INDUSTRIAL AND RESOURCE POTENTIAL AND GEOPOLITICAL POSITIONS OF NATIONS
INDUSTRIAL AND RESOURCE POTENTIAL AND GEOPOLITICAL POSITIONS OF NATIONS

Summary/Abstract: Availability of natural resources and the level of production potential to a large extent determine the character of a country’s interaction with other countries. Owing to approximately same level of technological development of nations in ancient times, the difference between them mainly consisted in the possession of various natural resources being typical for certain geo-climatic conditions. For instance, northern nations possessed and thereafter exported to other countries fur and honey, nomadic peoples exported livestock products, coastal nations exported marine products etc. Nevertheless as a result of creation by some nations of certain goods production technologies and keeping their secret, then already certain differentiation between nations arose in point of possession of production resources. For instance, China for a long time had exclusive position in production of silk and porcelain etc. The role of industrial production as a strategic factor significantly increased in XVIII-XIX centuries, when industrial revolution took place in several Western European countries and USA, as a result of which technological and quantitative levels of goods manufacturing in these countries considerably outrun all other countries. Owing to the growth of production European nations faced the need in colonies as raw materials source for developing industries and as markets for industrial products sales.

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