Abstrakt
The objective of this paper is to exhort the Academia towards a Neoclassical Geopolitics, both in terms of theory and methodology. The relevance of the problem - the validity of Neoclassical Geopolitics - is based on the hypothesis that geography has influence on foreign policies of States, plus limited possibility of prediction.
Such assumptions are then tested against the empirical reality. In terms of methodology, it will be elected theory testing approach, through the hypothetico-deductive model by Popper, although using essentially qualitative approach.
As for the structure, the study begins with philosophical worldview that provides a basic set of ideas for a solid theoretical framework, in which the analysis shall be accomplished. Then sequential steps from the method succeed: delimitation of the object, systematization of relations among concepts, formulation of hypothesis, deduction and empirical tests.