Prisoners Of Geography Research Paper

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Prisoners of Politicians Versus Prisoners of Geography There are questions about whether actually politicians are prisoners of geography or politicians are the one who manipulates the geography. This paper will clarify between these two contradictions with authors' assumptions and historical evidence. In the book of "Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps that Tell You Everything You Need to Know about Global Politics" written by Tim Marshall, stated that; "The landscape imprisons their leaders, giving them fewer choices and less room to maneuver than you might think. … The land on which we live has always shaped us. It has shaped the wars, the power, politics, and social development of the peoples that now inhabit nearly every part of the earth. …show more content…
There are many pieces of evidence which can support his statements. In the book of " (Overholt, 2008) " by William H. Overholt, the concept of the Inertia of Foreign Policies was presented; meaning that, although there were changes over geographical and power changes, the policymakers were not ready to adapt the changes and instead preserve the old perceptions. Also in the Vietnam War (1955-1975), Vietnamese were able to defend Americans because of its geographical position. Moreover, the imposition of Gun law in the USA is also because of its geographical situation which can affect their national …show more content…
States are trying to control more areas than its really own under its territory for the sake of resources, greater power, and status. To support the arguments, the author gave the evidence of the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir, lying between India, Pakistan, and China. That dispute made the book publishers found difficulty whether to put Kashmir in the territory of India or Pakistan. The author also added the evidence that political leaders provided wrong information during the Second World War concerning with the distances between cities and sea which led mistakenly dropping missiles in the wrong place leaving several civilians dead. It can be said that nowadays territorial conflicts are also the way that politicians are trying to influence the geography. Recent evidence can be seen in territorial disputes over the South China Sea; in which China claiming most of the islands are possessed by them with evidence of historical maps and other ASEAN countries are trying to protect their islands allocated according to the EEZ. Therefore, sometimes geography can be influenced by
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