Spatial distribution of power and strategies of states or what and how geopolitics explains

Spatial distribution of power and strategies of states or what and how geopolitics explains


Busygina I.M.,

Dr. Sci. (Pol. Sci.), Director of the Center for Comparative Governance Studies, Professor, Department of Applied Politics, National Research University Higher School of Economics in Saint Petersburg, moriel@mail.ru


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Okunev I.Yu.,

Cand. Sci. (Polit. Sci.), Principal Researcher, Director of the Center for Spatial Analysis of International Relations, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University, Moscow, iokunev@mgimo.ru


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DOI: 10.17976/jpps/2014.02.08

For citation:

Busygina I.M., Okunev I.Yu. Spatial distribution of power and strategies of states or what and how geopolitics explains. – Polis. Political Studies. 2014. No. 2. P. 106-123. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17976/jpps/2014.02.08



Abstract

The article explores explanations in geopolitics. Geographical factors – size and location of a state (group of states), characteristics of neighboring territories, various internal asymmetries, the nature of center-periphery relations, etc. – could form (among others) important independent variables for analysis and prediction of interactions of states (groups of states) at the global arena as well as in explanation of spatial distribution of power and its changes on the world map. Explained are also distinctions between levels of geopolitical analysis as well as between “high” and “low” geopolitics

Keywords
geopolitics; space; power; power distribution.


Content No. 2, 2014

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