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Heartlands of Eurasia - The Geopolitics of Political Space (Hardcover, New)
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Heartlands of Eurasia - The Geopolitics of Political Space (Hardcover, New)
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Heartlands of Eurasia explores how received metageographical
knowledge informs the understanding of global processes and is
subsequently transformed into geopolitical reasoning with foreign
policy implications. It provides a detailed examination of
writings, from both within the region and outside, that look into
the significance of Halford Mackinder's heritage in the context of
a vastly changed world situation. In particular, it attempts to
examine how policy makers and strategic thinkers have used these
geopolitical concepts as justification for their policy in the
region. Finally, it attempts an analysis of the extent to which
this policy thinking was translated into practice. While the study
looks into how the vision of the "pivotal" significance of a vast
expanse of land finds its echoes in contemporary narratives, it
also underlines the very creative ways in which Mackinder's ideas
have been reinterpreted in keeping with the changing global
dynamics. Making use of the way in which the region has been
traditionally defined and the way in which the people defined
themselves, the study brings into focus a debate on the usefulness
of region or "area"-based studies that are located in geographical
imaginations. Anita Sengupta uses this connection to examine the
following issues: geopolitical imaginations and their relevance in
identifying "areas" in the present context; the intersection
between how areas are defined from an outsider perspective and how
people define themselves; the extent to which these definitions
have influenced policy; and the possibility or feasibility of the
development of alternative geostrategic discourses. Mackinder
himself did not specify the geographical area identified first as
the "pivot" and later the "heartland," but his ideas were focused
on the "closed heartland of Euro-Asia," an area that was
unassailable by sea power. This study therefore centers its debates
around the Eurasian space in general, though the focus is on the
Central Asian region and Uzbekistan in p
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