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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 science had not been bene

Security trends on the Eurasian Periphery and Their impact on Eurasia By: Nika Chitadze. Ph.D. President of the George C. Marshall Alumni Union, Georgia – International and Security Research Center NATO School. Oberammergau (Germany). February, 2005 Introduction Eurasia   /jʊəˈreɪʒə/  is the combined  continental landmass  of  Europe  and  Asia . The term is a  portmanteau  of its constituent continents (Europe and Asia). Located primarily in the  Northern  and  Eastern Hemispheres , it is bordered by the  Atlantic Ocean  to the west, the  Pacific Ocean  to the east, the  Arctic Ocean  to the north, and by  Africa , the  Mediterranean Sea , and the  Indian Ocean  to the south. The division between Europe and Asia as two different continents is a historical  social construct , with no clear physical separation between them; thus, in some parts of the world, Eurasia is recognized as the largest of the six, five, or even four continents on  Earth . In geology, Eurasia