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Model of Empire

Mask of Rightness

Heart of Darkness

Empires

Geopolitics

The Mask

Conrad’s “Idea”

The Heart

Wealth and Power

Face of Empire

Reality of Empire

Physical Geography

Geology

Climate

Resources

Transportation

Periphery / Buffer

Military

Economics

Geography

Human Geography

Culture

Development

Economic

Health

Historical

Political

Population

Settlement

Geopolitics – an analysis of international relations

that includes the effects of:

Joseph Conrad, who worked

in King Leopold’s Congo, said:

“The Heart of Darkness”

Joseph Conrad

Empires do not have friends they have interests.

Physical Geography

Geology

Climate

Resources

Transportation

Periphery / Buffer

Military

Economics

Geography

Human Geography

Culture

Development

Economic

Health

Historical

Political

Population

Settlement

STUDENT ASSISGNMENT:

Describe the Geopolitics of

____Place Topic Here___

Show

Location(s)

Physical Geography

Geology

Climate

Resources

Transportation

Periphery / Buffer

Military

Economics

Geography

Human Geography

Culture

Development

Economic

Health

Historical

Political

Population

Settlement

Example STUDENT ASSISGNMENT:


Occupied Territories

Golan Heights Kashmir Tibet

Physical Geography

Human Geography

Golan Heights Kashmir Tibet

several occupied territories.

Culture / Population:

Occupied population differs

ethnically/religiously/culturally

from occupier.

Historical / Political: Legal,

historical, security claims made

by each side.

Resources / Economic: Source

of very important WATER

supplies and rivers.

Periphery / Buffer: territories lie

between regional competitors.

Military: Important high ground.

Fighting is between regular army

vs irregulars and citizen protesters


Compare the Geopolitics of

_________________________



Occupied Territories

Geopolitics –

Some Important Issues

Empires do not have friends they have interests. Empires do not have friends they have interests.

We have no eternal allies, and we have no

perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and

perpetual. -Lord Palmerston, British PM

Wealth - Resources - Labour- Commerce - Geopolitical Power

The Myth of Allies and Enemies


Post WW 1

Allies attack

former “friends”.

Geopolitics – Allies and Enemies


Post WW 2

“Friends” become “Enemies.



Post WW 2

“Enemies” become “Friends”.



The Scramble

for Wealth

Resources

Labour

Commerce

Africom

Geopolitics - Interests


Geopolitics - Economics

Currency

Leopold’s Cylinders

Central African Franc

Petrodollars


Illegal Drugs

Pre WW 1

Geopolitics – Drug Trade


Geopolitics – Drug Trade

Illegal Drugs

Post WW 2


Empires want Dependent Vassals

NOT

Democracies or Independent Dictators

Geopolitics – Democracy


Proxy Fighters

NATO - Saudi

Geopolitics – Proxy Fighters

Proxy Fighters


U.S. – Saudi

Salafi / Wahhabi

Proxy Fighters

The United States is cooperating with moderate

Salafist-jihadists to prevent Iran from taking a

preponderant role in the region.

Mass murder in the Middle East is funded by our friends the Saudis. Everyone knows where al-Qa'ida gets its money, but the West does nothing…

Geopolitics – Proxy Fighters

http://www.independent.co.uk/


The Myth of Imperial Morality Plays

Foiled Train Derailers

Iranian Al-Qaida

Boston Bombers

Chechnyan Al-Qaida

“War on Terror”

Bosnia

Kosovo

Macedonia Afghanistan Libya Syria

US / Saudi Covert Action using Al-Qaida

Nicaragua Congo Namibia/SA

US / Saudi Covert Action in general

Croatia

Foiled Train Derailers

Iranian Al-Qaida

Boston Bombers

Chechnyan Al-Qaida

El Salvador

Operation Storm

“Allies”:

NATO

Iran

Saudi

Croatia

Nazis

Bosnia

MPRI

Vs

“Enemies”:

PPCLI

Serbs

Yugoslavia

Russia

China

Iran

Muj in Bosnia.pptx

Ronald Reagan Hosts 'Freedom Fighters‘.pptx

Libya fighter.pptx

Muj in Bosnia.pptx


Operation

Gladio

South African

mercenaries

Columbian

Para-

Militaries

The Mafia

Montagnards

Tibetan

Nationalists

Chilean

DINA

French Italian Greek

Resistance

Ho Chi Min

Vietminh

Cuban

Exiles

Pol Pot

Pacific Islander

Coast-watchers

Kurds

Tito-partisans

OAS

Greek Nazi

Paramilitary


Zbigniew Brzezinski on Geopolitics

“The grand imperatives of imperial geostrategy are:

to prevent collusion and maintain security

dependence among the vassals,

to keep [them] pliant and protected,

and to keep the barbarians from coming together.”

Divide and Conquer

Divide and Rule

Divide and Leave


Plunder and Geopolitical Power Geopolitics of Geopolitics

Critical Geopolitics


Petraeus

Templer

Lansdale

The Myth of

“Winning Hearts and Minds”


Divide and Conquer

Divide and Rule

Divide and Leave

Geopolitics – “Divide et impera”


The “Barbarians”

Periphery and Containment

Geopolitics - Divide et impera


Sea Lane

Choke Points

Geopolitics


Contested

Pipeline Routes

Geopolitics


Plunder and Geopolitical Power Geopolitics of Geopolitics

Critical Geopolitics


Petraeus

Templer

Lansdale

The Myth of

“Winning Hearts and Minds”


Plunder and Geopolitical Power Geopolitics of Plenty

“The comforts of

the rich require a

great many poor.”

- Voltaire


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