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Komisji Politologii i Stosunków Międzynarodowych VII/2012.
Commission of Political Science and International Affairs
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Strona redakcyjna - editorial page - plik PDF
EVOLUTION OF GEOPOLITICAL SCHOOLS
OF THOUGHT-pełny artykuł (full article) - plik PDF
Kinga Smoleń
Summary. Late-Westphalian international environment faces the renaissance of geopolitics. More and more frequently the international system resembles the great chessboard defined by Zbigniew Brzeziński, and the cooperation between the states is replaced with rivalry for the extension of zones of influence and aiming at realization of particular, individual interests. The aim of this article is to present the evolution of geopolitical schools of thought which is conditioned by the changes occurring in the international system. Concepts will be divided into classical geopolitical concepts, geopolitical concepts resulting from the time of the Cold War and geopolitical concepts formed after the end of the bipolar rivalry.>
Key words:geopolitics, geopolitical schools of thought, evolution, state, space
CHINA: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
FOR LATIN AMERICA- pełny artykuł (full article) - plik PDF
María Florencia Rubiolo, Paola Andrea Baroni
Summary: The present international economic context is characterized by an increasing interdependence of economies and finances and by a high degree of trade competition. The arrival of emergent economies, such as China, has generated an important impact on the economies of Latin America. The size of Chinas economy allows us to think about the participation of all Latin American countries, a phenomenon reflected in the increase of trade flows between both regions. The objective of this paper is to analyze Chinese policies towards the region and link them with the role of Latin America in the international economic system and the possibilities of reformulating its participation given the fading influence of traditional actors in the region, such as the United States and the European Union. We will take into account the challenges and opportunities that the involvement of this emergent economy can generate in the region.
Key words: China, Latin America, interdependence, trade, diversification
POST SECESSION ERA AND GEOPOLITICAL
CONSEQUENCES. THE CASE OF SUDAN- pełny artykuł (full article) - plik PDF
Musab Abdelgadir Widdatallah
Summary:Since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in the year (2005) to end fifty years of civil war in Sudan, strained relations between the NCP and the SPLM, made it difficult to address and overcome post secession problems. Tensions, conflicts and lack of confidence have spread rapidly at the expense of political settlement and exchange of interests. What happened, and what is still happening in Sudan, due to a chain of troubles over secession of the South, is of particular importance to the interests of the two countries concerned, but also to the Arab world, the Horn of Africa and the Nile Basin states. The paper considers the North South conflict as a merely determinant factors in reshaping the North South bilateral relations. The paper also emphasized the geopolitical consequences resulting from the secession of the South Sudan, and concludes that the secession of the South brought about substantial changes that threaten peaceful coexistence and socioeconomic relations of the two states as well as the relations in the region in general.
Key words: Comprehensive Peace Agreement, secession, geopolitical consequences, bilateral relations
GEOPOLITICS AND ENERGY SECURITY
IN THE CASPIAN REGION- pełny artykuł (full article) - plik PDF
Justyna Misiągiewicz
Summary. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War led to a significant change in the configuration of Eurasian geopolitics. Such a reality created a power vacuum in the Caspian region as an area of influence by neighboring states and a distant players. Some analysts describe the geopolitical rivalry in the region as a neo-Cold War or Great Game with the United States, China and Russia being the main actors. In the second half of the 1990s, the global public grew aware of the energy potential of the post-Soviet Caspian republics. Not only countries but also a large number of international corporations invested in energy projects in the region. Newly independent states in Central Asia and the Caucasus hoped that their oil and gas resources would help them secure economic growth and political independence.
This article surveys the geopolitical position of the Caspian region as an area of competition between the global powers and specifies its energy potential. It will also analyze the regions pipeline politics to show the interdependence between energy market participants reflected in the geopolitical thinking in the region.
Key words::geopolitics, energy security, Caspian region, pipeline policy
GEOPOLITICS OF THE PERSIAN GULF REGION
-pełny artykuł (full article) - plik PDF
Bartosz Bojarczyk
Summary. The Persian Gulf region is one of the most important to the worlds energy security system. Vast amounts of energy resources make the region very valuable to the world powers who seek to establish a longstanding presence there to safeguard their basic interest. Besides the energy factor, the Persian Gulf has a very fragile security system. The differences and diverse interests between regional states as well as the constant presence of US forces complicate the nature and structure of its security system. The main aim of this article is to analyze the most important variables that shape the Persian Gulf security system by focusing on the geopolitical characteristics of the states and the Persian Gulf itself. A second goal is to present the evolution of the security system of the region in last decades.
Key words: Persian Gulf, geopolitics, security, United States policy, regional rivalry, energy issues, Middle East
THE ARCTIC IN TRANSITION.
REGIONAL ISSUES AND GEOPOLITICS ON THIN ICE- pełny artykuł (full article) - plik PDF
Michał Łuszczuk
Summary. The thinning ice cap of the Arctic Ocean has been transforming, opening the region for increased activities of the different stakeholders and raising raises concerns about the regions future. Issues such as sovereignty claims, prospective commercial shipping through the Arctic, hydrocarbon and mineral resources exploitation, ecological threats, and increased political activities relating to the Arctic cause the region to become an important arena of the global politics. The aim of this paper is to present and discuss how these important new Arctic geopolitical realties develop and how they can affect the interests and capabilities of both Arctic and non-Arctic states.
Key words: Arctic, Arctic region, geopolitics
INDIAS FOREIGN POLICY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST
CENTURY: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE- pełny artykuł (full article) - plik PDF
Aparajita Gangopadhyay
Summary. The paper endeavours to selectively present some of the new challenges and threats that Indias foreign policy is likely to face in the next few decades. Section I critically examines the transformations that altered the content and trajectory of Indias foreign policy since independence. Section II deals with the challenges that have plagued the foreign policy in the contemporary era. Section III deals with the threat posed by China in the region and beyond. The last section discusses the possibility of a paradigm shift from hard to soft power and discusses the viability of it as an option for the practitioners of foreign policy in India.
Key words: India, foreign policy, China
EASTERN EUROPE AS A POLITICAL SPACE - pełny artykuł (full article) - plik PDF
Ireneusz Topolski
Summary. The spatial extent of Europe has been redefined in the years after the Second World War. The most important event during this process was the transformation of political systems in the year 1989, which led to the dissolution of the whole Eastern Bloc and to the enlargement of the European Union in 2004. Defining the exact scope of Eastern Europe as a political space after the end of the Cold War provokes certain controversies. This stems from replacing the term Eastern Europe with other terms, such as Central Europe or Central Eastern Europe. Another reason for this situation is the usage of different ways of defining Eastern Europe, for example, describing it as a Post-soviet territory, the space between Germany and Russia, in relation to the European Union, or as a Sub-region of Central Eastern Europe. Eastern Europes need to be understood and perceived as the area comprising three of post-soviet states Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova.
Key words: Eastern Europe, political space, the space between Germany and Russia, Central Eastern Europe, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova
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