Geopolitics and the great powers in the twenty-first century : multipolarity and the revolution in strategic perspective / by C. Dale Walton.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents -- Introduction: New Powers and Old Politics -- Mackinder and the Cold War -- The Death of the Columbian Epoch -- The Post-Columbian Epoch -- The Center of the Action -- The Revolution in Strategic Perspective -- The Argument -- Chapter I: Geopolitics in an Uncertain World: The Case for Classical Geopolitics -- An Unearned Infamy: The Reputation of Classical Geopolitics -- Geopolitics as Counsel -- The Usefulness of Classical Geopolitics -- The Enduring Relevance of Geography -- A Twenty-First Century Geopolitics -- The Post-Columbian Epoch -- Conclusion: Capturing the New Epoch -- Chapter II: The Geography of Universal Empire: The Geopolitics of the Columbian Epoch -- Seeing One World, Whole -- Strategic Culture and Geography -- Strategic Learning and the Post-Columbian Epoch -- The Stakes: Why the Politics of Eastern Eurasia are of Global -- Importance -- Conclusion -- Chapter III: The Grand Casino Reopens: Multi-Polarity and International Politics -- The Short Half-Life of Unipolarity -- The Character of Multipolarity -- Beyond Bipolarity: The Balancing of China -- The American Factor -- Nightmare: The Possibility of a Great Power Axis -- Great and Small Power Interactions -- Conclusion -- Chapter IV: Leviathan Slimming: Guarding American Interests in a Multipolar Environment -- The Second American RMA -- The Danger of Resting on Laurels -- Rogues and Suckers: The Challenges of Preeminence -- Leaving the Beltway: Moving Beyond Multipolarity -- Comparing Nineteenth-Century Britain and the Twenty-First -- Century United States -- Conclusion -- Chapter V: Strategizing Without a License: The Non-State Challenge to World Order -- The Islamist Threat in Context -- Rise of the Lilliputians -- The Great Powers and the Terrorists -- Conclusion -- Chapter VI: Strategy 2.0: Great Power Competition in an Era of Technological Revolution -- Faster, Cheaper, Better: The Technological Explosion -- The RSP and the Next Revolution in Military Affairs -- A Thought Experiment: The Military Application of Artificial -- Intelligence to Airpower -- The Case for Technological Exuberance -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Geopolitics and the Revolution in Strategic Perspective.