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title: "Meeting #19: Mackinder Forum Annual Conference, held under the auspices of the American Society for Competitiveness, Washington, DC, October 26-28, 2017"
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# [Meeting #19: Mackinder Forum Annual Conference, held under the auspices of the American Society for Competitiveness, Washington, DC, October 26-28, 2017](https://mackinderforum.org/blog/meeting-19-mackinder-forum-annual-meeting-held-under-the-auspices-of-the-american-society-for-competitiveness-washington-dc-october-26-28-2017)

 Written by [admin](https://mackinderforum.org/blog/author/admin) | Oct 30, 2017 4:00:00 AM

Rodger Baker, VP for Strategic Analysis, Strategic Forecasting, Inc., "The Value of Geopolitics to Business," 10/26/17

Gordon Chang, Columnist, *Daily Beast*, "U.S., China, and North Korea: War or Peace in Asia," Sponsored by Strategic Forecasting, Inc., 10/26/17

Bert Chapman, Purdue University, "The Geopolitics of Rare Earth Elements," 10/27/19

Remi Piet, Americas Market Intelligence, "Geopolitics, Political Risk Monitoring, and Extractive Industries: Keys to a Successful Proactive Strategy," 10/27/17

Zhixing Zhang and Rodger Baker, Strategic Forecasting, Inc., "China’s Read of Classical Geopolitics and Implications for Strategy" 10/27/17

Geoff Sloan, University of Reading, UK, "The Geopolitics of China and the Pacific Pivot," 10/27/17

Phil Kelly, Emporia State University, "The United States and the Geopolitics of Water: Human Need, Mississippi River Barges, and Offshore Eurasian Balancing," 10/27/17

Ioannis Loukas, Senior Strategic Advisor, Fincantieri, "Eurasianism and Middle East Geopolitics in the Post-Arab Spring Era," 10/27/17

Dhanasree Jayaram, Manipal University, India, "The ‘Three Geos’ and the Evolving Environmental Security Scenario in the Indian Ocean Region," Sponsored by Strategic Forecasting, Inc., 10/27/17

Admiral Chris Parry (UK Navy, ret.), "Future Trends," 10/27/17

Admiral Chris Parry (UK Navy, ret.), "Rethinking the Geopolitics of Nuclear Arms," 10/28/17

Geoff Sloan, "Geopolitics and Strategic History," Sponsored by Strategic Forecasting, 10/28/17 -- The Mackinder Forum is pleased to announce that Geoff Sloan, the author of *Geopolitics, Geography and Strategic History* (Routledge, 2017), is the recipient of the 2017 STRATFOR Book Award for Geopolitical Analysis.

A. Adityanjee, The Council for Strategic Affairs, New Delhi, India, "From Aksai Chin to Doklam Crisis: Communist China’s Incessant Invasion of India’s GeoStrategic Space," Sponsored by Strategic Forecasting, Inc., 10/28/17

Leonard Hochberg, Coordinator, Mackinder Forum-US & Geoff Sloan, University of Reading, UK, "The Enduring Utility of Classical Geopolitics: The Case of Halford J. Mackinder’s *Democratic Ideals and Reality*" 10/28/17

Francis Sempa, Wilkes University, "Geopolitics: Mackinder, Mahan and the Preservation of the British Empire," 10/28/17

Note: The Mackinder Forum thanks Strategic Forecasting for supporting lectures and the book award at the 2017 annual meeting.

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