海权的地缘政治学

海权一直是世界政治舞台上不可忽视的因素，强大的国家利用海权控制海洋，进而获取商业利益。政治地理学家 Colin Flint 在一书中，深入探讨了海权的地理因素，强调各国对近海 (靠近海岸线) 和远洋 (远离海岸线) 的控制权的持续争夺。

作者透过对荷兰丶英国和美国这三个海军强国的历史进行分析，揭示了海权在过去和现在的运作模式，以及其容易引发连锁冲突和战争的倾向。

读者将通过本书了解：

地缘政治如何运作

海权在经济竞争中的重要性

中国发展全球海军力量的动机

当前和未来战争的风险

作者凭借其丰富的经验，敦促读者认真思考近水与远洋的困境，并以此为视角重新解读全球政治。

作者 / Colin Flint

美国犹他州立大学政治学系政治地理学杰出教授。

★ Review ★

"Our relationship with the sea matters. The three great powers in our contemporary global order, China, Russia and United States, recognize only too well the strategic, economic, resource and symbolic importance of poles, straits and waterways. In his auditing of the potential for global war, Colin Flint proves to be a shrewd observer of the personal and pertinent."

—Klaus Dodds, author of The New Border Wars: The Conflicts That Will Define Our Future

"I share Colin Flint's frustration and concern about the (mis)use of 'geopolitics' in media and politics. I welcome his attempt to share geopolitical insights from geography with the public to raise awareness about the importance of claims on waters, near and far, in conflicts between states. This analysis is crucial for attempts to promote diplomatic solutions over military aggression."

—Virginie Mamadouh, Co-Chair of the Commission on Political Geography of the International Geographical Union (IGU-UGI)

"After decades of globalization encroaching on our lives in all manner of activities, bad old-fashioned geopolitics has suddenly jumped out in front of us bearing nuclear weapons. We all need to be informed urgently about this geopolitical turn and there is no better person to undertake this task than Colin Flint."

—Peter J. Taylor, Northumbria University

"This engaging, accessible book sheds important light on how the projection of seapower has led to war in the past, and how it may do so again in the future. Colin Flint challenges readers to broaden their thinking about geopolitics. Near and Far Waters is an eye-opening contribution to understanding one of the central threats facing the world in the twenty-first century."

—Alexander Murphy, University of Oregon

"Insightful, provocative, and crisply written, Colin Flint provides a highly accessible introduction to the importance of geopolitics and sea power. For readers concerned with understanding the historical and geographical context of contemporary world politics, this is a must-read book."

—James Tyner, Kent State University

"Colin Flint rescues geopolitics from its 19th century box. This includes a fresh take on power projection, as well as inequality, trade, innovation, and the dynamics of hegemony. Near and Far Waters offers real analytical leverage for understanding growing great power rivalry and conflict."

—Robert A. Denemark, University of Delaware