Introduction In the 1930s and 1940s Nicholas John Spykman in several geopolitical works warned the United States of the danger of world domination of Germany. He also suggested in a Rimland Doctrine that the Eurasian coastal lands (Rimland) were the key to world control because Eurasia has the world’s largest population, there were rich resources and it had access to interior sea lines. Off the Rimland were continents and islands (such as Africa, Australia and Indonesia to mention a few). Looking back at the Rimland Doctrine it turned out to be correct in many respects. During the Cold War the ..read more

Ozymandius by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1817) I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said – ”Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert…Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, the heart that fed; And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings, Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair ! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck ..read more

Bertil Haggman A Federal China? – A Discussion Paper Special Report No. 65 of the Center for Research on Geopolitics (CRG), SWEDEN. Director: Mr. Bertil Haggman, LL.M., author. E-mail: bertilhaggman@hotmail.com Introduction The question of a federally organized China is one that is of some interest in the future. The following scenario is of course only a few initial thoughts. After all China is one of the world’s biggest stories. It is easy to forget that there are two Chinese states at present and that the around 23 million citizens of the Republic of China on Taiwan have as much rights as t ..read more

A civil war between revolution and counterrevolution has been raging since 1789. In 1989 it was 200 years old but is still continuing. Soon after the Paris Revolution broke out the first book of resistance to France’s European civil warfare was published in England. Meanwhile the civil war raged on, so far only in Europe. The world civil war started when the kingdom was abolished in France and the prison of the Bastille was stormed on July 14, 1789. After some years of revolutionary rule in France a republic was introduced. The revolutionary Jacobin terror started in 1793 and lasted until 1795 ..read more

Wendover Productions is a You Tube channel created by American-British educator, producer and podcaster Sam Denby (b. 1997). His channel was started in 2010 when a first video was produced. As of 2020 Denby has around 2,1 million subscribers and 235 million views in all. Among the subjects Denby has chosen for his educational videos are geography and classical geopolitics. CRG has found that there are especially 4 videos that are of interest. They explain the reaso for the geopolitical power of the United States as well as why China and Russia are geostrategically vulnerable. Of interest is al ..read more

Special Report No. 989 Civil War, World Civil War and Revolution – the Importance of Roman Schnur Center for Research on Geopolitics (CRG) 2004 (revised 2007, 2019) Director: Mr. Bertil Haggman, LL.M., author. E-mail: bertilhaggman@hotmail.com Introduction During the Cold War civil war was mostly seen in the light of Marxist-Leninist revolution. When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 this demise did not lead to a lesser number of civil wars. On the contrary the number has risen considerably. In 2001 nearly all wars were internal. International wars tend to be short while civil wars last on ..read more

Searching CRG on Google on November 18, 2019 showed about 7 080 000 results delivered in 0,48 seconds. CRG is number one with Research Center – Geopolitical Studies, Czech Republic, as number 2 and then followed a number of Swedish research organizations. French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs, was then next in ranking. Further down the list can be noted Danish Institute for International Relations, Copenhagen, and the Baker Institute’s ”The Geopolitics of Natural Gas”. Google’s Page Rank offers free information on ranking of webpages. It was named after one of Google’s foun ..read more

CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON GEOPOLITICS ___________________________________________________________ Bertil Haggman MAX WEBER: GREATEST SOCIOLOGIST EVER? 2011 ________________________________________________ Center for Research on Geopolitics (CRG), SWEDEN. Director: Mr. Bertil Haggman, LL.M., author. E-mail: bertilhaggman@hotmail.com Introduction “Politics is a strong and slow boring of hard boards.” This is one quote from the work of one of the most famous sociologists ever, German Professor Max Weber. In 2010 a new edition of his work Politics As A Vocation (Politik als Beruf, 65 pages, eleve ..read more

Introduction Tyrants can be found in human history back to the Bible and Nimrod. Aristotle provided an account of tyranny (fifth book of Politics). The entirely oppressive tyrant crushes and humiliates the subjects of his tyranny, so that they never acquire the strength or spirit to overthrow him. The capture, sentencing and execution of Saddam Hussein has again brought the threat of classical and modern tyrants to the forefront. World War II was waged to bring down, among others, the Nazi tyranny. In this war the Allies did not hesitate to plan assassination of the German tyrant Adolf Hitler ..read more

CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON GEOPOLITICS C R G ___________________________________________________________ Special Report No. 164 Bertil Haggman Statecraft, Leadership, and New Geostrategic Visions 2003 (revised 2007) ________________________________________________ Center for Research on Geopolitics (CRG), Sweden Director: Mr. Bertil Haggman, LL.M., author. E-mail: bertilhaggman@hotmail.com Introduction The extension of the European Union to comprise a number of countries of Central and Eastern Europe from 2004 has resulted in a debate on the future of the EU. Already German unit ..read more