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Eurasia's Shifting Geopolitical Tectonic Plates

Global Perspective, Local Theaters

By: Alexandros Petersen

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Eurasia's Shifting Geopolitical Tectonic Plates

Global Perspective, Local Theaters

By: Alexandros Petersen

This anthology of articles, short studies, and interviews by Alexandros Petersen were written over the span of ten years, starting in 2004. Yet they are even more relevant today in their prescient analysis. Petersen insightfully addressed the implications of the West withdrawing its engagement from the Caucasus and Central Asia, the expansion of the Chinese influence, and Russia's strategic interests. The collection is organized along four main topics: (1) Eurasia and a changing transatlantic world: the world politics of shifting frontiers in the post-Soviet world; (2) Energy geopolitics in the Caspian and beyond, with its crucial implications for European energy security; (3) the Black Sea world, covering the dynamics of Russia, Turkey, and the South Caucasus, including the role of NATO and frozen conflicts in the region; (4) the new silk roads: China's inroads in Central Asia, which is often overlooked in the West but will be critical for the geopolitical balance of powers.

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The World Island

Eurasian Geopolitics and the Fate of the West

By: Alexandros Petersen

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The World Island

Eurasian Geopolitics and the Fate of the West

By: Alexandros Petersen

Both a historical analysis and a call to arms, this is the comprehensive policy guide to understanding and engaging in the geopolitics of Eurasia. The 20th century was dominated by three visions of Eurasian geopolitics: "The World Island," "Containment," and "Prometheism." The World Island: Eurasian Geopolitics and the Fate of the West posits a fourth vision of Eurasian geopolitics: the 21st-century Geopolitical Strategy for Eurasia. Through an original and comprehensive analysis and synthesis of the ideas of Sir Halford Mackinder, George Kennan, and Jozef Pilsudski, this title reestablishes fundamental Western strategy objectives. It analyzes the state of and potential for Western engagement with China, Afghanistan, Turkey, Russia, and other Eurasian states and sets out what is at stake for the West in the Eurasian theater. Promoting a robust strategy to further and protect essential Western values, the author argues for the development of trade and energy links, coupled with the promotion of good governance and the facilitation of policy independence, integration, and Western-orientation among the Eurasian nations.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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The World Island

Eurasian Geopolitics and the Fate of the West

By: Alexandros Petersen

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Eurasian Geopolitics and the Fate of the West

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313391386

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Sinostan

China's Inadvertent Empire

By: Raffaello Pantucci,Alexandros Petersen

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Sinostan

China's Inadvertent Empire

By: Raffaello Pantucci,Alexandros Petersen

Based on more than a decade's writing, research, and travel, this book offers a rare glimpse into China's expanding economic, cultural, and political power in the Eurasian heartland. China's rise is changing the world. Much attention has been given to how China's geo-economic vision is playing out in the global economy, or how its technology is reshaping the planet, yet it is over its western borders, in Central Asia, that China's influence has been quietly expanding in a more pervasive way. It is here that you can find the first strand of Xi Jinping's grand Belt and Road Initiative, China's new Silk Road to the West. It is to the Eurasian heartland that we can look for an understanding of China's new foreign policy vision and its consequences. In Sinostan, two acclaimed foreign policy experts recount their travels across Central Asia to keep their finger on the pulse and tell the story of China's growing influence. They interview Chinese traders in latter day Silk Road bazaars; climb remote mountain passes threatened by construction; commiserate with Afghan archaeologists charged with saving centuries-old Buddhist ruins before they are swept away by mining projects; meet with eager young Central Asians learning Mandarin; and sit with officials in all five Central Asian capitals, bearing witness to a region increasingly transformed by Beijing's presence. Their stories and experiences illustrate how China's foreign policy initiative has expressed itself on the ground, and what it means for those living both within and beyond the boundaries of its 'inadvertent empire'.

