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Define geopolitics and account for its prevalence even in the modern nuclear age.

  • UPSC 2007
  • 20 marks
  • Contemporary Global Concerns

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Geopolitics is the study of how geographical space (location, terrain, distance, resources and access to the sea) shapes the power, interests and conduct of states. The Swedish political scientist Rudolf Kjellén coined the term in 1899, building on Friedrich Ratzel's organic theory of the state. Intercontinental missiles were expected to make geography obsolete. Instead, by…

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