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Distribution of the Three Worlds

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The following chapter aims at the introduction of the map crudely presenting the distribution of the three geopolitical environments across the globe. The actual position of different regions, as will be visible later on, does not neatly correspond with the ideal types, but all of them can be assigned a position inside the model. The aim of this exercise is to test the usefulness of the application of the neomedievalist model. It will also serve as a basis for the final analysis of the international dynamics in this configuration. To this end, the previously selected criteria on the regions are applied.

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  1. 1.

    http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/The_EU_in_the_world_-_economy_and_finance

  2. 2.

    http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/nato_countries.htm

  3. 3.

    https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/us-pays-2214-nato-budget-germany-1465-13-allies-pay-below-1

  4. 4.

    See https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/e-library/docs/schengen_brochure/schengen_brochure_dr3111126_en.pdf

  5. 5.

    More on Schengen at http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/borders-and-visas/schengen/index_en.htm

  6. 6.

    See http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=559

  7. 7.

    See http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34324772

  8. 8.

    For example, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-eu-privacy/google-under-fire-from-regulators-on-eu-privacy-ruling-idUSKBN0FT1AZ20140724

  9. 9.

    See, for example, http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/violence/by-country/

  10. 10.

    Hear, for example, http://www.rozhlas.cz/plus/interviewplus/_zprava/utoky-v-evrope-je-duvod-k-panice-evropa-neni-epicentrem-nasili-odpovida-politolog-ditrych%2D%2D1636057

  11. 11.

    See, for example, http://www.socialwatch.eu/wcm/national_reports.html

  12. 12.

    See https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/Balkan_study.pdf

  13. 13.

    See http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/islamic-state-presence-in-bosnia-cause-for-concern-a-1085326.html, https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/03/radical-islamists-see-an-opening-in-bosnia/273633/

  14. 14.

    Current level of recognition is presented at https://www.kosovothanksyou.com/

  15. 15.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kosovo-parliament-idUSKCN0VZ26F

  16. 16.

    See, for example, data from http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/

  17. 17.

    For example, http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-jaresko-10-billion-foreign-aid/27512149.html

  18. 18.

    For example, http://us-foreign-aid.insidegov.com/l/115/Moldova, http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/international/neighbourhood_policy/moldova_en.htm

  19. 19.

    See https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/international-affairs/international-customs-cooperation-mutual-administrative-assistance-agreements/georgia-republic-moldova-ukraine_en

  20. 20.

    See http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-flood-of-arms-east-conflict-smuggling/27797454.html

  21. 21.

    See http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/moldova, http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/ukraine

  22. 22.

    For example, https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/russian-health-care-is-dying-a-slow-death-45839

  23. 23.

    http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/russia, http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/belarus

  24. 24.

    For example, https://www.usaid.gov/georgia, http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/regions/eu-neighbourhood-region-and-russia_en

  25. 25.

    For example, http://www.rferl.org/a/nagorno-Karabakh-heavy-fighting-armenia-azerbaijan/27649973.html

  26. 26.

    http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/georgia, http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/armenia, http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/armenia

  27. 27.

    http://amcu.gki.tj/eng/images/FAR-2014/foreign_aid_for_tajikistan_in_figures_en.pdf; http://www.ecrg.ro/files/p2012.2(1)7y8.pdf

  28. 28.

    For example, https://www.dur.ac.uk/ibru/publications/download/?id=78

  29. 29.

    http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/uzbekistan, http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/turkmenistan, http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/tajikistan, http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/kyrgyzstan, http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/kazakhstan, http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/central-asia

  30. 30.

    http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/death-penalty-international-perspective#interexec

  31. 31.

    http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/china, http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/mongolia, http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/north-korea

  32. 32.

    For example, http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38365729

  33. 33.

    For example, http://thediplomat.com/2017/02/the-rohingya-insurgents-myanmar-creates-its-own-frankenstein/

  34. 34.

    For example, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/01/world/asia/marawi-philippines-isis-civilians.html?mcubz=0

  35. 35.

    For example, http://thediplomat.com/2014/01/the-human-tragedy-of-west-papua/

  36. 36.

    For example, http://time.com/piracy-southeast-asia-malacca-strait/

  37. 37.

    Examples include American Samoa, Guam, French Polynesia, Niue, New Caledonia, or Tokelau.

  38. 38.

    For example, http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/australia, http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/new-zealand

  39. 39.

    See, for example, https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/india-china_conflicts.htm

  40. 40.

    For example, http://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/asia/2015/06/bangladesh-indigenous-ban-worse-apartheid-150616134617804.html

  41. 41.

    For example, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/05/sight-india-bloody-maoist-conflict-170508120738882.html

  42. 42.

    For example, http://thediplomat.com/2016/07/nepals-unending-political-instability/

  43. 43.

    For example, http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/20/world/la-fg-india-guns-20120221

  44. 44.

    See, for example, Thruelsen (2010).

  45. 45.

    For the discussion over the Iranian secessionist groups, see Czulda (2017).

  46. 46.

    See http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/iran

  47. 47.

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35854413

  48. 48.

    See Avon et al. (2012).

  49. 49.

    For example, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-israel-statement/u-s-israel-sign-38-billion-military-aid-package-idUSKCN11K2CI, http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/obama-signs-law-increase-military-support-jordan, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-usa-aid/u-s-military-aid-for-egypt-seen-continuing-despite-rights-concerns-idUSKCN0T22E520151113

  50. 50.

    For example, http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/issue-briefs/libya-from-intervention-to-proxy-war

  51. 51.

    https://www.csis.org/analysis/understanding-g5-sahel-joint-force-fighting-terror-building-regional-security

  52. 52.

    For example, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/world/africa/tuaregs-use-qaddafis-arms-for-rebellion-in-mali.html?mcubz=0

  53. 53.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/ozabs-rwanda-telecoms-idAFJOE72F07D20110316

  54. 54.

    http://www.eac.int/

  55. 55.

    D. Bach, a leading expert on African regionalism, called the grouping as having the largest potential to establish an effective framework from all African regional organizations on his November 2017 lecture in Prague.

  56. 56.

    For example, https://www.vice.com/sv/article/4wbyqg/stars-stripes-and-blood-south-africas-most-notorious-gang-is-called-the-americans

  57. 57.

    For example, https://www.africaintelligence.com/ION/politics%2D%2Dpower_on-the-line/2012/10/20/separatist-movement-spreading-like-wildfire-in-zanzibar,107928541-BRE

  58. 58.

    http://www.sadc.int/about-sadc/integration-milestones/free-trade-area/

  59. 59.

    See http://www.centralamericadata.com/en/tsearch?q=violence

  60. 60.

    See Grillo (2016).

  61. 61.

    http://www.cfr.org/transnational-crime/central-americas-violent-northern-triangle/p37286

  62. 62.

    See, for example, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41175

  63. 63.

    http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/01/09/508986586/as-venezuelan-go-hungry-the-military-is-trafficking-in-food

  64. 64.

    For example, https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2016/01/29/months-before-rio-olympics-murder-rate-rises-in-brazil/&refURL=https://www.google.cz/&referrer=https://www.google.cz/

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Doboš, B. (2020). Distribution of the Three Worlds. In: New Middle Ages. World-Systems Evolution and Global Futures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58681-2_5

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