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Mackinder’s Heartland theory

Can a theory presented to the Royal Geographical Society in 1904 possibly have any relevance to modern geography?

Two world wars, a cold war and a so-called space race have been and gone since Halford Mackinder, a British geographer, wrote his essay ‘The geographical pivot of history’. What can this theory offer us today?

Mackinder’s theory was devised in turbulent times:

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