Rethinking Geopolitics

<p><em>Rethinking Geopolitics</em> argues that the concept of geopolitics needs to be conceptualised anew as the twenty-first century approaches.<br> Challenging conventional geopolitical assumptions contributors explore:<br> * theories of post-modern geopolitics<br> * historical formulations of states and cold wars<br> * the geopolitics of the Holocaust<br> * the gendered dimension of Kurdish insurgency<br> * the cold war world<br> * political cartoons concerning Bosnia<br> * <em>Time</em> magazine representations of the Persian Gulf<br> * the Zapatistas and the Chiapas revolt<br> * the new cyber politics<br> * conflict simulations in the US military<br> * the emergence of a new geopolitics of global security.<br> Exploring how popular cultural assumptions about geography and politics constitute the discourses of contemporary violence and political economy <em>Rethinking Geopolitics</em> shows that we must rethink the struggle for knowledge space and power.</p>