American Geopolitics in Contemporary Eurasia: What Must Be Done and Can Global Leadership Be Preserved?

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Research Fellow, Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade, e-mail: dusan@diplomacy.bg.ac.rs. The paper presents findings of a study developed as a part of the research project “Serbia and challenges in international relations in 2020”, financed by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, and conducted by Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade. AMERICAN GEOPOLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY EURASIA: WHAT MUST BE DONE AND CAN GLOBAL LEADERSHIP BE PRESERVED? Dušan Proroković1 Abstract: The research question that is being answered is: Can the United States retain its position as a global leader? Or: What does the United States need to do to get back to its position before 2008? The theoretical framework in which the answer is sought is classical geopolitics. More specifically, the dualistic concept of the constant clash of the Tellurocratic and Thalassocratic forces, the Continental and the Maritime powers. Therefore, the scenarios that predict what the United States has to do are directly derived from geopolitical logic. The specific methods used in this research are analysis, synthesis, abstraction, induction, and deduction. The research aims to examine the potential activities the United States can take to maintain global leadership. In this context, the research objective is related to scientific description and prediction.