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This interesting book examines the strategic structure of the empires of Venice, the Ottomans, and Ming China from the eleventh to the sixteenth centuries... Grygiel's provocative volume will initiate many debates. -- Brian W. Blouet Geographical Review A must-read for anyone interested in international relations in general and geopolitics in particular. -- John P. Vanzo International Studies Review Grygiel's short but informative study serves as testament to the fact that today, no serious work of political theory can ignore the perspective of the longue duree, and even more specifically, the historical experience of non-Western regions and states. -- Boris Stremlin Journal of World-Systems Research He makes a very compelling case that geography, geopolitics, and geostrategy are relevant factors in the rise and decline of great powers, past, present, and future... Great Powers and Geopolitical Change is a book that I believe deserves the attention of policymakers and scholars alike. -- Randall L. Schweller Perspectives on Politics According to Grygiel, a country's strategic response to geography remains one of the most salient factors in establishing and maintaining power in the international arena. -- Geoffrey Sloan Foreign Affairs

A must-read for anyone interested in international relations in general and geopolitics in particular. (International Studies Review) According to Grygiel, a country's strategic response to geography remains one of the most salient factors in establishing and maintaining power in the international arena. (Foreign Affairs) He makes a very compelling case that geography, geopolitics, and geostrategy are relevant factors in the rise and decline of great powers, past, present, and future... [This book] deserves the attention of policymakers and scholars alike. (Perspectives on Politics) This interesting book examines the strategic structure of the empires of Venice, the Ottomans, and Ming China from the eleventh to the sixteenth centuries... Grygiel's provocative volume will initiate many debates. (Geographical Review)

This interesting book examines the strategic structure of the empires of Venice, the Ottomans, and Ming China from the eleventh to the sixteenth centuries... Grygiel's provocative volume will initiate many debates. -- Brian W. Blouet Geographical Review 2007 A must-read for anyone interested in international relations in general and geopolitics in particular. -- John P. Vanzo International Studies Review 2007 Grygiel's short but informative study serves as testament to the fact that today, no serious work of political theory can ignore the perspective of the longue duree, and even more specifically, the historical experience of non-Western regions and states. -- Boris Stremlin Journal of World-Systems Research 2008 He makes a very compelling case that geography, geopolitics, and geostrategy are relevant factors in the rise and decline of great powers, past, present, and future... Great Powers and Geopolitical Change is a book that I believe deserves the attention of policymakers and scholars alike. -- Randall L. Schweller Perspectives on Politics 2009 According to Grygiel, a country's strategic response to geography remains one of the most salient factors in establishing and maintaining power in the international arena. -- Geoffrey Sloan Foreign Affairs 2009

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Jakub J. Grygiel is an associate professor and the George H. W. Bush Chair of International Affairs at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University.

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