From Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific: How an 80-Year-Old Rimland Theory Still Shapes Global Politics
Summary Nicholas Spykman’s Rimland Theory argued that global power would ultimately belong not to those controlling the center of Eurasia but to those influencing the coastal regions surrounding it. Nearly eighty years later, the continuing war in Ukraine, rising competition in the Indo-Pacific, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and the reshaping of international alliances suggest […]