Geography and International Conflict - Ukraine, Taiwan, Indo-Pacific, and Sino-American Relations

This book analyses the influence of geography-defined broadly to refer to physical size, location, terrain, accessibility, insularity, climate, regions, neighborhoods, natural endowment, strategic pathways, maritime and continental orientations, and even imagined communities-on international relations.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Geopolitics' Revival and Our Plan for the Book 2. The Long Arc of Geographic Influence 3. Geography's Influence on International Relations 4. Mackinder, Spykman, and Mahan: Is Geopolitics Still Relevant Today? 5. Ukraine: Key to the Eurasian Heartland 6. Taiwan: Lock on China's Front Door 7. Why the Indo-Pacific? Regionalism and Imagined Communities 8. Comparing China and the U.S. Security Environment 9. Conclusion: Managing International Relations in a Hybrid World of New and Old

About the author

Steve Chan is College Professor of Distinction (Emeritus) at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. His publications include twenty-five books and about two hundred articles and book chapters.
Weixing Hu is UM Development Foundation Distinguished Professor and Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, the University of Macau. His research interest focuses on Asia-Pacific international relations, Chinese foreign policy and Sino-US relations.

Summary

This book analyses the influence of geography—defined broadly to refer to physical size, location, terrain, accessibility, insularity, climate, regions, neighborhoods, natural endowment, strategic pathways, maritime and continental orientations, and even imagined communities—on international relations.

Product details

• Authors: Steve Chan, Steve (University of Colorado Chan, Weixing Hu, Hu Weixing
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032915715
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3291571-5
• No. of pages: 118
• Series: Routledge Studies on Comparative Asian Politics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, North America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, International Relations, Regional Studies, United States of America, USA, Regional / International studies, Human Geography, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), Indo-Pacific