April 2005

Thinking about Geography: Some Competing Geopolitical Models for the 21st Century

The New Strategic and Security Landscape of Southeast Europe

This paper contains two articles about geographical space and its continued role in international relations. The first article examines the continued prevalence and utility of geopolitical approaches to multinational politics, despite the undeniable growth of "geography-free" forms of power. The author clarifies what geopolitical models currently "speak" to the European context, and which might shape the nature of NATO operations in the future. The second article discusses the wider Black Sea Region, a specific geopolitical model that is arguably still a work in progress.

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