Introduction Are you looking for an inspiring, engaging and inclusive Geopolitics Summer School? Unfortunately, Editor Leonhardt cannot organize it at Maastricht University in 2020. This is due to COVID-19 Pandemic. Leonhardt’s Geopolitics Summer School normally consists of two modules: [CANCELLED
Sören Scholvin: The Geopolitics of Regional Power – Geography, Economics and Politics in Southern Africa
Introducing Sören Scholvin Sören Scholvin is a research fellow at the Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography at the University of Hanover, Germany. Dr Scholvin is also an associated researcher at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies. His
Ian Klinke: German Energy Security, Belarus, Marxism-Leninism, Post-Cold War Europe
Interview with Ian Klinke as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (German Energy Security, Belarus, Marxism-Leninism, Post-Cold War Europe)
Alan Ingram: Artists, Activists, Global Health, Insecurity, Drone Strikes, Secrecy
Interview with Alan Ingram as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (Artists, Activists, Global Health, Insecurity, Drone Strikes, Secrecy)
Dale Walton: American Role in the World, Geostrategic Behavior, Defense Studies
Interview with Dale Walton about American Role in the World, Geostrategic Behavior and Defense Studies
Corey Johnson: global resource nexus, Germany, gas pipelines, overconsumption
Interview with Corey Johnson as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (global resource nexus, Germany, gas pipelines, overconsumption, Eurasian space, networked infrastructure, political and economic interdependence)
Bastiaan van Apeldoorn: US imperialism, neoliberal globalisation, capitalism
Interview with Bastiaan van Apeldoorn as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (US imperialism, neoliberal globalisation, capitalism, foreign markets, political economy, hegemonic decline, historical materialist perspective)
Dale Walton: World order, Heartland, European sea powers, post-Columbian Epoch
Interview with Dale Walton about World order, Heartland, European sea powers, post-Columbian Epoch (Pivot Area, theory)
Dale Walton: US-China relationship, Great Powers, non-state actors, 21st century
Interview with Dale Walton about US-China relationship, Great Powers, non-state actors, 21st century (Sino-Russian alliance, Third World War, prediction, United Nations Security Council)
Dale Walton: Revolutions in Strategic Perspective (RSP) and Military Affairs (RMA)
Interview with Dale Walton about revolutions in strategic perspective (RSP) and military affairs (RMA) (Blitzkrieg, Napoleon, Alexander the Great, Ottoman, Ming Empire)
Federico Bordonaro: demography, Black Sea-Caspian region, strategic territories
Interview with Federico Bordonaro as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (demography, Black Sea-Caspian region, strategic territories, communication routes)
Takashi Yamazaki: Japan’s foreign policy, China, South/North-Korea, US militarization of Okinawa
Interview with Takashi Yamazaki as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (Japan’s foreign policy, China, South/North-Korea, US militarization of Okinawa)
Philippe Moreau Defarges: Overpopulation, geopolitical actors, world governance, Institut Français des Relations Internationales, IFRI
Interview with Philippe Moreau Defarges as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (overpopulation, geopolitical actors, world governance, Institut Français des Relations Internationales, IFRI)
Colin Flint: Unjust wars, nation-states, atlases, nuclear weapons proliferation
Interview with Colin Flint as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (Unjust wars, nation-states, atlases, nuclear weapons proliferation, Immanuel Wallerstein)
Gérard Dussouy: Systemic geopolitics, physical geography, reductionist theories
Interview with Gerard Dussouy as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (Systemic geopolitics, physical geography, reductionist theories, spatial ontology)
Virginie Mamadouh: Geopolitics in the 2000s
Virginie Mamadouh discusses four geopolitical approaches in this article called Geopolitics in the 2000s (Geostrategy, Geoeconomics, Post-Structuralistic, Subversive, Feminist, Neo-Marxist, Political Geography)
Simon Dalby: Environmental change, security, injustice, power, humanity, evil empire
Interview with Simon Dalby as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (Environmental change, security, injustice, power, humanity, evil empire, Ronald Reagan)
Claude Rakisits: The Afghanistan–Pakistan vortex – Taliban, Al Qaida and Swat Valley
Article by Claude Rakisits about recent developments in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Klaus Dodds: Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas, Antarctic, mapping, films, cartoons
Interview with Klaus Dodds as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas, Antarctic, Mapping, Films, Cartoons, Noam Chomsky)
Federico Bordonaro: Rediscovering Spykman – the Rimland, Geography of Peace and Foreign Policy
This publication dicusses the theoretical and analytical work of Nicholas Spykman (Rimland, Geography of Peace, Foreign Policy)
Igor Okunev: Russian geopolitics
Interview with Igor Okunev about Russian Geopolitics
Ian Klinke: Five minutes for critical geopolitics – A slightly provocative introduction
Ian Klinke gives a clear and concise introduction to critical geopolitics
Leonhardt van Efferink: The Definition of Geopolitics – The Classical, French and Critical Traditions
Leonhardt van Efferink dicusses ten definitions of geopolitics including those of Classical, French and Critical traditions
David Criekemans: Geopolitiek, Vlaanderen, Mackinder, Heartland, Spykman, Rimland
Interview met David Criekemans over in de Geopolitieke Paspoort series (Geopolitiek, Vlaanderen, Halford Mackinder, Heartland, Nicholas Spykman, Rimland, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Landmacht, Zeemacht, België, Nederland)
Timothy Boon von Ochssée: Mackinder and Spykman and the New World Energy Order
Analysis of Mackinder and Spykman and the new world energy order by Timothy Boon von Ochssee