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Mar 28, 2023 · Abstract. The British geographer Halford J. Mackinder developed two different concepts of a dystopian new global order. The first, developed in 1904 and known as the pivot area concept, was adopted by German geopolitician Karl Haushofer in the 1920s. The second, developed in 1919, was named the heartland theory and was adopted in Great Britain and the USA. Haushofer reversed the dystopian vision of the pivot area concept into a utopian concept for German world power. Due to Haushofer's ...
The Heartland lay at the center of the world island, stretching from the Volga to the Yangtze and from the Himalayas to the Arctic. Mackinder's Heartland was the area then ruled by the Russian Empire and after that by the Soviet Union, minus the Kamchatka Peninsula region, which is located in the easternmost part of Russia, near the Aleutian ...
Mar 30, 2014 · Mackinder, Geography, and History. Mar 30, 2014. H alford Mackinder (1861–1947) understood the forces that shape world politics better than any thinker of the twentieth century. When he delivered his famous address to the Royal Geographical Society in London in January 1904—an address that accurately foresaw the main currents of ...
Feb 14, 2023 · In conclusion, the Heartland and Rimland theories are two important geopolitical theories that attempt to explain the balance of power in the world. While the Heartland theory emphasizes the importance of controlling the landmass of the Eurasian continent, the Rimland theory highlights the significance of controlling the coastal regions ...
Jun 19, 2018 · Mackinder’s Heartland theory casts a broad geographic net capturing much of today’s Central Asia that is becoming a strategic bridge between Europe and China in light of the latter’s BRI.
Světový ostrov a „Heartland“ Mapa „Heartland Theory“, kterou vydal Mackinder v roce 1904. Podle Mackindera lze svět rozdělit na následující oblasti: Světový ostrov, který se skládá z přilehlých kontinentů Evropy, Asie a Afriky. Jedná se o největší, nejlidnatější a nejbohatší ze všech možných spojení zemí.
Sep 21, 2022 · The geographer and founder of modern geopolitics Halford Mackinder famously posited in his Heartland Theory that whoever ‘rules East Europe commands the Heartland; Who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island; Who rules the World-Island commands the World.’ Since Mackinder’s article was published in 1904, Eastern Europe has largely fallen under a Western orientation, with the notable exception of Belarus as a Eurasian-leaning Russian appendage, and Ukraine and Moldova progressing ...
