Hutton, Daniel Mckinley2014-03-142014-03-141989-06-15etd-06102012-040501http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43087The concept of geopolitics - is reconsidered as a viable framework in analyzing the power relationship between nation states and then applied to the Middle East. After reviewing the historical development of geopolitics, it is modified, and then set against alternative approaches in explaining Middle Eastern alliances. Ultimately, geopolitics is used in order to rationalize America's alliance network within the region.vi, 83 leavesBTDapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightLD5655.V855 1989.H877AlliancesGeopoliticsWorld politics -- 20th centuryMiddle East -- Foreign relations -- United StatesUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Middle EastThesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06102012-040501/