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Strategic Significance of the Azores.
| 题名： | Strategic Significance of the Azores. |
| 摘要： | This paper discusses the changes in the strategic relevance of the Azores as a function oftechnological trends and geopolitics. The nine islands of the Azores archipelago have quietlyplayed an outsized role in world affairs and great power competition for the past six centuries.The islands facilitated Portuguese ascendency during the 15 th and 16 th centuries, maintainingincredible significance as a bargaining chip in Portugal’s struggle to keep its empire afloat untilits transition to democracy in the 1970s. Use of the Azores during the World Wars saved GreatBritain from certain collapse and aided Israel during the 1973 October War. Allied presencethere kept Nazi bombers from darkening American skies in the 1940s and Soviet bombers fromranging the US Capitol in the 1970s. The paper proceeds through a chronological history fromthe 1400s to 1800s then shifts to looking at trends in the technologies of transportation,communication, and energy production against the backdrop of world affairs from the 1800s tomodern times, with special attention upon American involvement in both World Wars and theturbulent 1970s during Portugal’s revolution. The paper concludes that the strategic significanceof the Azores spikes as new technologies need the islands to solve problems of distance. Astechnology maturation overcomes problems imposed by distance, the commercial use of theislands declines, but the military utility increases. |
| 总页数： | 47 pages |
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