Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction

• Reveals how people and places are inter-connected with each other, and how our geopolitical outlook moulds our understanding of the world.
• Shows why it is vital that we explore and attempt to understand how and why we divide the world into zones and territories - and how these divisions depend on your perspective.
• Explains how terrorism, globalization, environmental degradation, and new technologies such as the internet are all challenging and complicating the geographical basis of global politics.
• Looks at the history of terms such as 'the iron curtain', 'the third world', 'the axis of evil'.
• Explains how geopolitics informs a government's foreign policy.

Readership: Anyone seeking a fuller understanding of international politics, including students of geopolitics, politics, geography, sociology, and international relations.

Klaus Dodds, Professor of Geopolitics, Royal Holloway, University of London

"...promising and helpful. I have no doubt that other university teachers will... assign this inviting little book to their freshman students." - James D. Sidaway, Cultural Geographies

"Engrossing study of a complex topic."

1: It's smart to be geopolitical!
2: An intellectual poison?
3: Geopolitical architectures
4: Geopolitics and identity
5: Geopolitics and maps
6: Popular geopolitics
References
Further Reading
Index

Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction - a reading guide