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Oxford University Press

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0192599895

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Integration in Energy and Transport

Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey

By: Alexandros Petersen

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Integration in Energy and Transport

Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey

By: Alexandros Petersen

The South Caucasus has established itself as a corridor for transporting energy from Azerbaijan to Georgia, Turkey, and on to Europe, symbolized by the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. This new infrastructure has created an east-west “Eurasian bridge” in which transnational extra-regional actors, especially the European Union and international financial institutions, have played a critical role. This book offers an original exploration of integration in the energy and transport sectors amongst Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey, and the capacity of this to fundamentally change relations between these countries. In the period studied, from the mid-1990s to 2008, integration in energy and transport did not result in broader political, security, and sociocultural integration in any significant way. The author sets his analysis in a theoretical framework, drawing on theories of integration, but also grounds it in the detailed, empirical knowledge that is the measure of true expertise.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1498525547

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Eurasia's Shifting Geopolitical Tectonic Plates

Global Perspective, Local Theaters

By: Alexandros Petersen

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Eurasia's Shifting Geopolitical Tectonic Plates

Global Perspective, Local Theaters

By: Alexandros Petersen

This anthology of articles, short studies, and interviews by Alexandros Petersen was written over the span of ten years, starting in 2004. Yet they are even more relevant today in their prescient analysis. Petersen insightfully addressed the implications of the West withdrawing its engagement from the Caucasus and Central Asia, the expansion of the Chinese influence, and Russia’s strategic interests. The collection is organized along four main topics: (1) Eurasia and a changing transatlantic world: the world politics of shifting frontiers in the post-Soviet world; (2) Energy geopolitics in the Caspian and beyond, with its crucial implications for European energy security; (3) the Black Sea world, covering the dynamics of Russia, Turkey, and the South Caucasus, including the role of NATO and frozen conflicts in the region; (4) the new silk roads: China’s inroads in Central Asia, which is often overlooked in the West but will be critical for the geopolitical balance of powers.

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Lexington Books

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1498525512

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Russia, China and the Geopolitics of Energy in Central Asia

By: Alexandros Petersen,Katinka Barysch

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Russia, China and the Geopolitics of Energy in Central Asia

By: Alexandros Petersen,Katinka Barysch

Russia is the world's biggest hydrocarbon producer. China is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing energy markets. The two are neighbours. Yet their energy relationship is very thin. Instead, they compete for vast and largely unexplored Central Asian resources. As Kazakh oil and Turkmen gas start flowing to China, Russia's traditional dominance in the region is diminishing. However, the Central Asian states are not passive pawns in a new 'great game'. The EU and the US can help these countries to turn the new energy geopolitics to their advantage.

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Centre for European Reform

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1907617019

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9781907617010

Drug Discovery Strategies and Methods

By: Alexandros Makriyannis,Diane Biegel

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Drug Discovery Strategies and Methods

By: Alexandros Makriyannis,Diane Biegel

Navigate the complex and multidisciplinary path of drug discovery procedures with Drug Discovery Strategies and Methods-a well-organized and timely reference that analyzes methods in target identification and validation, lead detection, compound optimization, and biological testing. This volume addresses challenges encountered during the discovery

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CRC Press

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0203913272

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9780203913277

Heroes of the Metal Underground

The Definitive Guide to 1980s American Independent Metal Bands

By: Alexandros Anesiadis,Yiannis Scarpelos

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Heroes of the Metal Underground

The Definitive Guide to 1980s American Independent Metal Bands

By: Alexandros Anesiadis,Yiannis Scarpelos

The only encyclopedic and definitive book on American indie metal! If all you know about metal music was what was heard on commercial radio, then you don’t know metal at all. Heroes of the Underground profiles 600 American bands from every town and city in the United States who ever released a record. Metal bands exploded during the 1980s. Influenced by the heavy sounds coming out of Britain via Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, young guitar shredders turned the amps up and played harder and faster. American record companies scooped up a few bands and signed them to major label recording deals (Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax), but that left hundreds of bands—and their fans—trying to get their songs heard. These intrepid metal bands borrowed a page from punk’s DIY handbook and did it themselves. Regional favorites. Hometown heroes. Tour van veterans. Bands who invested their life savings into recording and pressing their songs onto albums for a shot at immortality on vinyl. Fans remember these bands with joy. Collectors seek these records like the Holy Grail. And in Heroes of the Metal Underground, author Alex Anesiadis compiles the details of these bands and their records. Whether you’re a true or baby metalhead, Heroes of the Metal Underground will become your guide to all things metal.

