CAJ | 학술논문

地缘政治学说发端于西方国家对地区和全球权力的争夺。在这种学说的发展过程中，著名的地缘政治学者麦金德提出了“心脏地带”理论，斯皮克曼提出了“边缘地带”理论，其间还有二次世界大战时期德国的“生存空间”理论。在西方大国眼中，上述地区都是各自在世界权力竞技场中获得主动地位所必须加以控制的地区，从而导致了大国之间激烈的和长期的地缘政治斗争，世界性的战争和不稳定多由此而生。在笔者看来，这些或在地理上处在大国之间，或在政治上处在大国的强烈关注之下的“被争夺”地区应被称为“中间地带”。“中间地带”是国际政治中的力量凹陷地区，其产生的原因、展示出来的特征以及呈现出的意义都对认识国际政治和国际关系的内在本质具有独特的重要性。
지연정치학설발단우서방국가대지구화전구권력적쟁탈。재저충학설적발전과정중，저명적지연정치학자맥금덕제출료“심장지대”이론，사피극만제출료“변연지대”이론，기간환유이차세계대전시기덕국적“생존공간”이론。재서방대국안중，상술지구도시각자재세계권력경기장중획득주동지위소필수가이공제적지구，종이도치료대국지간격렬적화장기적지연정치두쟁，세계성적전쟁화불은정다유차이생。재필자간래，저사혹재지리상처재대국지간，혹재정치상처재대국적강렬관주지하적“피쟁탈”지구응피칭위“중간지대”。“중간지대”시국제정치중적역량요함지구，기산생적원인、전시출래적특정이급정현출적의의도대인식국제정치화국제관계적내재본질구유독특적중요성。
Geopolitics derive from the rivalry between major European powers for spheres of influence in regional and global context. In its evolution, some of the notable geopoliticians, such as Halford John Mackinder and Nicholas J. Spykman, came up with the Heartland Theory and Rimland theory respectively. The former theory directly inspired Hitler＇s Lebensraum. And Spykman, with his Rimland theory, was considered as the ＂ god father of containment＂ of the United States after the Second World War. The Heartland, Rimland and Lebensraum, to some degree, overlaps with each other to which great importance is attached by the major western powers, they consider that these lands must be controlled were they to overtake other competitors in world arena. Thus the rivalry for these lands results in long and fierce geopolitical struggles which eventually lead to world wars and political chaos. The author argues that these lands, some located between major powers geographically, some politically trapped in the volatile relations of the major powers, and more enmeshed in both situations, should be called ＂ Intermediate Zones＂ which constitutes the ＂ power depressed areas＂ in international polities and relations. A probe into ＂Intermediate Zones＂ at present will have a profound significance in understanding the various straits that the international community is facing with.