Hidden Geopolitics
Book description
Geopolitics is not dead, but nor does it involve the same old logic of a world determined by physical geography in a competition between Great Powers. Hidden Geopolitics recaptures the term to explore how the geography of power works both globally and nationally to structure and govern the workings of…
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1 author picked Hidden Geopolitics as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I could have recommended several books by this author. Still, his 2023 offering is particularly pertinent to borders in the 21st century as it demonstrates that we exist in both a world of flows and a bounded, territorial system. Though this may seem contradictory, this book demonstrates how territoriality and barrier-bordering dynamics have always been but one aspect of international relations.
That which crosses borders and elides controls of the nation-state system plays powerfully into the very politics, economics, environments, and daily lives occurring within it. To understand borders as filters and barriers is the only way to apprehend the…
From Alexander's list on 21st century borders.
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