Deniz Gücünde Ada, Boğaz ve Geçitlerin Jeopolitik Etkisi: Birleşik Krallık ve Japonya
The Geopolitical Influence of Islands, Straits and Passages on Seapower: United Kingdom and Japan

Summary/Abstract: This study examines the role of sea power in achieving global power status through the examples of Britain and Japan. Mahan, who stated that the path to becoming a global power could be secured through control of the seas and trade routes, drew attention to the importance of global access provided by overseas islands and bases. This study aims to examine why Britain became a global power while Japan remained a regional power during the period 1868-1945, despite both countries having similar geographical conditions. In this context, the control of geographical elements such as islands, straits and passes has been examined in the framework of economic sustainability, naval power and global access. Data was collected from primary and secondary source documents, written works, and articles and analysed comparatively. The findings show that Britain became a global power by establishing a global access network through a sustainable economic infrastructure and overseas bases, while Japan was forced to adopt a regional defence strategy and remained a regional power because it could not provide a sustainable economic infrastructure for its naval power. The study emphasises that overseas controlled geographical elements are important variables of global power, providing global access capacity.

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