Elena dell’Agnese

 Part I - Political geography of the sea

1.     Political geography, geopolitics, critical geopolitics.

The political geography of the sea: a classical approach (maritime boundaries and Law of the Sea, transport and trade, strategy and warfare)

Glassner M.I., The new political geography of the sea, Political Geography Quarterly, 1986, pp. 6-8

A (critical) political geo-graphy of the sea? (thinking about the sea / representing the sea / exploiting the “geopolitical features” of the sea)

Steinberg, P.E. (1999) Navigating to Multiple Horizons: Toward a Geography of Ocean-Space, The Professional Geographer, 51, 3, pp. 366-375

 

2.     Geo-graphy and the power of representation: The geo-graphy of the ocean sea

Dividing (and naming) the ocean sea

Steinberg, P.E. (1999), Lines of divison, lines of connection: Stewardship in the world ocean, 
Geographical Review 89, 2, pp. 254-264

The East sea/ Sea of Japan case study

Chi Sang-Hyun, One feature, two names and many issues: The political geographies of naming the sea between Korea and Japan, eastsea1994.org/data/bbsData/14912842071.pdf

 

3.     The “political geography of the sea”: the territorialisation of the sea

Territorial claims and islands disputes (Dokdo-Takeshima)

Suk Kyoon Kim (2008), Understanding Maritime Disputes in Northeast Asia: Issues and Nature, Int'l J. Marine & Coastal L., pp. 213-247

4.     Geographical definitions and island disputes (Sankeku-Diaoyu)

McCormack G. (2013), Much Ado over Small Islands: The Sino-Japanese Confrontation over Senkaku/Diaoyu, The Asia-Pacific Journal, 11, 21, pp. 1-20

climate change and vanishing islands/reefs (Okininotori: a shima, or a reef’?)

Yamamoto L., Esteban M. (2010), Vanishing Island States and sovereignty, Ocean & Coastal Management 53, pp. 1–9

 

5.     A classical approach to the geopolitics of the sea: the myth of sea power (A.T. Mahan)

Sumida J. (1999): Alfred Thayer Mahan, geopolitician, Journal of Strategic Studies, 22, 2-3, 39-62

China as a maritime power and the South China Sea competition

Nohara J.J. (2017) Sea power as a dominant paradigm: the rise of China’s new strategic identity, Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies, 6, 2, pp. 210-232

 

6.     Sea power, sea nodes and islands as U.S. bases

The Hawai’i and Pearl Harbor, Midway and Wake, Guam

Vine D., (2015) Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World, Metropolitan Books, New York, Introduction, Capp. 1 and 2

 

7.     Sea power, sea nodes and islands as overseas U.S. bases: bases of empire and lily pads

Guantanamo, Micronesia and Marshall Islands, Okinawa, Diego Garcia

Vine D., (2015) Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World, Metropolitan Books, New York, Cap 3.

 

8.     LSMPAs (Large Scale Maritime Protected Areas): conservation or geopolitics?

Sand P.H. (2012), ‘Marine protected areas’ off UK overseas territories: comparing the South Orkneys Shelf and the Chagos Archipelago, The Geographical Journal, 178, 3, pp. 201–207

Leenhardt P., Cazalet B., Salvat B., Claudet J., Feral F. (2013). The rise of large-scale marine protected areas: Conservation or geopolitics? Ocean & Coastal Management, 85, pp. 112-118

 

9.     Extra-territoriality 1: Pirates as enemies of all nations The golden age of piracy and the “pirate commonwealth” against the “world political map”, pirates of today, popular geopolitics of “pirates”

Featherstone D. (2005) Atlantic networks, antagonisms and the formation of subaltern political identities, Social & Cultural Geography, 6, 3, pp. 387-404

Hastings J.V., (2008), Geographies of state failure and sophistication in maritime piracy hijackings, Political Geography 28, pp. 213–223

10.  Extra-territoriality 2: Cruising ships: Cruise tourism as an example of globalization? (History and Development, Crews, Employment, exploitation)

Hall C.M., (2001), Trends in ocean and coastal tourism: the end of the last frontier? Ocean & Coastal Management, 44, pp. 601-618

 

11.  Extra-territoriality 3: Seasteading: “How Floating Nations Will Restore the Environment, Enrich the Poor, Cure the Sick, and Liberate Humanity from Politicians” (maybe)

Steinberg P.E., (2009) Sovereignty, Territory, and the Mapping of Mobility: A View from the Outside, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 99:3, 467-495,

Steinberg P.E., Nyman E., Caraccioli M.J. (2012), Atlas Swam: Freedom, Capital, and Floating Sovereignties in the Seasteading Vision, Antipode, 44, 4, pp. 1532–1550