Discussion on Amplitude or Ramifications? -- 3.3 The Future: The New Great Game? -- 3.3.1 The Crossroads of Ambitions: A Triangle Between Pakistan, India, and China -- 3.3.2 A Case Study: China and Afghanistan -- References -- Chapter 4: The Middle Powers and the Core Borderland -- 4.1 Pakistan: The Struggle for Stability -- 4.1.1 The Morphology of a Challenging Geography |
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4.1.2 The Troubled Politics ́Effects on Poor Socio-economics -- 4.2 A Troubled Border: The Potential for Conflict Between Afghanistan and Pakistan -- 4.2.1 A Complex Militant Landscape -- 4.2.2 The Politics of Insurgency -- 4.3 A Good(?) Neighborhood: Afghanistan and Iran -- 4.3.1 Balochistan: Between Self-Determination and a Place for Competition -- 4.3.2 The Islamic State and the Opportunity for Coordination, If Not Cooperation -- References -- Chapter 5: Iran: The Resurgent(?) Landlocked Power -- 5.1 Geographical Challenges and Geopolitical Imperatives |
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5.1.1 The Human Geography of a Mountainous Landscape -- 5.1.2 Assessing Imperatives and the Regional Moving Parts -- 5.2 Iranś Internal Problems and Strategic Priorities -- 5.2.1 An Analysis on the Iranś Contemporary Revolutionary Spirits -- 5.2.2 A Structural Overview of Iranś Problems and Priorities -- 5.3 The Signs for Change in the Middle East-and Their Limits -- 5.3.1 A Narrow Window of Opportunity: The Rapprochement Between Iran and Saudi Arabia -- 5.3.2 Normalizing the Complex Relations Between Turkey and Egypt -- References -- Chapter 6: The Connector Challenges |
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6.1 From the Middle East into Europe: Turkey -- 6.1.1 A Complex Equation for the Syrian Problem -- 6.1.2 A Rapprochement and Its (Im)possibility -- 6.2 The Earthquake and Its Shaky Ramifications -- 6.2.1 A Factor for External Disruption or One for External Consolidation? -- 6.2.2 The Challenges for the Turkish Internal Buildup -- 6.3 Beyond the Crisis: Turkeyś Geopolitical Imperatives -- 6.3.1 Unpacking Turkeyś Geographical Anatomy -- 6.3.2 Controlling What Flows: The Straits and the Water Problems -- 6.3.3 The Geography of Constant Adaptation as the Stateś First Imperative -- References |
| Summary |
This book discusses the emerging threats to European stability in different borderland regions, from the Greater Middle East to the Eastern Mediterranean, the Balkans and the Black Sea. It highlights the specific geopolitical risks that could, left unchecked, have global repercussions. The book shows how recent events have exasperated underlying problems that have been slowly destabilizing each of these regions for years. It also looks at the geopolitical constraints and objectives of the countries within these regions to build a basis for understanding their current and future security challenges. While doing so, the book discusses the European borderlands in a non-traditional way, proposing a specific framework to study them, going beyond historical analysis and employing a heuristic process and in-depth socio-economic analysis to understand regional power relations and trends. It develops the key concepts of "core borderland" and "geopolitical node" to understand the future challenges that Europe in particular and Eurasia, in general, will face, discussing specific features shaping current affairs and identifying the main drivers - countries and specific regional elements - for the future stability of the borderlands. This book will appeal to students and scholars of international relations, as well as policy-makers, practitioners, and international organizations interested in a better understanding of current and future challenges at Europe's borderlands and the security risks the European continent faces |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Geopolitics -- Eurasia
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Boundaries.
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Diplomatic relations.
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Geopolitics.
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| SUBJECT |
Eurasia -- Boundaries
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Europe -- Boundaries
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Europe -- Foreign relations -- Eurasia
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Eurasia -- Foreign relations -- Europe
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| Subject |
Eurasia.
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Europe.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783031339400 |
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3031339401 |
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