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Space Is Power

The Seven Rules of Territory
  • ISBN-13: 9781498512893
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: LEXINGTON BOOKS
  • By John Hickman
  • Price: AUD $220.00
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 15/04/2016
  • Format: Hardback 216 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: International relations [JPS]
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From Russia's annexation of Crimea to China's `nine-dash line' in the South China Sea, it is clear that territory is as important in international politics now as it has ever been. Yet too few contemporary foreign policy makers, journalists, and scholars are able to speak coherently about territorial issues. Space Is Power: The Seven Rules of Territory challenges the intellectual conceits that human territoriality is merely a social construct, that territorial sovereignty is atavistic, that territorial annexation is always irrational, and that territorial disputes are provoked by foreign policy makers who seek to divert public attention from more important issues. Space Is Power argues that territoriality is too basic to human nature to be denied and territorial sovereignty is too important to the survival of the modern state to be ignored. The truths about territory are captured in seven rules, some of which are intuitive while others contradict conventional wisdom. Rather than anticipating the transcendence of the territorial states, this book argues that the unmistakable direction of international politics is toward encompassing ever more physical space as the territory of states.
Chapter One: Rule #1: Expect Humans to be Territorial Chapter Two: Rule #2: Expect Polities to Claim Territory their Rulers Believe is the Most Valuable Chapter Three: Rule #3: Expect the Modern State to Compete for Territory Chapter Four: Rule #4: Remember that Competition for Territory Between Modern States may be Peaceful Chapter Five: Rule #5: Treat International Law and Diplomatic Rhetoric about Territory as Mere Words Chapter Six: Rule #6: Expect Territory to Provide both Present and Future Power Resources Chapter Seven: Rule #7: Expect Geopolitical Grand Strategies to be Sticky Chapter Eight: Anglo-sphere Chapter Nine: Sino-sphere Chapter Ten: Russo-sphere Chapter Eleven: Indo-sphere Chapter Twelve: Brazilo-sphere Chapter Thirteen: Euro-sphere Chapter Fourteen: Exotic Territories
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