GEOG 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Persian Gulf, Critical Geopolitics, Carter Doctrine
2 Oct 2020
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Geopolitical world order: a more or less stable set of international power relations dominated by an agenda set the major powers (e. g. cold war) Geopolitical transition: transition from one geopolitical world order to another (e. g. from cold war to post- cold war) Geopolitical code: the formal definition of a governments goals, and the methods it will use to reach those goals. Identification of external threats to those interests. A planned response for dealing with those threats. Iranian revolution occurs sold weapons to suddam huisein which lasted. Ussr invaded afghanistan u. s. arming of the resistance. Scary to us because they can control iran"s oil and fuck us. The carter doctrine - jan 23, 1980. Persian gulf oil a key element in u. s. national security. Soviet attempts to control the persian gulf. Soviets pose a grave threat to u. s. and global energy. 1) classical geopolitics: everything we have talked about before this. The study of the relationship between physical geography and power.
