GEOG-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: North American Free Trade Agreement, Halford Mackinder, Warsaw Pact
24 Sep 2020
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The interaction of geographical area and political processes. How the earth"s land surface is organized into countries and other alliances. The reasons why political spaces emerge in the places they do. Halford mackinder credited for establishing geopolitics. Interested in the links between political power and space (spatial dimensions of power) The study of international politics from a geographic perspective. Emergence coincides with the expansion of the british empire. Who rules east europe commands the heartland; who rules the heartland commands the world-island; who rules the world-island controls the world. halford mackinder. A period of time in international politics. One power (e. g. country) will dominate with respect to economic and political supremacy (hegemony) The cold war as a geopolitical world order (1945-1991) Multilateralism: countries work together to find solutions to common problems. North american free trade agreement (nafta): canada, usa, mexico. Fueled a cold war culture of east vs. west.
