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How much is the argument presented by Robert Kaplan’s (2012) The Revenge…
How much is the argument presented by Robert Kaplan’s (2012) The Revenge of Geography on geopolitical theory supported or weakened by international events of recent years?
Things to remember
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EXAMPLE 1: Kaplan conveys that all of Russia's geopolitical conflicts have been linked with the fact that they want a warm water port. His prediction was correct as the Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 to get access to Sevastopol.
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EXAMPLE 2: Kaplan calls upon Spykman when talking about Eurasian power. Spykman hypothesised that a united Europe would be detrimental to world superpowers, namely the United states. However there are many signs to a failing European Union such as the Greek Debt crisis of 2015 and Brexit in 2016. This lead to a lack of cohesion within Europe. Kaplan discloses the potential that a United Europe would have and how that would influence relations between the EU and the US. This is because Europe has vast access to the sea and natural resources. However in the past, natural barriers have prevented this from happening. Thus claims it would be unnatural for Europe to unify.
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EXAMPLE 3: Kaplan draws upon Harvey’s time-space compression idea to argue that borders are more negligible now; borders are heavily contested. However, more than ever are the division between people relevant. Kaplan dwells upon ideas regarding artificial and natural borders, however, a sense of national identity has proved more important to many people. For example, the conflict between Isreal and Palestine has to increase nationalistic views on both sides and has meant that place is as important as ever.
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EXAMPLE 4: Kaplan argues that Mackinder's Heartland is Kazakhstan, thus whoever rules Kazakhstan rules the world. Which I don't think is true. Global superpowers such as China and the US have much more global importance than Kazakhstan.
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Mackinder's theory of the heartland is no longer politically accepted as the theory is outdated, basing your examples on this means that they are not entirely truthful
Structure can be such that each example is approved/disproved by one of the events that has happened in recent year.
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Paragraph 4: Kaplan argues that he who rules Kazakhstan rules the world, reinforcing Mackinder's heartland theory, however, power in Eurasia more significantly lies within China, India and Iran?