H3 NUS Geopolitics 2018 Examination

National University of Singapore DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY GEH 1022: GEOPOLITICS: GEOGRAPHIES OF WAR AND PEACE SEMESTER 2: 2018/2019 EXAMINER: DR CARL GRUNDY-WARR 30 APRIL 2019 (1PM) TIME ALLOWED: 2 HOURS INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. Please write your student number only. Do not write your name. 2. This examination paper contains SEVEN questions and comprises fourteen printed pages. 3. Answer any THREE questions. 4. Start each question on a new page. Please write legibly. 5. This is a CLOSED BOOK examination.

GEH1022 Page 2 of 14 ANSWER ANY THREE QUESTIONS 1. Define what is meant by practical, formal, and popular geopolitics. Using Figures 1, 2 and 3, critically examine how and why these three dimensions of geopolitics help us to examine the Cold War era. Figure 1 Cartoon of Winston Churchill having a peek under the so-called “Iron Curtain.” Daily Mail, 6 June, 1946, by cartoonist Leslie Illingworth, Associated Newspaper / Solo Syndication, London. Source: https://www.cvce.eu/en/obj/cartoon_by_illingworth_on_winston_churchill_s_address_in_ fulton_concerning_the_iron_curtain_6_march_1946-en-a60548a8-6ede-46de-be9b- 6712187ae63d.html

GEH1022 Page 3 of 14 Figure 2 Still from the Stanley Kubrick 1964 movie, Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Source: https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/celebrating-kubrick-dr- strangelove-50 Figure 3 US Secretary of Defence, Robert S. McNamara, in a midnight meeting at the Pentagon, points out action in the Gulf of Tonkin, August 4, 1964. Bob Schutz / AP. Source: https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/gulf-of-tonkin/

GEH1022 Page 4 of 14 2. Refer to Figures 4 and 5 as examples, plus any other case drawn from this module, critically examine the concept of human territoriality in relation to specific geopolitical contexts. Figure 4 A figure relating to the work of forensic architect, Eyal Weizman. Source: http://www.uncubemagazine.com/blog/14190357 Figure 5 Palestinian women attempt to pass the Israeli checkpoint at the West Bank town of Bethlehem, August 12, 2011. Photograph by Bernat Armangue, AP Photo. Source: https://israelpalestinenews.org/associated-press-double-standard-israel- palestine-reporting/

GEH1022 Page 5 of 14 3. Nationalist notions of “homeland” are frequently based upon strong emotional attachments to territory . Discuss this statement, with reference to figures 6 and 7, and your own examples. Figure 6 A Kosovar Albanian man celebrates Kosovo’s independence wearing a “Bye Bye Serbia” jacket. Source: https://www.rferl.org/a/1830796.html Figure 7 Scene from the Wagah border ceremony. Punjab Rangers and the Indian Border Security Force personnel perform the “flag off” ceremony in front of huge crowds at the Pakistan – India Wagah border post. Photo: AFP. Source: https