In the book, Prisoners of Geography Ten Maps that Explain Everything About the World, Tim Marshall states Geography influences countries interactions with one another. The author highlights how countries defend and trade based on their geography. In addition, the book states the importance of not making artificial borders. Geography can create buffers protecting a country, however, it can also create a weakness allowing an invasion. Similarly, trade is affected by geography.
Learning Journal Unit 6 UO People Buss 4403 Business Policy and Strategy Dr. Jelenny Marquez May 17, 2023 Pakistan is a country with a diverse population and is located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. The country is currently undergoing a significant transformation, with the emergence of technology, entrepreneurs, and global networks. This has opened a range of strategic choices for businesses looking to invest in the country. For example, McKinsey & Co's latest report on the Pakistani ecosystem revealed that the country has been named one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia.
1. How does the discipline of geography provide a bridge between the social sciences and the physical science? Geography can be described as the most interdisciplinary of disciplines. Geography is the study of our planet 's landscapes, peoples, places and environments, global issues, the human impact on the environment and also, the interconnectedness of the world and our communities within it. Human geography takes into account the dynamics of cultures, societies, and economies, and physical geography studies the physical landscapes and the environment.
The Partition of Pakistan and India. Britain left India quickly in about 7 months which led to 14 million Hindus and Muslims moving across the border, 1 million people died, terrible violence, lead to a major security risk. Security experts believe that India and Pakistan place where nuclear war is most possible, because both countries have nuclear weapons. They have fought three wars since 1947 two over borders drawn by the British at independence. But India now has the world's largest democracy that is based around how the British controlled it.
Pakistan’s obsession with India and the Kashmir leaves limited options for any US policy towards the country. To deal with Pakistan in a better way the author suggests that “Washington should quietly but forcefully encourage New Delhi to be more flexible on Kashmir” as it is in the “American interest to try to defuse a lingering conflict that has generated global terrorism and repeatedly threatened to create a full-scale military confrontation on the subcontinent.” He believes that it will make Pakistan more normal and less preoccupied with India, mitigate the nuclear threat and give the army no reason to ask for huge
Geography is a significant aspect in determining any country’s power or strength. The biggest geography the biggest challenges a country have to face in terms of defense and security. In comparing US and Iran’s geography obviously US has biggest geography by 9,166,598 km and also world third largest country in population. While Iran only has the area of 1,231,595km and ranked 17 in the world. In case of geography US is stronger than Iran as it is also the first nuclear power of the world.
India and Pakistan, for example, are usually at each other’s throats. The major problem started when the United States helped Pakistan build a highway to China. India felt they were falling behind and sought out the Soviet Union for protection. In result, a war broke out and the United States had to step in and tried to neutralize the situation. ? Another issue is the ever growing population.
Human geography has a wide variety of different factors, one of those many is political geography. Political geography is mainly focused and influenced by political affairs and human territoriality. With this there are different factors that were created within political geography such as, nation, nation-state, multinational state and united-nations. There are factors of our globe which are shaped by imperialism and colonialism. All these make up our world all in different places.
Geography impacts society, cultures, the economy, politics, and the environment around the world. To dig deeper and know why geography affects a variety of things the definition of this world should be known. Geography is the study of where things are found on Earth’s surface and the reasons for their locations. It is studied everywhere from countries in Asia to cities in The United States, such as Houston, Texas. Houston, Texas is a city of more than 2.3 million people.
Harm de Blij’s Why Geography Matters: More Than Ever explains the necessity of geographic knowledge in today’s society and the need to further expand interactions within the United States and other countries. This novel expands on the economic, cultural, physical, and political geography of our nation. De Blij outlines on the importance of geographic thought by focusing on climate change, terrorism, the rise of states, and development in Africa.. I believe that while geography has proven to make a noticeable difference in the knowledge of our vast world, it will require an extensive amount of effort in order to make geography known.
Introduction Afghanistan is a country which located within South Asia and Central Asia .[1][2] .it has a population of approximately 31 million people .this country has diverse and ancient Culture ,Tribes and many different tribal languages and its official language is Pashto .Major tribes in Afghanistan are Pashtun ,Tajik, Hazara , Uzbek , Aimaq , Turken etc these different tribes have conflict with each other .Major livelihood of afghans are depend on cultivation ,Mining .Despite having numerous rivers and reservoirs, large parts of the country are dry . The land of afghans is invaded from a very long time by many military campaigns ,notably by Alexander the Great, Muslim Arabs , Mongols ,British , Soviet Russians, and in the
In Prisoners of Geography, Tim Marshall argues that geography constrains and shapes all nations and their leaders. Their actions are limited by mountains, rivers, seas, and concrete. He argues that to really understand world events, one must also consider geography. Physical characteristics affect the strengths and vulnerabilities of regions. In his book, Tim Marshall examines Russia, China, the Middle East, Latin America, the United States, Africa, Western Europe, Japan and Korea, and Greenland and the Arctic.
It located in the center of the oil competition area and critical maritime points, the Straits of Hormuz. Iran is an important country for both China and Russia since it is close to both oil-producing giants. Iran is the non-Arab oil producer and the largest Shiite state in the region. Therefore, its region’s pivotal state position is denied and criticized because of ethnoreligious difference by other regional powers as well as the United States. When the pro-American government was overthrown by the anti-American, Iranian existence as local power annoyed the United States.
Introduction. The book written by Robert D Kaplan is an unproclaimed sequel to the much acclaimed books by him titled ‘Monsoon’ (2010) and ‘The Revenge of Geography” (2012). Like his earlier books, this too has a powerful thesis and gives an authoritative account on Asia`s Security Situation especially the South China Seas, China and the ASEAN nations. The clarity and brevity in articulating this complex subject in a simple manner is the highlight of the book. The author starts the narrative in a modest manner highlighting economics, geography and historical underpinnings in this culturally rich area.
People who used maps are Cartographers. They use imaginary lines to indicate the exact location of a certain place. Lines of Latitude describes how far a place from north or south of the equator . It is measured by degrees . the North Pole is at 90 degrees north and the South Pole is at 90 degrees south.
