>>All of us so-called geopolitical analysts owe a debt to Halford John Mackinder. His 1904 paper, “The Geographical Pivot of History” is the basis for nearly all strategic thinking in today’s policy rooms, think tanks, and military academies of the West. ... >>We’ve all heard the first three rules of Mackinder: Who rules Eastern Europe commands the Heartland... Who rules the Heartland commands the World Island... Who rules the World Island commands the world https://pic8.co/sh/TlNhwa.jpg https://pic8.co/sh/e7U3dB.png >>Because of the dominance of Mackinder’s ideas and the policies erected to support it, the world has been subjected to endless conflict over his conception of the “World Island,” which is basically Eurasia. https://pic8.co/sh/FK0F41.jpg