Geography and Foreign Policy, I
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3133463 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicholas J Spykman (Yale University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1938 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 28-50 |
| Publication date | 1938-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1949029 |
| OpenAlex | W4235825572 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 32 |
| References cited | 2 |
La politique de toutes les puissances est dans leur géographie," conceded the man whose famous retort, "Circonstances? Moi, je fais les circonstances," indicates his contempt for any agency but the human will as the arbiter of human destiny. But since the Red Sea parted for Moses and the sun obligingly paused for Joshua, the human will has been unable to recapture the control over topography and climate exhibited by those forceful gentlemen, and it is probably safe to say that it was by Russian geography rather than by men that the diminutive Corsican was finally defeated. If he is still living, there is at Waterloo even today a loyal guide who asserts with unshakable conviction that neither genius nor skill but a swampy ditch gave that victory to Wellington.Unfortunately for the political scientist with a fondness for simplification, but fortunately for the statesman striving to overcome the geographic handicaps of his country, neither does the entire foreign policy of a country lie in geography, nor does any part of that policy lie entirely in geography. The factors that condition the policy of states are many; they are permanent and temporary, obvious and hidden; they include, apart from the geographic factor, population density, the economic structure of the country, the ethnic composition of the people, the form of government, and the complexes and pet prejudices of foreign ministers; and it is their simultaneous action and interaction that create the complex phenomenon known as "foreign policy
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| Unique citing works | 32 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,37 |
| Citation span | 1940 - 2026 (87) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 32 |