Theory and application of systemic geopolitical analysis: the ice-melting as geopolitical factor of geostrategic competition in the arctic circle and I) the evaluation of the theoretical power of NJ Spykman's geopolitical model and II) the study of the geopolitical impact in the broader Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean

• Main Authors: Domatioti, Xanthipi, Δωματιώτη, Ξανθίπη
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 2020
• Subjects: Rimland / Ρίμλαντ ή Στεφάνη ή Κρηπίδωμα; Αρκτική; Spykman; Nicholas John (1893–1943); Mahan; Alfred Thayer (1840–1914); Ευρύτερη Μέση Ανατολή; Ανατολική Μεσόγειος; Γεωπολιτική θεωρία; Mackinder; Sir Halford John (1861–1947); Rimland; Arctic; Broader Middle East; Eastern Mediterranean; Geopolitical Theory; Πολιτικές Επιστήμες; Κοινωνικές Επιστήμες; Διεθνείς σχέσεις; Άλλες Κοινωνικές Επιστήμες; διεπιστημονική προσέγγιση; Political Science; Social Sciences; International Relations; Other Social Sciences; interdisciplinary
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/48274; https://doi.org/10.12681/eadd/48274

In 1944, NJ Spykman argued that geographical reasons affect power and power itself is a necessary tool for the survival of a nation as well as for the evolution of the international system. He underlined the need to contain Russia in Heartland. He stated: “Who controls the Rimland rules Eurasia, who...