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The Geographical Review April 1999, Vol. 89 (1), pp. 265-277 SPECIAL ISSUE - OCEANS CONNECT THE PACIFIC: A MEDITERRANEAN IN THE MAKING? Paul W. Blank Keywords: hegemony, Mediterranean, mirror cities, Pacific, post-modern Hellenism. ABSTRACT: This article examines the parallels between the developing Pacific Basin and the historical Mediterranean Basin. Humankind's expanding reach in transportation and communication technologies now makes it possible to integrate a basin the size of the Pacific. The Mediterranean provides some insight into the processes involved. Topics include questions of hegemony, "mirror cities" that interact with each other across the basins, and the dynamic tension between cosmopolitanism and localism.