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Manoylo, A.V..
Geopolitical situation in the modern world.
// National Security. – 2013. – № 5.
– P. 149-155.
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Abstract: The modern geopolitical situation is
rather unstable. Its main specific feature is that the borders separating modern states and nations
are formed in the minds of people, separating the
society into “us” and “them” based on belonging
to certain national interests, values, ideological
concepts and doctrines, models of political
behavior, which are suitable for both continental
and island states, rather than finding these
borders in geographical boundaries of water
and mountains ridges. In order to support these
boundaries in the minds of the population the
marker symbols are used in order to mark “us”
and these markers are recognized by other “us”
people, separating “us” from “them”. Sometimes
these markers may be primitive, such as flowers
(roses in Georgia, tulips in the Kazakhstan, the
cornflowers in Belarus, cacti in Mexico, jasmine
in Tunisia) in the hands of supporters of colored
revolutions in the CIS territory, or bits of orange
cloth in Ukraine, or white ribbons in Russia,
the figs in Tunisia or Egypt, etc. Sometimes,
more complicated symbols and symbolic
constructions are used to distinguish “us” from
“them”, such as democratization, followers of
which wish to introduce the Western liberal
values into the traditional communities at any
costs, reviving the traditions of the Crusades,
or the technical gadgets, such as iPhones and
iPads, allowing to use social networks for the
conflict mobilization of the society (“Twitter”
revolution in Egypt in 2011, etc.). These markers
may bring together large numbers of people
living around the globe, in the territories of
different states, having different landscapes
and climatic zones, on the isles and continents,
highlanders and the lowlanders. Thanks to the
modern connection and transportation means
the geographical borders become transparent
and easily crossed, they are no more the natural
boundaries, holding back the foreign political
expansion of the leading world powers, claiming
leadership in the modern world.
Keywords: international relations, foreign politics, Russia, geopolitics, political instability, international conflicts, state, nation, interests, values.
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