Introduction to Arctic Geopolitics
Introduction to Arctic Geopolitics

Author(s): Ferdi Güçyetmez
Subject(s): Security and defense, Geopolitics
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Introduction; Arctic Geopolitics; security; society;
Summary/Abstract: ‘Every act of creation is an act of destruction’: This dialogue, which first emerged in Eastern philosophy, laid the foundation for the concept of “war for peace” that would follow years later. New concepts have emerged as war has gained perspective, and multidisciplinary disciplines have since been involved in examining the causes, conduct, and termination of conflicts. However, is it only weapons that are necessary for war? From the first nomadic societies where acts of warfare emerged to the era of war theorists, such as Thucydides, Thomas Aquinas, Carl von Clausewitz, Niccolò Machiavelli, or Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke, there was another action that was as effective as weapons throughout history: strategy. Strategy is a broad and deep subject, with strategic studies having emerged as a scholarly discipline in its own right, but the depth that concerns us for the purpose of this text is geopolitics and geography because from these dimensions, all other components of security and society can be examined.

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