West/Non-West: Funhouse Mirror of World Politics
... Perspective on A Post-Liberal World Although often criticized for being obsolete in the era of globalized economy, transcontinental aviation, and nuclear weapons, concentric geopolitical models had a significant impact on the development of Russian geopolitics, primarily on Eurasianism which sought to strengthen the position of Russia in the Heartland. Another interpretation of the Hartland theory was the model of the Intermediate Region designed by D. Kitsikis who argued that the pivotal part of the planet had shifted from Central Asia to the Middle East where Europe, Asia, and Africa come ...