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Geography of International Affairs

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Lesson 1: Geopolitics - An Introduction to Historical Roots and Theories

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Overview
Geography & Politics
Place & Politics
The Politics of Scale
Regions & Politics
Territory as Political Space
The Politics of Networks
An Introduction to Geopolitics
Structure and Agency
Geopolitics, Power & Geography
Summary and Final Tasks

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GEOG 128: Geography of International Affairs

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Lesson 1: Geopolitics - An Introduction to Historical Roots and Theories
Lesson 2: Geopolitical Agency - The Concept of Geopolitical Codes
Lesson 3: Justifying Geopolitical Agency - Representing Geopolitical Codes
Lesson 4: Embedding Geopolitics Within National Identity
Lesson 5: Territorial Geopolitics - Shaky Foundations of the World Political Map?
Lesson 6: Network Geopolitics - Social Movements and Terrorists
Lesson 7: Global Geopolitical Structure - Framing Agency
Lesson 8: International Political Economy - Economic Geography and Globalization
Lesson 9: The Rise of China
Lesson 10: North Korea
Lesson 11: Environmental Geopolitics - Security and Sustainability

Author: Melissa Y. Rock, The Pennsylvania State University

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