Globalization seems to be making nation-states increasingly irrelevant, yet their number has continued to grow. New nation-states emerged out of the ruins of th

This detailed analysis, originally published in 1989 studies the relationship between nation, state and territory. It explores the evolution of nations and the

Rudolf Kjellén, regularly referred to as “the father of geopolitics,” developed in the first decade of the twentieth century an analytical model for calcul

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