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Shatter belt, shatter zone or crush zone is a concept in geopolitics referring to strategically-positioned and -oriented regions on a political map that are deeply internally divided and encompassed in the competition between the great powers in geostrategic areas and spheres.
Feb 2, 2020 · A Shatterbelt is a region in the world where persistent splintering and fracturing take place and major world powers compete for influence. 01 / 05. Sudan was a country that ended up splitting in to Sudan and South Sudan in 2011, after the Heglig Crisis, due to cultural conflicts.
Jan 9, 2022 · Shatterbelt regions are regions in the world where splintering and fracturing takes place and major powers compete for influence.
Shatterbelt: A culturally diverse, conflict-prone region of weak, fragmented states aligned with powerful global rivals, containing globally significant reserves of natural resources and geostrategic locations such as choke points and major transport arteries. Shatterbelt Theory.
- My Relationship with Geopolitics
- My Geopolitical Preferences
- The Geopolitical Future
At what age did you discover geopolitics and what attracted you to it?
As an undergraduate student at Harvard, I took courses in Political Geography with Derwent Whittlesey. What impressed me most was the depth of his classic volume, The Earth and the State, which was an example of applied Political Geography in which the role of the region, at all levels and all scales, combined with the natural and human landscapes, influenced political relationships and outcomes. I continued my work with Whittlesey as a graduate student. I was also influenced by the work of S...
Which geopolitical topics have you focussed on and why did you choose especially these?
Over the years I have focused on the reordering of the world system in terms of its geostrategic regions and geopolitical subdivisions. In this context, those parts of the world which are internally fragmented and also caught up in Great Power struggles, became Shatterbelts and surrogates for conflicts, which involved the Great Powers indirectly. The Middle East and Africa in particular, have been persistent Shatterbelts. As Great Powers become mutually dependent, the possibility of Shatterbe...
What do you consider your most important contribution to geopolitics?
I consider my most important contribution to geopolitics to be the blending of world regional geography, political geography and international relations. I have used developmental theory to trace the evolution of the world system from its earliest state of atomization through differentiation, specialization and specialized integration. With respect to the major powers of the world, the system is now intermediate between the latter two, enhancing the prospects of peace among those powers, and...
What is your favourite definition of geopolitics?
I define geopolitics as the interaction between geographical settings and perspectives, and political processes. The settings are composed of geographic features and patterns and multi-layered regions that they form. The political processes include forces that operate at the international level and those on the domestic scene that influence international behavior.
Which geopolitical scientist do you admire the most?
My two heroes are Derwent Whttlesey and Halford Mackinder.
What is your favourite geopolitical book?
I continue to re-read “The Earth and the State.” Moreover, Paul Kennedy’s “The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers” (Random House, 1987).
In what direction(s) will geopolitical science be heading the coming decades?
It will become increasingly cross-disciplinary, using geopolitical analysis to predict global trends.
Which geopolitical subject has been too little in the spotlight and needs further research?
The impact of global migration, climate change and the clash between nationalism and religion.
What will be the largest geopolitical challenge for the world in the 21st century?
The 21st will be the Global Century, not the American or Chinese. The complexity of the system requires the leadership of all the major and regional powers to keep the world in balance. As first among equals of the Great States, the U.S., in partnership with the E.U. will be challenged to apply its military and economic power to international affairs with wisdom and consistency, while mindful of the limitations, as well as the responsibilities inherent in the exercise of power.
Feb 3, 2020 · Sudan, Balkan, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Vietnam, and Korea are all considered shatterbelt regions because each of these regions are endangered by local conflicts within the states/between the countries, that also includes the involvement of opposing great powers outside the region.
Apr 13, 2021 · The expression ‘shatter zone’ and its synonymous term ‘shatter belt’ have their origins in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century geographical literature, being used to describe a geological fault line or more specifically, a ‘belt of broken rock, produced by horizontal movement in a more or less vertical plane’ (Morley Davies ...
