Mackinder "heartland theory" https://pic8.co/sh/eFe75Y.jpeg Spykman "rimland theory" https://pic8.co/sh/3lOMeI.jpeg >>The Heartland Theory is a form of geopolitics that suggests that land power can lead to world power. Mackinder believed that gaining control of the Heartland and its resources could lead to gaining the World Island by controlling the coasts and warm water ports, or the key areas that made international trade possible.0 The theory suggests that the world island is full of resources to be exploited. The growth of Russia's oil exports through pipelines may suggest that the Heartland Theory still has some substance.1 The theory is important to anyone taking the AP Human Geography exam.0 >>The Rimland Theory is a belief that the coastal regions of Eurasia represent the best base for conquest. It was developed by Nicholas Spykman in response to Halford Mackinder's Heartland Theory, which believed that whoever controlled Central Eurasia would eventually come to control the whole of the world.1 Spykman believed that the Rimland, the strip of coastal land that encircles Eurasia, is more important than the central Asian zone (the so-called Heartland) for the control of the Eurasian continent. Spykman's vision is at the base of the "containment politics" put into effect by the United States in its relation/position to the Soviet Union during the post-World War II period.0 The Rimland-Theory is biased against Asian countries and does not take into account the various conflicts going on between its different countries, such as India vs. Pakistan, etc https://poal.co/s/geopolitics/647072 https://pic8.co/sh/6CvKVh.jpeg >>The Great Game was a strategic rivalry between the 19th-century British and Russian Empires over influence in Asia, primarily in Afghanistan, Persia, and later Tibet.13 It lasted from the Russo-Persian Treaty of 1813 to the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907.4 The two colonial empires used military interventions and diplomatic negotiations to acquire and redefine territories in Central and South Asia.13 British attitudes were influenced by reports of official, semiofficial, and private adventurers enjoying the thrill of clandestine operations beyond the frontiers of India, reports that frequently embellished or even invented accounts of Russian machinations and the vacillating loyalties of local chieftains.2 The Great Game: Afghanistan is a British series of short plays on the history of Afghanistan and foreign intervention there, from the First Anglo-Afghan War to the present day.05