International Politics on the World Stage: A Geographic Basis of Power
Although geography can play a role in regional conflicts and alliances, it ultimately is not the 'be all and end all 'of determining who is a friend and who is a powerful enemy in the international community, although it may once have played a dominant role in tribal and feudal societies. Still, according to John Rourke's textbook on International Politics on the World Stage, any regional or international balance of power is not determined by military might alone, or by a country's technological or economic capacity for development. Geography plays some role, but not dominant role. The balance of power is always attributed to...
These provided potential political stability. But these treaties, especially secret treaties, could also create a domino effect when tensions were heightened, as they did during World War I. (Rourke, Chapter 6) Thus, geography could create alliances through similarities of ethnicity, culture, and facilitate economic trade and political alliances but could also give…
Works Cited
Rourke, John. (2004). International Politics on the World Stage. New York McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
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