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Geopolitics is a method of political analysis, popular in Central Europe during the first half of the 20th century that emphasized the role played by geography in international relations.
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Geopolitics is a method of political analysis, popular in Central Europe during the first half of the 20th cent. that emphasized the role played by geography in international relations. Geopolitical theorists stress that natural political boundaries and access to important waterways are vital to a nation's survival. The term was first used (1916) by Rudolf Kjeflen, a Swedish political scientist, and was later borrowed by Karl Haushofer, a German geographer and follower of Friedrich Ratzel. Haushofer founded (1922) the Institute of Geopolitics in Munich, from which he proceeded to publicize geopolitical ideas, including Sir Walford J. Mackinder's theory of a European ?heartland? central to world domination. Haushofer's writings found favor with the Nazi leadership, and his ideas were used to justify German expansion during the Nazi era. Many expansionist justifications, including the American ?manifest destiny? as well as the German Lebensraum, are based on geopolitical considerations. Geopolitics is different from political geography, a branch of geography concerned with the relationship between politics and the environment....
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Europeans have been steadily abandoning Christianity. Church attendance has fallen dramatically. Both the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches have been worried because if Europeans desert Christianity, its Third World adherents would follow suit. How does one then revive Christianity in Europe.
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As you know, I have always found Delhi a tiresome place. During my tenure as High Commissioner here the constant amateurish surveillance was the bane of daily life for all of us in the embassy. Avoiding the sleuths was no problem since they were always visible and we learnt to outwit them at their silly games! Delhi?s traffic also suggests that Indians are congenitally unruly - how they organise their fighting forces with this level of indiscipline remains a mystery. But having to put up with pathetic attempts by every second Indian politician and bureaucrat to recite Urdu couplets gets on one?s nerves. Now I understand why Jinnah wanted partition since his commitment to Islam was more secular than fashionable today. He had obviously had enough of cloying Hindus! These Indians stupidly imagine that speaking ungrammatical and invariably mispronounced Urdu will influence Pakistan?s Kashmir policy! Escaping the insufferable embrace of Delhi?s movers and shakers needs more skill than avoiding the RAW dimwits. The other evening, one well-known, young celluloid filly slipped me her mobile number, pouting meaningfully she found Pakistani men irresistible!
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The recent bombings of the Western Railway system in Mumbai have once again thrown up the same question: Is it possible to dialogue with today's Islam . Does it listen to reason . Does plain logic work ' Will it ever stop killing innocent people in the name of God.
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