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Feral House

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1627311432

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9781627311434

The Genesis of Geopolitics and Friedrich Ratzel

Dismissing the Myth of the Ratzelian Geodeterminism

By: Alexandros Stogiannos

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The Genesis of Geopolitics and Friedrich Ratzel

Dismissing the Myth of the Ratzelian Geodeterminism

By: Alexandros Stogiannos

This book discusses the influence of Friedrich Ratzel's ideas in more contemporary geopolitical analytical systems and the geodeterminism commonly attributed to him. The author thoroughly analyzes the structural components of Ratzel's thought. The research is inspired by the numerous contradictory approaches in the secondary literature, presenting Ratzel as both humanist and racist, geo-determinist and multidimensional analyst, organicist and social scientist, precursor of Geopolitics and opponent to the same idea. In this work, more particular issues are approached: the establishment of a scientific Political Geography; the methodological approach of his multidisciplinary work; the redefinition of his geopolitical period; his notion of state and the evaluation of sociological and cultural parameters as factors of state power; the biogeographical content of the notion of Lebensraum; his attitude towards the racist theories as well as towards the Darwinian theories; his overall worldview and the confrontation with cosmopolitism; his contribution to an interdisciplinary, positivist and scientific approach in analyzing social and international affairs; his thoughts on the architecture of Europe. The book will be useful for researchers and students in many scientific fields, such as International Relations, Geopolitics, Geography and History of Geography.

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Springer

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3319980351

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9783319980355

The Impact of Nutrition and Statins on Cardiovascular Diseases

By: Ioannis Zabetakis,Ronan Lordan,Alexandros Tsoupras

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The Impact of Nutrition and Statins on Cardiovascular Diseases

By: Ioannis Zabetakis,Ronan Lordan,Alexandros Tsoupras

The Impact of Nutrition and Statins on Cardiovascular Diseases presents a summary of the background information and published research on the role of food in inhibiting the development of cardiovascular diseases. Written from a food science, food chemistry, and food biochemistry perspective, the book provides insights on the origin of cardiovascular diseases, an analysis of statin therapy, their side effects, and the role of dietary intervention as an alternative solution to preventing cardiovascular diseases. It focuses on the efficacy of nutrition and statins to address inflammation and inhibit the onset of disease, while also providing nutrition information and suggested dietary interventions.

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Academic Press

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0128137924

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9780128137925

From Biosynthesis to Total Synthesis

Strategies and Tactics for Natural Products

By: Alexandros L. Zografos

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From Biosynthesis to Total Synthesis

Strategies and Tactics for Natural Products

By: Alexandros L. Zografos

Focusing on biosynthesis, this book provides readers with approaches and methodologies for modern organic synthesis. By discussing major biosynthetic pathways and their chemical reactions, transformations, and natural products applications; it links biosynthetic mechanisms and more efficient total synthesis. • Describes four major biosynthetic pathways (acetate, mevalonate, shikimic acid, and mixed pathways and alkaloids) and their related mechanisms • Covers reactions, tactics, and strategies for chemical transformations, linking biosynthetic processes and total synthesis • Includes strategies for optimal synthetic plans and introduces a modern molecular approach to natural product synthesis and applications • Acts as a key reference for industry and academic readers looking to advance knowledge in classical total synthesis, organic synthesis, and future directions in the field

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118751736

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Integration in Energy and Transport

Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey

By: Alexandros Petersen

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Integration in Energy and Transport

Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1498525547

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Russia, China and the Geopolitics of Energy in Central Asia

By: Alexandros Petersen,Katinka Barysch

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Russia, China and the Geopolitics of Energy in Central Asia

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Centre for European Reform

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1907617019

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Sinostan

China's Inadvertent Empire

By: Raffaello Pantucci,Alexandros Petersen

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Sinostan

China's Inadvertent Empire

By: Raffaello Pantucci,Alexandros Petersen

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Oxford University Press

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Russia, China and the Geopolitics of Energy in Central Asia

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Drug Discovery Strategies and Methods

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Heroes of the Metal Underground

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The Genesis of Geopolitics and Friedrich Ratzel

The Genesis of Geopolitics and Friedrich Ratzel

The Impact of Nutrition and Statins on Cardiovascular Diseases

The Impact of Nutrition and Statins on Cardiovascular Diseases

From Biosynthesis to Total Synthesis

From Biosynthesis to Total Synthesis

Integration in Energy and Transport

Integration in Energy and Transport

Russia, China and the Geopolitics of Energy in Central Asia

Russia, China and the Geopolitics of Energy in Central Asia

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