4th Edition

Introduction to Geopolitics

By Colin Flint Copyright 2022
324 Pages 58 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

324 Pages 58 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

324 Pages 58 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This new updated edition presents the overarching themes of geopolitical structures and agents in an engaging and accessible manner, which requires no previous knowledge of theory or current affairs. It helps readers understand the geopolitical implications of COVID-19, China’s pronounced role in the world, the relative decline of the US, and the Black Lives Matter movement.  Using new... Read more

1. Introduction to geopolitics  

2. A framework for understanding geopolitics  

3. Geopolitical agency: the concept of geopolitical codes  

4. Justifying geopolitical agency: representing geopolitical codes  

5. Embedding geopolitics within national identity  

6. Territorial geopolitics: shaky foundations of the world political map?  

7. Network geopolitics: flows desired and feared  

8. Global geopolitical structure: framing agency  

9. Environmental geopolitics: agency in the Anthropocene  

10. Messy geopolitics: agency and multiple structures

Biography

Colin Flint is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Political Science, Utah State University. He is author of Geopolitical Constructs; a co-author, with Peter Taylor, of Political Geography: World-Economy, Nation-State, and Locality; and editor emeritus of the journal Geopolitics. He also runs the Aggies Geopolitical Observatory.