| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 331 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction : Halford Mackinder and Central Asia / Sevara Sharapova and Nick Megoran -- Mackinder : imperialism, the empire of India and Central Asia / Brian W. Blouet -- Imperialism and the heartland / Gerry Kearns -- From geostrategy to geo-economics : the 'heartland' and British imperialism before and after Mackinder / Sarah O'Hara and Michael Heffernan -- Russia's Asian heartland today and tomorrow / Milan Hauner -- Mackinder on the roof of the world : contemporary geopolitical discourse in Tajikistan / Kirill Nourzhanov -- The intellectual life of the heartland : how Mackinder travelled to Uzbekistan / Sevara Sharapova -- The enduring relevance of Sir Halford John Mackinder's heartland philosophy : the case of US-Uzbekistan relations / Chris Seiple -- The heartland today : cooperation and the struggle for power / Alexey Dundich -- Mackinder's legacy today : new challenges for Kazakhstan and Central Asia / Gulnara Dadabayeva and Aigul Adibayeva -- The heartland fallacy : Central Asia, geography and globalisation / Levent Hekimoglu -- Conclusion : Whither Mackinder and Central Asian studies? / Nick Megoran and Sevara Sharapova |
| Summary |
The republics of Central Asia re-emerged as independent actors in the global interstate system in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, their varied histories and geographies offering many different possible opportunities and courses of action. In order to explain their often confusing and complicated foreign policy alignments, many analysts have turned again to the theories of Sir Halford Mackinder (1861-1947), the British geographer who is widely regarded as the founding father of geopolitics. This book explores this remarkable renaissance of Mackinder's thinking |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-319) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource (title from title page, viewed 9/12/14) |
| Subject |
Mackinder, Halford John, 1861-1947.
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Mackinder, Halford John, 1861-1947 fast |
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Geopolitics -- Asia, Central
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Geopolitics
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Diplomatic relations
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Strategic aspects of individual places
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Asia, Central -- Strategic aspects
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Asia, Central -- Foreign relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94001926
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Central Asia
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Megoran, Nick, editor, author
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Sharapova, S. Sh. (Sevara Shamsiddinovna), editor, author.
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