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Pan-region
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Main page A pan-region is a geographic region or state’s sphere of economic, political and cultural influence extending beyond
Contents that state's borders. For example, the pan-region of the United States of America (USA) regions both bordering the
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Wikipedia store The idea of pan-regions or spheres of economic and cultural influence was first developed by Karl Ernst Haushofer
(8/27/1869-3/10/1946), a German General, geographer and geo-politician. Pan-regions contributed to Geopolitic or the
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German theories of foreign policy during the interwar period (1918–1939) or the time from the end of World War I and
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the beginning of World War II. Haushofer’s pan-regions divided the world under three supreme leading states in
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Community portal economy, politics and culture. Those three states included the USA who controlled North America and much of South
Recent changes America, Germany who controlled Europe, much of Africa and western Asia and Japan who controlled central, eastern,
Contact page and the islands of southern Asia. These leading states could expect their regions to develop economic and political
alliance with their leading state as well as yield to sanctions and major cultural designations.
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Historically, the world was divided into three spheres of control, however after the end of World War II, Germany and
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Japan’s control over their various regions have diminished with the success of other nations. For example, German
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Page information control over Europe has suffered with the development of the European Union and emergence of other foreign powers.
Wikidata item Japan also is beginning to lose economic dominance over its pan-region with the emergence of a thriving Chinese
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Download as PDF 1. ^ Taylor, Peter, and Colin Flint. Political Geography World, Economy, Nation, State and Locality (4th Edition). Upper
Printable version Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 1999.

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