1. The Second World Countries and Themes By: Nik Palmieri HIST 5

3. Unlike other political areas of study, Geopolitics specifically looks to the past in order to either avoid the mistakes made or replicate the successes of the past in order to improve the future, Khanna describes it as the “deep science of world evolution”Geopolitics

6. This fragmented state leaves Russia vulnerable and open to exploitation by the US and China

7. Much of the country’s outlying territories are subjugated by Russian gas companies, causing much tension and resent.

9. Now part of the EU and very unsupportive of the US because of the war in Iraq

10. US actively tries to pursue an alliance because of the strategic nature of Turkey but Turkey is mistrustful of the US and tends to avoid relations.

12. Chinas occupation is a perfect example of their newfound and violent idea of manifest destiny movement and their booming social and economic growth. These two provinces contain most of Chinas precious metal and oil resources…hence Chinas reluctance to leave

13. Khanna explains that if china gave up these areas it would be like the US giving up all its territory west of the Rockies. Tibet and XinJiang

14. Khanna, Parag. The Second World: How Emerging Powers Are Redefining Global Competition in the Twenty-first Century. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2009. Print. Work Cited