Newspapers and journals around the world, particularly in Britain and Germany, speculated that Brazil was acting as a proxy for a naval power which would take possession of the two dreadnoughts soon after completion, as they did not believe that a previously insignificant geopolitical power would contract for such powerful warships.
Newspapers and journals around the world, particularly in Britain and Germany, speculated that Brazil was acting as a proxy for a naval power which would take possession of the two dreadnoughts soon after completion, as they did not believe that a previously insignificant geopolitical power would contract for such powerful armament.
Newspapers and journals around the world speculated that Brazil was acting as a proxy for a naval power which would take possession of the two dreadnoughts soon after completion, as they did not believe that a previously insignificant geopolitical power would contract for such powerful armament.
However, there are also deep-rooted doubts, with some suspecting Beijing is using its "win-win" project as a ploy to lure less powerful nations into its economic orbit and boost its geopolitical power.
But times have changed – as has the geopolitical power balance.
Recently, Syria has become the focus of geopolitical power play.
True, China's geopolitical power will grow, and that will be a nuisance.
The line-up promises intriguing theatre, and perhaps real geopolitical power play as well.
The first crisis is Europe's purported decline in geopolitical power, particularly vis-à-vis China.
Many South Koreans see him as an innocent pawn in a geopolitical power game.
The question rarely asked, though, is how exactly China will convert its vaunted economic miracle into geopolitical power.
