The Return of Geopolitics
The Return of Geopolitics - A Global Quest for the Right Side of History is a collection of essays that explore the evolution and contemporary relevance of geopolitics across different historical epochs. Contributors of these essays include professors, researchers, historians, authors, scholars, journalists, editors, and practitioners whose diverse perspectives form a rich tapestry of geopolitical discourse. Supplemented by evocative photographs, the essays offer visual insights into the dynamic shifts of global geopolitics. Below are some views shared in the book:
A key dimension in which geopolitics is useful is that of the global scale, but geopolitics is also of crucial value in the understanding of particular states and communities, their character, composition, development, and interactions.
When Russia feels its geopolitical interests are threatened, it has proven willing to break international law and take big risks.
Geopolitics isn’t just about foreign policy or strategy, but also domestic politics and political culture.
History doesn't repeat itself; it just comes back in different – and surprising – guises.
China typically makes no demands that its allies comply with international norms of human rights or other responsible behavior. China’s natural allies are, as a result, often bad international actors, as the examples of Iran, North Korea, and Syria make clear.
It could be argued that the current revival of interest in geopolitics among academics and practitioners also reflects the arrival of another age of insecure and unpredictable transformation in the world order.
Geostrategic conflict is inevitable, but mutual economic interdependence can help manage that conflict and keep it from spiraling out of control.
Thomas Jefferson said that the price of liberty is eternal vigilance. The price of diversity, it seems, is enhanced surveillance.
The worst mistake you can make in politics is to judge something by its intentions, rather than its outcomes.
