Geopolitics is about how the world is understood politically at the planetary scale. It is simultaneously a term that refers to great power rivalries and the knowledge and representational practices that legitimate that mode of rule. Now in the face of climate change the premises for thinking about human politics have been dramatically changed, even if many political elites and scholars have ye...

In this work, we present a model based on a competitive dynamics that intends to imitate the processes leading to some characteristics of the geopolitical division. The model departs from very simple principles of geopolitical theory and geometrical considerations, but succeeds in explaining the general features related to the actual process. At the same time, we will propose an evolutionary ex...

Abstract. The archaeological richness of a site is independent its geopolitical context. use photogrammetry for the documentation monastery Saint-Hilarion in gaza strip illustrates flexibility uses this technique despite some obstacles linked to situation. As access on demand, depending representation needs not possible, means have been implemented delegate acquisition and allow continuity surv...

the islamic awakening with changing power’s balance of middle east and north africa, has changed role of regional powers. therefore, geopolitical contest between iran and turkey have been more important. tunisia and egypt as leaders of revolutionary changes, are the most important. in this research we tried to compare iran and turkey's role in relation to these two countries. the research’...

russia and iran, one with european background and slavic racial origins with the other one being of asian descent with non-slavic racial origins, are playing their roles in building regional and international order according to their respective capacities, capabilities. geopolitical and geostrategic developments and differences in proclaimed and practical approaches have historically changed th...

Abstract The political economy of lithium, a “critical mineral” for the renewable energy transition, is marked by two striking developments. First, Global North governments that have historically offshored mining are onshoring lithium to enhance “supply chain security.” Second, these committed “sustainably sourcing” lithium. In this article, I theorize both developments in terms novel security–...

Global context must inevitably involve not only correlation of forces and interests of major world powers, but as well coordination of interests and actions of major international organizations. Regional inter-state organizations recognized (under credentials of the UN Charter Chapter VIII) as regional collective security providers are of special importance for the effectiveness and “harmony” w...

The book by Radhika Desai titled Geopolitical Economy: After US Hegemony, Globalization and Empire and part of The Future of World Capitalism book series, represents a profound introspection, as well as an overview of the most important politico-economic relations in the world, from the late-19thcentury until the current period. This book deconstructs common myths present in the mainstream lite...

This short paper summarizes a survey of ontologies relevant to geospatial intelligence. 45 geospatial and temporal ontologies, in 11 categories, were assessed against 3 use cases: annotation, qualitative reasoning, and information integration. Specific recommendations and more general conclusions are provided. The paper presents an illustration of a feature with several different ontology repre...