December 5, 2014

"Ever since Halford Mackinder published his Russia containment strategy disguised as a grand theory in 1904, the Eurasian heartland has been perceived by the Anglo-American world as a threat to its global position.

Ironically, as Mackinder was writing his paper, the heartland power, czarist Russia, was in its death throes-Japan's 1904-1905 naval victories in the Pacific had removed all illusions about Russia's status as a first-rate power."

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http://www.niticentral.com/2014/12/05/russia-china-partnership-implications-indian-foreign-policy-248210.html