By: Nika Chitadze President of the George C. Marshall Center Alumni Union, Georgia – International and Security Research Center February, 2007 Introduction The purpose of the paper is to discuss about the development of the concept of the Geopolitics in the 19 th and 20 th centuries or so-called in new and industrial era. There will be provided information on philosophers like J.J. Russo, E. Kant, S. Montesquieu, G. Spenser, etc. The ones who played greater role in the understanding of Geopolitics. J.J. Russo (1712-1778) French philosopher, writer and politician, Jean Jacques Russo was born in Geneva, in the Huguenot family. Since his family died, fourteen-year old boy stayed on his own. In 1742, Russo moved to Paris where he met with various philosophers like Deidre, Condors, and Fontanel. In 1750, he won Dijon academy award. His essay “Discourse on the Arts and Science”. Where he argued, that the advancement of art and scienc...