Title of article :
A revolution in military geopolitics?
Author/Authors :
Richard Ek، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2000
Pages :
34
From page :
841
To page :
874
Abstract :
This paper looks into the recent discussions within the US military community of a coming or current ‘revolution in military affairs’ (RMA) which is said to imply fundamental changes in military geopolitical imaginations and practices (military geopolitics). In a first step, an account of the rhetorical and the conceptual part of the discourse of the RMA is conducted. In a second step, the proclaimed RMA is situated within a wider cumulative technological and organizational development in warfare after the Second World War. In a third step, special attention is given to geopolitical incongruities or contradictions apparent within the discourse of the RMA, and between the rhetorical part of the RMA and more conventional geopolitical practices and imaginations. In a conclusion, the promise of an actor–network approach in further investigations of contemporary techno-geopolitical discourses and practices is spoken for.
Keywords :
Military , Geographical imagination , technology , Geopolitics
Journal title :
Political Geography
Serial Year :
2000
Journal title :
Political Geography
Record number :
1291538
Link To Document :
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