GEOG 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Geopolitics, Strategic Dominance, Capitalism
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Geopolitics: the international political and strategic significance of geography that is, the location, size, resources and power of regions and nations. Geography is the most fundamental factor in the foreign policy of states because it is the most permanent . Halford mackinder and the geographical pivot of history"; his 1904 (1919) view of the geopolitical significance of eurasian heartland and the variable power of. Who rules eastern europe commands the heartland; who rules the. Heartland commands the world island; who rules the world island commands the world (mackinder 1919) In fact emphasis on the geopolitical shatterbelts" (saul cohen) of central europe, the middle. The united states" most basic national security interests would be endangered if a hostile state or group of states were to dominate the eurasian landmass that area of the globe often referred to as the world"s heartland . Note the us military imperative for the spatial containment of ussr and fear of.
