PPT-U.S. Geopolitics in Asia

Raimo Väyrynen 1 Helsinki March 6 2017 US Geopolitics Geopolitics in the Trump era offshore balancing can be either multilateral or unilateral. Dr. Thitinan Pongsudhirak. Professor . and . Director. , The. . Institute of . Security. a. nd. International . Studies. Faculty of Political Science. Chulalongkorn. University, . Bangkok. Sir Howard . Dr. Jim Hastings. Wingate University. What is “wrong” with this scene from Pirates of the Caribbean III?. Cultural illiteracy?. So the “problem” is not just lack of information, but it also concerns why that information/knowledge is not being imparted in college classrooms.. Complexities and Practicalities. Conducted by Andrea Dodo-. Balu. , TTA. Rationale. The “…Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia priority provides a regional context for learning in all areas of the curriculum…[and. R.B. Singh. National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. New Delhi. 2. nd. ERAG Meeting, Bangkok. November 28-29. Rice in Context of Food & Livelihood Security in Asia. Asia produces and consumes 90% of world’s 700 Mt rice grown on 160 m. ha of which 90% is grown by over 200 million small rice farmers, valued at >US$ 150 billion per year. The world is a complicated place. Here is the plan…. Students will be able to define the term Geopolitics.. Students will read and comprehend a current events article.. Students will analyze and relate current events in Syria to the term Geopolitics. CHAPTER 25: INDIA. SUBCONTINENT. C. 50 million years ago: landmass breaks off of Africa and collides into Asia. Collision creates Himalaya Mountains (world’s highest at 29,029 . ft. ). Himalaya meet Karakoram Range and Hindu Kush in the west. Political Geography. (GEOG 329). Tyler McCreary. Postdoctoral Fellow. Department of in Geography . University of British Columbia. Geopolitics of Environment. How does the materiality of environmental processes challenge the way we think about geopolitics?. Francisci WG.4. Russia: The Facts. Largest . nation. in the world (2x size of U.S.). Russia is larger than . Pluto. 25% of Russia is located . in . Europe. . and 75% is located in . Asia. (Eurasia). Geopolitics. Geopolitics –. the interplay among geography, power, politics, and international relations.. Classical Geopolitics. German School. Ex: Ratzel’s organic state theory—the state resembles a biological organism with a life cycle, from birth to death. It requires nourishment, and its essential life-giving force is territory---ex. Nazi Germany. S. Appanah. Climate Change Coordinator . a.i. . . FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Background. Review “Rice and climate change in Asia”. Study outsourced to IRRI. Constitutes part of consultation on the formulation of rice strategy for Asia. Asian Culture is divided into six sub regions:. . 1.) Central Asia . (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. . 2.) East Asia . (China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea. , . Standard SS7G6 . SS7G6 The student will discuss environmental issues across southwest Asia (Middle East). a. Explain how water pollution and the unequal distribution of water impacts irrigation and drinking water. Oil was discovered in Iran in 1908. It is now the most important product in the region’s economy.. Nearly . half. of the world’s oil is in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait, and Iraq.. Saudi Arabia. is the . Mikkal. E. . Herberg. Author. Mikkal. E. . Herberg. Research Director of NBR’s Energy Security Program, University of California. Senior lecturer on international and Asian energy, UCSD. Specialist on energy geopolitics and economics with a special focus on Asia.