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GEOPOLITIČKA MOĆ: PRILOG ODREĐENJU POJMA
GEOPOLITICAL POWER: DEFINING THE CONCEPT

Author(s): Dragan Kolev
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Geopolitics
Published by: Fakultet za pravne i poslovne studije dr Latar Vrkatić
Keywords: Geopolitics; power; political power; geopolitical power;

Summary/Abstract: This paper is written in an attempt to provide theoretical framework for the concept of ‘geopolitical power’ that still has no adequate foundation in the science of international relations and geopolitics and has not yet been consistently defined. Starting from the wider theoretical framework and discussing basic concepts of ‘power’ and ‘political power’ the author adopts an approach that could help in answering the growing need of defining the current phenomenon. It is a pivotal task for any science to establish the framework of notion, category and basic concepts. This is especially true for contemporary international relations when power (geopolitical power as well) manifests itself in various ways as hard power, soft power and smart power.

  • Issue Year: 3/2013
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 227-251
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Serbian