The U.S.S.R.: A re‐appraisal of Mackinder's Heartland concept

Mills, Dennis R.

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“…Unsurprisingly, in the post‐World War II ‘Cold War’ period many attempts were made to assess the USSR in terms of Mackinder's theory, both as an academic exercise to test the theory and as a strategic evaluation of the level of threat to the capitalist world posed by the USSR (see, for example, Hall 1955; Mills 1956; Hooson 1962). However, apart from mentioning northern Kazakhstan, these studies rarely devote much attention to Central Asia.…”

Section: Revisiting Central Asia With Mackindermentioning

confidence: 99%

Revisiting the ‘pivot’: the influence of Halford Mackinder on analysis of Uzbekistan's international relations

Megoran¹

2004

Geographical Journal

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Since the end of the Soviet Union, many foreign policy intellectuals have peculiarly identified the Republic of Uzbekistan as the locus of Mackinder's 1904 'pivot' designation. A century on from his original 'Geographical pivot of history' lecture, this paper examines the work of a Russian, an Uzbek, and an American who use Mackinder to understand contemporary Uzbekistani geopolitical orientations, in particular with reference to the USA. Drawing on critical work on the history of geopolitics, it highlights that whilst these texts claim objectivity, they betray political and subjective foreign policy choices. It suggests that whilst the revival of interest in Mackinder testifies to the continued attraction of his ideas, this has, with rare exceptions, been based upon a superficial reading of both his work and the body of secondary literature, and that this raises both disciplinary and ethical concerns.

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Section: Revisiting Central Asia With Mackindermentioning

confidence: 99%