The aim of this article is to test the hypothesis that Halford Mackinder and Nicholas Spykman’s geopolitical theories, which sustained the grand strategy of the United States with the implementation of 1946 Truman Doctrine, are still... more
The aim of this article is to test the hypothesis that Halford Mackinder and Nicholas Spykman’s geopolitical theories, which sustained the grand strategy of the United States with the implementation of 1946 Truman Doctrine, are still relevant today after their termination. The results indicate that the intellectual matrixes were found in documents of the grand strategy of the United States in two moments. First, in 1992, in the George Herbert Walker Bush’s government’s Defense Planning Guidance document, formulated by the Pentagon, in February 1992. Second, they were found replicated 10 years after in the first term of President George Walker Bush, inaugurated in 2001. In the latter, the theoretical formulations repercussions were depicted in the official documents Quadrennial Defense Review (2001) and the National Security Strategy (2002). The article concluded that the authors’ ideas remain valid to explain and interpret the actions of the United States’ grand strategy in the inte...
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O objeto deste artigo é a tese do Capitão Mário Travassos apresentada na obra intitulada Aspectos Geográficos Sul-Americanos, de 1931. O objetivo foi submetê-la ao crivo das mudanças da política internacional na América do Sul no século... more
O objeto deste artigo é a tese do Capitão Mário Travassos apresentada na obra intitulada Aspectos Geográficos Sul-Americanos, de 1931. O objetivo foi submetê-la ao crivo das mudanças da política internacional na América do Sul no século XXI, focando na presença dos EUA na região. Concluímos que os seus prognósticos permanecem atuais.
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The aim of this article is to test the hypothesis that Halford Mackinder and Nicholas Spykman's geopolitical theories, which sustained the grand strategy of the United States with the implementation of 1946 Truman Doctrine, are still... more
The aim of this article is to test the hypothesis that Halford Mackinder and Nicholas Spykman's geopolitical theories, which sustained the grand strategy of the United States with the implementation of 1946 Truman Doctrine, are still relevant today after their termination. The results indicate that the intellectual matrixes were found in documents of the grand strategy of the United States in two moments. First, in 1992, in the George Herbert Walker Bush's government's Defense Planning Guidance document, formulated by the Pentagon, in February 1992. Second, they were found replicated 10 years after in the first term of President George Walker Bush, inaugurated in 2001. In the latter, the theoretical formulations repercussions were depicted in the official documents Quadrennial Defense Review (2001) and the National Security Strategy (2002). The article concluded that the authors' ideas remain valid to explain and interpret the actions of the United States' grand strategy in the international scenario.
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O objetivo dessa tese é realizar uma análise geopolítica das operações militares empreendidas no primeiro mandato do Governo George Walker Bush, posterior aos ataques terroristas do Onze de Setembro em...
The purpose of this article is Captain Mario Travassos’ thesis presented in the work titled South American Geographical Aspects of 1931. The goal was to submit it to the screen of international policy changes in South America in the 21st... more
The purpose of this article is Captain Mario Travassos’ thesis presented in
the work titled South American Geographical Aspects of 1931. The goal
was to submit it to the screen of international policy changes in South
America in the 21st century, focusing on the US presence in the region. We
conclude that its prognoses remain current.
the work titled South American Geographical Aspects of 1931. The goal
was to submit it to the screen of international policy changes in South
America in the 21st century, focusing on the US presence in the region. We
conclude that its prognoses remain current.