Geopolitics and the great powers in the twenty-first century: multipolarity and the revolution in strategic perspective/ C. Dale Walton

By: Walton, C. DaleMaterial type: TextTextSeries: (Geopolitical theory series)Publication details: London: Routledge, 2007Description: viii, 141 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780415358538Subject(s): Geopolitics | Diplomatic relations | United StatesDDC classification: 320.12
Contents:
Introduction: New Powers and Old Politics -- Mackinder and the Cold War -- The Death of the Columbian Epoch -- The Post-Columbian Epoch -- The Center of the Action -- The Revolution in Strategic Perspective -- The Argument -- Chapter I: Geopolitics in an Uncertain World: The Case for Classical Geopolitics -- An Unearned Infamy: The Reputation of Classical Geopolitics -- Geopolitics as Counsel -- The Usefulness of Classical Geopolitics -- The Enduring Relevance of Geography -- A Twenty-First Century Geopolitics -- The Post-Columbian Epoch -- Conclusion: Capturing the New Epoch -- Chapter II: The Geography of Universal Empire: The Geopolitics of the Columbian Epoch -- Seeing One World, Whole -- Strategic Culture and Geography -- Strategic Learning and the Post-Columbian Epoch -- The Stakes: Why the Politics of Eastern Eurasia are of Global -- Importance -- Conclusion -- Chapter III: The Grand Casino Reopens: Multi-Polarity and International Politics -- The Short Half-Life of Unipolarity -- The Character of Multipolarity -- Beyond Bipolarity: The Balancing of China -- The American Factor -- Nightmare: The Possibility of a Great Power Axis -- Great and Small Power Interactions -- Conclusion -- Chapter IV: Leviathan Slimming: Guarding American Interests in a Multipolar Environment -- The Second American RMA -- The Danger of Resting on Laurels -- Rogues and Suckers: The Challenges of Preeminence -- Leaving the Beltway: Moving Beyond Multipolarity -- Comparing Nineteenth-Century Britain and the Twenty-First -- Century United States -- Conclusion -- Chapter V: Strategizing Without a License: The Non-State Challenge to World Order -- The Islamist Threat in Context -- Rise of the Lilliputians -- The Great Powers and the Terrorists -- Conclusion -- Chapter VI: Strategy 2.0: Great Power Competition in an Era of Technological Revolution -- Faster, Cheaper, Better: The Technological Explosion -- The RSP and the Next Revolution in Military Affairs -- A Thought Experiment: The Military Application of Artificial -- Intelligence to Airpower -- The Case for Technological Exuberance -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Geopolitics and the Revolution in Strategic Perspective.
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Introduction: New Powers and Old Politics --
Mackinder and the Cold War --
The Death of the Columbian Epoch --
The Post-Columbian Epoch --
The Center of the Action --
The Revolution in Strategic Perspective --
The Argument --
Chapter I: Geopolitics in an Uncertain World: The Case for Classical Geopolitics --
An Unearned Infamy: The Reputation of Classical Geopolitics --
Geopolitics as Counsel --
The Usefulness of Classical Geopolitics --
The Enduring Relevance of Geography --
A Twenty-First Century Geopolitics --
The Post-Columbian Epoch --
Conclusion: Capturing the New Epoch --
Chapter II: The Geography of Universal Empire: The Geopolitics of the Columbian Epoch --
Seeing One World, Whole --
Strategic Culture and Geography --
Strategic Learning and the Post-Columbian Epoch --
The Stakes: Why the Politics of Eastern Eurasia are of Global --
Importance --
Conclusion --
Chapter III: The Grand Casino Reopens: Multi-Polarity and International Politics --
The Short Half-Life of Unipolarity --
The Character of Multipolarity --
Beyond Bipolarity: The Balancing of China --
The American Factor --
Nightmare: The Possibility of a Great Power Axis --
Great and Small Power Interactions --
Conclusion --
Chapter IV: Leviathan Slimming: Guarding American Interests in a Multipolar Environment --
The Second American RMA --
The Danger of Resting on Laurels --
Rogues and Suckers: The Challenges of Preeminence --
Leaving the Beltway: Moving Beyond Multipolarity --
Comparing Nineteenth-Century Britain and the Twenty-First --
Century United States --
Conclusion --
Chapter V: Strategizing Without a License: The Non-State Challenge to World Order --
The Islamist Threat in Context --
Rise of the Lilliputians --
The Great Powers and the Terrorists --
Conclusion --
Chapter VI: Strategy 2.0: Great Power Competition in an Era of Technological Revolution --
Faster, Cheaper, Better: The Technological Explosion --
The RSP and the Next Revolution in Military Affairs --
A Thought Experiment: The Military Application of Artificial --
Intelligence to Airpower --
The Case for Technological Exuberance --
Conclusion --
Conclusion --
Geopolitics and the Revolution in Strategic Perspective.

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