Concept ; Eurasia ; Geopolitics ; German school ; Ideology ; Political geography
This paper focuses on the life, political activity and creative work of Karl Haushofer, the foremost German geopolitician whose political and ideological views played an important role in shaping his geopolitical visions and concepts. The main aim
here is to discuss Haushofer’s concept of the Euroasiatic Continental Block, with account taken of the fact that all Haushofer’s geopolitical concepts were aimed at transforming Germany into a world superpower. - (BJ)
Le concept de coeur continental selon H. Mackinder
Concept ; Ecole britannique ; Géographie politique ; Géopolitique ; Heartland ; Histoire de la géographie ; MACKINDER (H.)
British school ; Concept ; Geopolitics ; Heartland ; History of geography ; Political geography
This article addresses the creative output of leading British geographer Halford John Mackinder, and most especially his geopolitical concept relating to the Heartland, which was of major theoretical and cognitive significance, and proved capable
of arousing intense polemics among academics. The content and valuable substantive features of the concept are first presented here, and then the scale of its political suitability. – (BJ)
L'étendue territoriale de la Pologne dans les concepts des chercheurs polonais (1864-1921)
Concept ; Frontière ; Géographie politique ; Géopolitique ; Histoire ; Pologne ; Territoire
Concept ; Frontier ; Geopolitics ; History ; Poland ; Political geography ; Territory
and the political activists created new concepts which aimed at the restoration of independence. Border issues were considered among other questions. The A. presents views concerning the territorial extent of Poland represented by such names. Maps showing proposed
border lines are included in the text. All the concepts are based on Poland's historical borders which existed before 1772. The proposals were based upon historical, political, social, ethnic, religious and linguistic considerations. The A. has attempted
to formulate an objective evaluation of the proposed concepts and confront them with the Poland's borders, as drawn after World War I, the Polish-Soviet War and the peace treaties of Versailles and Riga. - (L'A.).
Le concept de Pan-Europe de Richard N. Coudenhove-Kalergiego
Années 1920 ; Années 1930 ; Concept ; Europe ; Intégration politique ; Pan-Europe
Concept ; Europe ; Political integration ; Years 1920-29 ; Years 1930-39
The article presents the life and creative output of Richard N. Coudenhove-Kalergi, the author of the Pan-Europe concept that brought together many of Europe's leading intellectuals in the inter-War period. The assumptions that underpinned the Pan
Concept ; Eurasia ; Geopolitics ; Political geography ; Russia ; Sphere of influence
This article presents the geopolitcal concepts of Alexander Dugin, a contemporary political activist from Russia who represents the so-called Euroasiatic Movement. Dugin feels an affinity for the vision of Russia as a great continental empire, while
Années 1920 ; Concept ; Ex-URSS ; Géographie historique ; Géopolitique ; Mouvement euro-asiatique ; Russie
Concept ; Former USSR ; Geopolitics ; Historical geography ; Russia ; Years 1920-29
The article presents the history of the Euro-Asian movement, as an original concept of Russian political thought originating from the early 1920s. Its creators were convinced of the need to create a huge empire that would encompass a sizeable part
of Eurasia. Such concepts are now being recalled and reinstated in today's Russia, the movement's leading exponent being A. Dugin, whose views are presented and assessed here. A final part of the article focuses on the geopolitical consequences of programmes
Concept ; Géopolitique ; Histoire de la géographie ; Politique ; Souveraineté ; Ukraine
Concept ; Geopolitics ; History of geography ; Policy ; Sovereignty ; Ukraine
that all were for the inclusion of the entirety of territories inhabited by populations of Ukrainian origin. The intellectual work in question involving the development of political concepts would go on to supply the inspiration underpinning concrete
This article recalls the creative attainments of great Russian thinker Nikolay Danilevskiy (1822-1885), who anticipated Russian geopolitics. His book Russia and Europe presented a concept for a great Slavonic Empire, while a further major
This article presents ideas and creative concepts from leading German geographers and economists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Through their pioneering achievements, these academics contributed to the emergence of geopolitics
L'A. décrit les principales conceptions méthodologiques élaborées par des géographes, des économistes et des urbanistes polonais concernant l'économie d'habitation. Il définit successivement les méthodes (d'analyse de seuil, d'efficacité des